[Veritas-bu] Changing hostname of master server

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Thanks William and David!
You're right, Veritas Tech support told me that it is reallllyyyyyyyy 
very hard to change the hostname. He advised that I get a Veritas guy 
here and do the work ( which I think I will not do because it will cost 
money). I'll just stick to my current hostname and just make an alias 
for what I want it to be.

Regards,
Dennis

William Enestvedt wrote:

>>Hoo boy, don't do this if you can at all avoid it.
>>The last time I checked with Veritas on this it wasn't 
>>supported...
>>
>>    
>>
>   Agreeed. And almost immediately, don't be too afraid to do it. I have 
> switched my Master Server off of a Media Server to a new system, and then 
> swapped out the other Media Server for a new one. I plan to do it again, too! 
> :7)
>   My set-up was pretty simple -- two Solaris 2.6 Media Servers (one which was 
> also the Master Server), each with an L9 tape library attached -- so if your 
> situation has greater complexity, it may make this impossible.
>  
>
>>...(or wasn't supported unless you paid for a 
>>Veritas contractor to do it).
>>
>>    
>>
>   I called the Veritas support line and patiently let the guy tell me how the 
> sky was going to fall if I tried this -- and then he emailed me a list of the 
> steps to take. Give them a call and they'll probably tell you. (I know it's 
> cowardly, but *I* am not going to be the person who gives you the rope to 
> hang yourself.)
>  
>
>>From what I understand NBU integrates the hostname into itself is 
>>such a way that it's very difficult to know where it is and what 
>>kind of fall out can result from this change.
>>
>>    
>>
>   That's true enough. Roughly speaking, you pretend to have a server failure 
> and then "recover" onto the new server.
>-wde
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>Will Enestvedt
>UNIX System Administrator
>Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI
>
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Thanks William and David!<br>
You're right, Veritas Tech support told me that it is reallllyyyyyyyy very
hard to change the hostname. He advised that I get a Veritas guy here and
do the work ( which I think I will not do because it will cost money). I'll
just stick to my current hostname and just make an alias for what I want
it to be.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Dennis<br>
<br>
William Enestvedt wrote:<br>
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 cite="mid946FD6186E8D4E46AB4F6FDD23AAE864A6FA74 AT pvdexc02.jwu DOT edu">
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    <pre wrap="">Hoo boy, don't do this if you can at all avoid it.
The last time I checked with Veritas on this it wasn't 
supported...

    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->   Agreeed. And almost immediately, don't be too afraid 
to do it. I have switched my Master Server off of a Media Server to a new 
system, and then swapped out the other Media Server for a new one. I plan to do 
it again, too! :7)
   My set-up was pretty simple -- two Solaris 2.6 Media Servers (one which was 
also the Master Server), each with an L9 tape library attached -- so if your 
situation has greater complexity, it may make this impossible.
  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">...(or wasn't supported unless you paid for a 
Veritas contractor to do it).

    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->   I called the Veritas support line and patiently let 
the guy tell me how the sky was going to fall if I tried this -- and then he 
emailed me a list of the steps to take. Give them a call and they'll probably 
tell you. (I know it's cowardly, but *I* am not going to be the person who 
gives you the rope to hang yourself.)
  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">From what I understand NBU integrates the hostname into itself 
is 
such a way that it's very difficult to know where it is and what 
kind of fall out can result from this change.

    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->   That's true enough. Roughly speaking, you pretend to 
have a server failure and then "recover" onto the new server.
-wde
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Will Enestvedt
UNIX System Administrator
Johnson &amp; Wales University -- Providence, RI

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