On Tuesday 17 September 2002 04:56, Nic Box wrote:
> Yes you can do it, just make sure you have this in bp.conf:-
> FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER = from_host to_host
> where from_host is the original name and to_host is the new name.
>
> Worked for me anyway :)
> Nic

 FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER = from_host to_host will allow "new_media_server" 
to assume the roles and responsibilities of "old_media_server". This 
directive has nothing to do with the roles and responsibilitties of a master 
server.


>
> >>> "Steven L. Sesar" <ssesar AT rcn DOT com> 17/09/02 00:19:33 >>>
>
> On Monday 16 September 2002 15:10, Brian_Drager AT vanguard DOT com wrote:
> > We have NB 3.4.1 running on Solaris 2.8. It's a master/media server. How
> > difficult is it to change the name of the server? What configuration
> > changes have to be made on the NT clients & UNIX clients for data backup?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Don't do it!!!! Not if you intend on being able to restore images backed up
> using the old hostname. Although, yes, you would have to reconfigure each
> client to point to your new master server, but that's the least of it. The
> real problem is that the hostname of the master server is deeply embedded
> in your database catalogs.
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