How to Change the Hostname of the Delphix Engine
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Changing the Hostname

Perform the following steps to change the hostname of a Delphix engine.

Note

Currently, it is only possible to change the hostname via the Command Line Interface (CLI).

  1. Stop all running VDBs by clicking the Stop button on the VDB card.
  2. Disable all dSources.

  3. Log into the Delphix CLI using your sysadmin username and password. If you are using the same interface that you connected to the CLI on, it will interrupt the connection. Therefore, it is recommended to log in to the CLI on the console.

    ssh sysadmin@yourdelphixengine

  4. Run the following commands.

    dlpx01> network
dlpx01 network> setup
dlpx01 network setup> ls
Properties
    defaultRoute: 192.168.0.1
    dhcp: false
    dnsDomain: plb.internal
    dnsServers: 192.168.0.111,198.142.152.164,198.142.152.165
    hostname: dlpx01
    primaryAddress: 192.168.0.109/24

Operations
update
dlpx01 network setup> update
dlpx01 network setup update *> set hostname=newhostname
dlpx01 network setup update *> commit

  5. If DHCP is being used, the Delphix Engine will expect the Hostname to be provided by the DHCP server. As such, there will be no property 'hostname' to update. This process requires changing the IP addressing configuration from DHCP to static address configuration. To proceed you will need to take the following action (making sure that there is no conflict between your DHCP server and the changes you are implementing).

    dlpx01 network setup> update
dlpx01 network setup update *> set dhcp=false
dlpx01 network setup update *> set hostname=newhostname
dlpx01 network setup update *> commit
newhostname network setup> update
newhostname network setup update *> set dhcp=true
newhostname network setup update *> commit
newhostname network setup> ls
Properties
    defaultRoute: 192.168.0.1
    dhcp: true
    dnsDomain: plb.internal
    dnsServers: 192.168.0.111,198.142.152.164,198.142.152.165
    hostname: newhostname
    primaryAddress: 192.168.0.109/24

  6. Re-enable the VDBs and dSources running from the engine.

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