PowerProtect Data Manager 19.14 File System User Guide

Update the File System agent hostname

Perform the following steps to update the File System agent hostname.

1. Delete the asset source from PowerProtect Data Manager. This automatically deletes assets from the host that are added in the protection policies. See Delete an asset source for more information.
2. Change the hostname of the File System agent.
3. Delete the existing agents.clb* lockbox files in the C:\Program Files\DPSAPPS\common\lockbox directory on Windows or the /opt/dpsapps/fsagent/lockbox directory on Linux.
   NOTE:If the File System agent is installed to a nondefault path, delete all the files in the lockbox subdirectory of the installation directory.
4. Reregister the agent. To reregister the agent for Windows, run the installer with the Change option. To reregister the agent for Linux or AIX, run register.sh --enable from the agentsvc directory. This reregisters the deleted File System agent service. For more information, see Reregister the File System agent on Linux or AIX and Reregister the File System agent on Windows.
5. Once the client is registered with the new hostname, add the assets to the existing protection policy to perform backups. If there no policy exists, create a policy and add the assets to that.