Re: [BackupPC-users] New Client; Same Hostname

2018-07-24 Thread Michael Stowe
On 2018-07-24 07:28, G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: Hi there, On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Tim Evans wrote: I'm retiring the oldest PC among my BackupPC clients, and replacing it with a new one. Would like to use the same hostname for the new machine, but think this might confuse things with

Re: [BackupPC-users] New Client; Same Hostname

2018-07-24 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hi there, On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Tim Evans wrote: I'm retiring the oldest PC among my BackupPC clients, and replacing it with a new one. Would like to use the same hostname for the new machine, but think this might confuse things with BackupPC. I'd recommend that you don't do it. BackupPC is

Re: [BackupPC-users] New Client; Same Hostname

2018-07-23 Thread Michael Stowe
On 2018-07-23 12:36, Tim Evans wrote: I'm retiring the oldest PC among my BackupPC clients, and replacing it with a new one. Would like to use the same hostname for the new machine, but think this might confuse things with BackupPC. Can anyone suggest a process for making this work right?

[BackupPC-users] New Client; Same Hostname

2018-07-23 Thread Tim Evans
I'm retiring the oldest PC among my BackupPC clients, and replacing it with a new one. Would like to use the same hostname for the new machine, but think this might confuse things with BackupPC. Can anyone suggest a process for making this work right? Thanks. -- Tim Evans