Hi,
In my Windows Network, I have a computer acting as lightweight standalone server. It has a small lightweight App running under Windows 7 x64. App is licensed and has specific requirements so Operating System etc. can't be upgraded. I need to change the hardware for this server. App vendor is ready to re-license same App on new server as long as new server has same App verion and similar software platform and exact same hostname from existing in-use server.
I have setup and configured a new machine with all above requirements except that I did not use same hostname because both servers are online at the moment. App on new server is running as demo version till it gets licensed. To get license I need to rename new server's hostname as is on existing server. Then provide vendor the keys generated by App on new servrer.
Following is config example of my servers
Existing Server
Hardware: Dell
Software: all software platform set as required by my App
Hostname: PA (example)
Domain: kd.com (example)
My App: Licensed
Server is domain joined but is a stand alone server.
New Server
Hardware: HP
Software: all software platform set as required by my App
Hostname: PA2 (example)
Workgroup: WORKGROUP (example)
My App: Demo expired. waiting to be licensed
Server is stand alone. Will join domain later.
Obviously to get App licensed on new server, it must get old server's hostname. To avoid running two machines with same hostname, old server's hostname must also be changed. I have decided to swap hostnames on both servers.
Here are my questions:
Q.1 I am using Teamviewer and have local admin access to both servers. How can I change hostname on both servers remotely?
Q.2 is it safe to rename my existing server(domain joined) directly from the server itself remotely or doing so will hurt its registeration in domain?
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