Q: Rename a client in the DB

[Robert Wirth]

Hi!

Maybe this is no new question, but I didn't find anything about it
in the archives.

Q: Is it possible to rename a client in the Bacula-DB?  

The case is:  here, client names correspond to host names.  Now, a host
name has to be changed, so it's client name would also change.  Then it
would be a new client for Bacula, and Bacula would upgrade the next
incremental backup to a full backup, what is completely needless
(and bad because of 4 TB data stored there).

Of course, I could keep the client name regardless of what's going on
with the host name.  But then I would break the naming convention.  
And that's bad in an environment of about 100 Bacula clients...

A better solution would be to rename all entries in the DB from
"oldclient-fd" to "newclient-fd".  The next incremental of "newclient-fd"
would just be an appendix to existing data.

Best regards,

        Robert

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[Arno Lehmann]

Hi,

16.05.2008 10:17, Robert Wirth wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Maybe this is no new question, but I didn't find anything about it
> in the archives.
>
> Q: Is it possible to rename a client in the Bacula-DB?  

Yes, that's possible. If you know a bit about SQL and understand the
database layout, this is simple.

Even if you feel safe with these  items I recommend doing a catalog
dump before you change the name, and try a job from the renamed client
immediately.

> The case is:  here, client names correspond to host names.  Now, a host
> name has to be changed, so it's client name would also change.  Then it
> would be a new client for Bacula, and Bacula would upgrade the next
> incremental backup to a full backup, what is completely needless
> (and bad because of 4 TB data stored there).
>
> Of course, I could keep the client name regardless of what's going on
> with the host name.  But then I would break the naming convention.  
> And that's bad in an environment of about 100 Bacula clients...

Yes.

> A better solution would be to rename all entries in the DB from
> "oldclient-fd" to "newclient-fd".  The next incremental of "newclient-fd"
> would just be an appendix to existing data.

Remember that you have to change the configuration accordingly...

Arno

> Best regards,
>
> Robert
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ++    German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence    ++
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Dipl.Inf. Robert Wirth,Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3,66123 Saarbruecken
> @office: [phone], or -5572 +++ @fax: [phone]
> mailto:[hidden email] ++++++++ http://www.dfki.de/~wirth
> --------------------------------------------------------------
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> - Firmensitz Trippstadter Strasse 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern
>
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> - Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender)
> - Dr. Walter Olthoff
>
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> - Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes
>
> Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313
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>
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