Here are the commands to rename a Celerra CIFS server:
Be sure putty session has a lot of lines of scroll back set so you can scroll up to see previous commands/results
Login to console as “nasadmin”.
testserv - Original server name
testservnew – new server name
get existing CIFS server data:
> server_cifs server_2
> server_cifs server_3
1. Unjoin the original compname from the domain, type:
server_cifs server_2 -Unjoin compname=testserv,domain=contourds.local,admin=adadmin
2. Delete the compname from the CIFS configuration of the Data Mover, type:
server_cifs server_2 -delete compname=testserv
3. Add the compname back to the CIFS configuration of the Data Mover as a NetBIOS name, type:
server_cifs server_2 -add netbios=testserv,domain=contourds.local,interface=192_168_191_65
4. Rename the NetBIOS server to the new name, type:
server_cifs server_2 -rename -netbios testserv testservnew
5. Delete the renamed NetBIOS name from step 4. from the CIFS configuration of the Data Mover, type:
server_cifs server_2 -delete netbios=testservnew
6. Add the new compname to the CIFS configuration and active directory (AD) domain, type:
server_cifs server_2 -add compname=testservnew,domain=contourds.local,interface=192_168_191_65
7. Join the new compname to the CIFS configuration and active directory (AD) domain, type:
server_cifs server_2 -Join compname=testservnew,domain=contourds.local,admin=adadmin
That's it!
