[Info-vax] Chaning machine name

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2023-04-18 13:09:22 +0000, Single Stage to Orbit said:

> Is it a simple task to change the machine's name in OpenVMS. I
> originally set mine to GHOST1 and now I want to rename it to something
> more interesting like OpenVMS1. Is that practical?

Practical? Not really. It's a dogs breakfast. Reinstall it for best results.

There are at least 20 places that the host name gets stored. Probably 
more. No, it's not practical to change it. Will changing the core names 
probably work well enough for a hobbyist? Sure. Probably. Maybe.

The old OpenVMS FAQ (5.7  How do I change the node name of an OpenVMS 
System?) had a brief list. More got found, and more got added to lists.

Having the wrong (the old or the new) name in at least one place—in the 
queue manager—will block the bootstrap from completing. You'll need to 
bypass the startup and fix that manually to reboot.

Names got embedded everywhere, too. In device names, in the Apache web 
server configuration files, in other layered products, basically 
everywhere. Not all need to be (or even can be) the same.



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