Can anyone comment if a domain name change, (same hostname) would cause
similar problems?   I am maintaining an old domain that serves only the
Veritas Netbackup server's hostname, because I also did not want to change
the hostname.

I find this rather disappointing that Veritas does not 'support' a
hostname change and want you to pay them consulting fees to do
this, on top of the annual maintenance that they already get.   Changing a
hostname is not an unreasonable system administration request.

Jon

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Todd Suiter wrote:

> Thirded, 2 colo moves in under 2 months(consolidation moves:)), first
> one was a move and name change....name got changed right back, and
> everything else got CNAME'd...Try explaining that to the PM who is
> 'in charge' of the move...:) t
> 
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, SIBLEY, Ken R. - ACCOREL wrote:
> 
> > > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving a backup/media server to a
> > > new platform
> > >
> > >
> > > STOP!!    WAIT!!
> > >
> > > I would advise keeping your current hostname.  It is a
> > > nightmare to change it.
> >
> > I want to second this.  We done this both ways.  The first
> > time we did not know better and changed hostnames.  This was
> > 2 years ago and found out the hard way that it is not supported
> > by Veritas support.  They tell you to hire their professional
> > services people to perform the move.
> >
> > About six months ago we changed servers and took the hostname
> > with us and the biggest issue we had was moving the tape
> > library and getting it configured correctly.  All done during
> > on 9 hour period of time on a Saturday afternoon.
> >
> > Make sure you do as much research as possible and have as
> > detailed a plan as possible. It can make a world of difference.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Ken Sibley
> > Sr. Unix Admin
> > Accor Economy Lodging
> > ksibley AT accorel DOT com
> >
> > > Also,  if you change it, all of the clients' bp.conf file
> > > will have to change.  It is just
> > > creates a huge mess.
> > >
> > > If you retain the host name, you can tar over all of your
> > > backup images/catalogues,
> > > (and your entire /usr/openv/ directory) configure your robot
> > > as a new device, test it,
> > > and your back up and running in a day.  I just upgraded from
> > > an Sun E3000 to and Sun E450
> > > with a T300 Disk Array using this scenario and had no
> > > problems.  It takes a lot of planning, but it is
> > > well worth it.  We only had about six hours of downtime and
> > > most of the time was spent moving
> > > the data.  Let me know if you want more info on this.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Gina Robinson
> > > UNIX System Administrator
> > > TRW E-Enterprise
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jeffrey Dykzeul [mailto:Jeffrey_Dykzeul AT west.raytheon DOT com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:59 PM
> > > To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Moving a backup/media server to a new platform
> > >
> > >
> > > Current backup/media server platform:
> > >
> > >      Sun SPARCserver 1000 (8x85MHz, 1GB memory)
> > >      Solaris 2.5.1
> > >      NetBackup 3.1
> > >      StorageTek 9714 tape library (4 x DLT7000)
> > >
> > > I want to move the backup/media server to another platform:
> > >
> > >      Sun E3500 (4x336MHz, 2GB memory, 4 empty Sbus slots)
> > >      Solaris 7
> > >      upgrade NetBackup to version 3.4
> > >      attach same library
> > >
> > > The hostname will *not* move - the new server has a different
> > > hostname.
> > >
> > > Has anybody performed a similar rehost? What are the steps to
> > > take and what
> > > are the major issues?
> > >
> > >
> > > jd
> > >
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