[Info-vax] Changing VMS node name

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <1333989336.22267.2.camel at lithium.local.net>, Single Stage to
Orbit <alex.buell at munted.eu> writes: 

> I accidentally mis-entered a node name because my terminal emulation
> wasn't quite right and using the backspace just screwed up the node name
> for my OpenVMS 6.2 installation under simh-vax.
> 
> I then looked at the docs (Hofflabs,HP etc) for renaming the node name,
> but despite trying everything my node name still remains the same.
> 
> Is there a definitive step by step guide for renaming a node?

It's been discussed here many times and is in the VMS FAQ.  (It often 
occurs in the context of cloning a system disk.)