Perform the following steps to change the hostname or IP address of the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance.
About this task
CAUTION If you do not follow all these steps,
PowerProtect Data Manager can become unstable and perform unpredictably.
Steps
Change the hostname or IP address from the
PowerProtect Data Manager user interface.
Perform the following substeps on each enabled
Search Engine node:
Connect to the
Search Engine node console.
Open
/opt/emc/search/conf/search.cfg in a text editor.
Look for the
PPDMServer section, and edit the value of
Value, replacing
<hostname> with the new hostname:
"PPDMServer": {
"Description": "PowerProtect Data Manager server name",
"Required": true,
"Type": "string",
"IsArray": false,
"Value": "<hostname>",
"Default": null
},
Look for the
PPDMUrl section, and edit the value of
Value, replacing
<ip_address> with the new IP address:
"PPDMUrl": {
"Description": "PowerProtect Data Manager server URL with port, for backup synchronization, (<URL>:9200)",
"Required": true,
"Type": "string",
"IsArray": false,
"Value": "https://<ip_address>:8443",
"Default": null
},
Run the command
sudo systemctl restart search-monitor.service.
Run the command
sudo systemctl restart search-rest-engine.service.
If
DD Boost is used, perform the following substeps:
NOTE If NFS is used, skip this step.
Connect to the
PowerProtect Data Manager console and change to the root user.
Run the command
service elasticsearch status. If the service is running, wait 5 minutes and run the command again. If the service is still running, run the command
service elasticsearch stop.
From the vSphere Client user interface, select the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance, click
ACTIONS > Power, and then select
Restart Guest OS.
NOTE Use the vSphere Client to restart the
PowerProtect Data Manager appliance instead of the normal procedure.
After the appliance has restarted, connect to the
PowerProtect Data Manager console and change to the root user.