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Server rename affecting mirroring
- Thread starter niall5098
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I am not too sure, as I have never done this before. on the face of it, we can give the standard answer: It depends. How is the partner server defined in your mirroring setup?
Most likely, it is defined by server DNS name. If this is the case, you could put a host file entry on each machine, pointing to the old name. This will get very dicey, if you ever re-use the old server names.
If it is by IP address (not really a best practice), then there is likely no change necessary.
In the case, where you have a smaller database to test with (may as well set up a dummy database for this), see if you can issue an ALTER DATABASE statement to change the partner name. This will require a host file entry, so the system can resolve the new (fake) name.
Worst case, you will have to rebuild the mirrors.
Most likely, it is defined by server DNS name. If this is the case, you could put a host file entry on each machine, pointing to the old name. This will get very dicey, if you ever re-use the old server names.
If it is by IP address (not really a best practice), then there is likely no change necessary.
In the case, where you have a smaller database to test with (may as well set up a dummy database for this), see if you can issue an ALTER DATABASE statement to change the partner name. This will require a host file entry, so the system can resolve the new (fake) name.
Worst case, you will have to rebuild the mirrors.
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