There are several cases where it is a requirement to rename a View
Connection Server respectively the Windows Server running the broker.
This could happen for example during a network migration or a merger of
two companies. To come directly to the point: Don’t do it, never just
rename the Windows box computer name. There
are to many dependencies between the name and the View LDAP and other components of the View installation.
If you have the requirement for changing a server name, just do the following:
Install a new Windows server and use the new computer name
Install the View Server in replica server mode
After the installation the new server will replicate all information
from the View LDAP running on the remaining View servers. The server
group is operating in Multi-Master Mode what means that each server has a
full View LDAP and all servers are identical.
In the last step shutdown the old server and use the vdmadmin.exe
tool to remove the server from the replicated server group. The syntax
for that is:
vdmadmin -S -r -s <servername>
With parameter –S you tell the vdmadmin.exe tool that it should
manage an View server entry in the View LDAP. –r is for removing an
entry and –s defines the computer name which should be removed.
The command must be executed on one of the remaining servers, not from the server which should be removed.