I believe you can just rename the host in the config file, and rename the host directory under `pc` in the backuppc data directory.
After you rename the hosts to whatever makes sense, use ClientNameAlias to ensure the renamed host points to the *real* hostname. See http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#_conf_clientnamealias_. Regards, Raman On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 9:02 PM Omidia Backuppc <backu...@omidia.com> wrote: > > Hi all. > > How do you rename hosts in backuppc? > > So there are a couple windows machines being backup up by backuppc (3.3.1) > that are foolishly named after the user, which is great until they leave, > then the host in backuppc is the old name, referring to the previous user... > which is fine until you go through a few generations of this and now it's a > puzzle to figure out who the heck "kevinpc" refers to. > > i know, generic names, they are now, but i'd REALLY like to be able to update > at least what shows up on the web interface to actually reference something > that makes sense. (they regularly check and test they're own backups -- I > have found that to be a rare breed though I insist on it for everyone.... > anyways, this is made a bit less easy because none of the names on the web > interface refer to something they can make sense of without really thinking > about it.) > > it would be great to rename all the rest of the stuff, like the name in the > config files, even the folder but that's all a lot less important (and maybe > harder don't know). i can live with that stuff being wrong/old/a puzzle. > Would be nice but doesn't matter much. > > But what the user sees... matters a lot. > > I know i can retire the host and hide it and add the new one and it won't > take up extra disc space, but first no history and second that's not the best > solution. > > This is easy right? Am I just being daft? > > Help! =) > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
