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Changing the Hostname or Domain Name of an NNMi Management Server

Note If the NNMi management server participates in NNMi application failover or is a member of a high availability (HA) cluster, contact your support representative for assistance.

To change the hostname, the domain name, or both, of the NNMi management server, set NNMi to use the new Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the NNMi management server using the nnmsetofficialfqdn.ovpl command. For example:

nnmsetofficialfqdn.ovpl newnnmi.servers.example.com

For more information, see the nnmsetofficialfqdn.ovpl reference page, or the Linux manpage.

Note The FQDN is a hostname combined with a domain name. If you change either of these, you are changing the FQDN of the NNMi management server. SSL certificates are always linked to the FQDN. The common name (CN) field in the certificate must match the server FQDN. Therefore, if you change the FQDN, you must have a new SSL certificate with matching CN. The nnmsetofficialfqdn.ovpl command updates the FQDN of the NNMi management server and it also creates a new self-signed certificate, which matches the new FQDN. However, if you are using CA certificates, you must generate a new CA certificate. See Generating a CA-Signed Certificate for more information.

If you change the IP address of the NNMi management server (regardless of whether the FQDN changes), you must obtain a new license. See Changing the IP Address of a Standalone NNMi Management Server for more information.