Indeed.

Perhaps all you really want is a DNS CNAME?

I hope that helps ...



Cheers!

Chris



> This is something you really don't want to do if at all avoidable.
> I called Veritas with this same question and was told the hostname is
> embedded into NBU in such a way that makes this operation very tricky to
> pull off.
>
> If all you care about saving are your classes and not anything else (like
> the volDB or your images) then just tar up and save off the
> /usr/openv/netbackup/db/class directory.  You'll be able to just stick it
> back in the same place once you've reinstalled NBU with the classes intact.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy.Lister AT santos DOT com [mailto:Roy.Lister AT santos DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:47 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Changing Master Server Name
>
> Hi
>
> We are changing the hostname on our Master Server tonite, not changing
> machines just the name. Is it possible to fix Netbackup (4.5) so that it
> will work with the new name or should we reinstall the software.
>
> If We reinstall the software how do I save the Policy (Class) information
> so that we do not have to reload them all.
>
> Any help appreciated
>
> Thank you
>
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