> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arie van Dam > Sent: Tuesday, 11 July 2006 02:50 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] Changing server IP address > > I just changed the IP address of our customers servers this > weekend with no problems whatsoever, to reach the same goal.
Yes, this will work. <soapbox> No, this is not the 'right' way to do it. Your terminal emulators should be pointing at a DNS [Alias] Name, not an IP address. So should your ODBC / OLEDB connections, your UniAdmin clients and everything else. Then when you want to swap over to a new server, you just amend your DNS entry. I first did this [with a Netware DNS server as it happened] over a decade ago, so it's hardly bleeding-edge technology. > > Just make sure you also change the hostnames as well to match > the old server name in the new situation. If your hosts file has more than about a dozen entries, it is, IMHO, broken. At my previous site /etc/hosts contained only the other members of the production cluster, the primary and secondary DNS servers, the primary and secondary NTP servers and the default gateway. That was it. > Some programs use the servername when connecting. Exactly. > And no doubt you were gonna change the old servers > address/hostname first ;-) This minimises the chance of trouble. If you go the DNS way you can't have a problem like this </soapbox> HTH Mike > > Success, > Arie > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Verzonden: maandag 10 juli 2006 15:13 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: [U2] Changing server IP address > > > We are currently upgrading to a new solaris server. The plan > was to go live with the new server this week. In order to > minimise disruption, we had planned to modify the IP address > and hostname of the new server to match the current > production server (as well as changing the IP address and > hostname of the current production server to avoid a clash). > This would have meant that no client terminal emulator > settings would need changing. > > Will this be possible or will the UniVerse software complain > because it thinks it has been copied to a different server? > Are we better off configuring the client PCs? > > Regards, > > Rob Wills > (rob dot wills at tigerinfotech dot com) > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > The information contained in this Internet Email message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged information, but not necessarily the official views or opinions of the New Zealand Defence Force. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, copy or distribute this message or the information in it. If you have received this message in error, please Email or telephone the sender immediately. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
