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Rename Machines

CMS and gateways

Important! We strongly recommend that you do not rename the CMS or gateway servers.

Renaming the CMS or a gateway can cause severe communication problems between the server and its child machines. This is due to the authentication mechanism used by CA DataMinder machines to ensure data security.

Client machines

You can rename client machines, but be aware that CA DataMinder handles the renamed client as though it were a new machine. That is, the renamed machine is given a new account and inherits the common client policy (the default policy for new client machines).

If the local machine policy previously contained customized settings, these will be lost when the client is renamed. You will need to re-configure these settings in the policy for the new machine account.

More information:

Managing Machine Accounts