[Info-vax] Chaning machine name

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Tue, 2023-04-18 at 12:07 -0400, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 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.

What a nightmare, yes fine I'll chalk it up to gaining experience and
doing it right with an reinstall. 

Thanks. 
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