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Maintaining OVO
Changing Hostnames and IP Addresses
NOTE You do not need to change the CERTIFICATE_SERVER if an other
system is set as a certificate server.
c. Restart the OVO agent processes. Enter the following:
/opt/OV/bin/opcagt -start
28. Re-install the agent software on the management server.
Re-install the OVO agent software when you have finished this task.
To Change the Hostname or IP Address of a Managed
Node
NOTE If you are running OVO in a distributed management server (MoM)
environment server environment, make sure that you perform all steps
described below also on all management server systems that control or
monitor the modified node.
NOTE The System acquires IP dynamically (DHCP) checkbox, available
only for HTTPS-based managed nodes, allows you to perform your OVO
managed node’s IP address change in a safer and a more comfortable
way. This is most useful if your managed node is an DHCP client, or if
you have set IP address change of managed node(s) ahead.
NOTE If you are using Service Navigator, check the service configuration file for
opcservice command. If the service configuration file contains
hostnames and IP addresses, they may need to be changed before you
run the opcservice again. For more information, refer to the Service
Navigator Concepts and Configuration Guide.
For managed nodes, the hostname or IP address change can be
performed using the opc_node_change.pl script located in
/opt/OV/bin/OpC/utils directory on the management server. The
opc_node_change.pl script does the following:
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