It depends on the software you are running. We have a MS project server and if it is renamed, it fails. They now have a script that will change all the name based pointers int he database for when they need to clone it for testing but that script was run created over the course of 2 weeks to get it working..
Steven On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Jeff Bunting<[email protected]> wrote: > Wanted to run this scenario past the list and see what you all think. We > have an MS Project 2007 Server and a separate SQL 2005 backend server being > used in production under VMWare. The developers want to create a test > environment to troubleshoot problems on the production system. I was > thinking we could just clone both VMs, run sysprep, and change the server > names and IP addresses. IIRC, renaming a SQL server isn't a big deal (I > think you just have to modify one of the system tables to reflect it), but > I'm not familiar with Project Server at all. Anyone see any potential > pitfalls? > > Thanks, > Jeff > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
