[Users] changing hostname in ovirt

[Dafna Ron]

you cannot change a host name after it has been installed because of 
certificates being installed during host installation.

On 01/27/2014 10:42 AM, Sven Kieske wrote:
> Hi,
>
> maybe I should write an RFE BZ for this
> but there might be a technical limitation, I don't know.
>
> What I want:
>
> I have a Host in ovirt which is in status "down" and/or
> "maintenance".
>
> I want to change the hostname/ip ovirt uses to connect to
> this host.
>
> 2. RFEs:
>
> 1. This is not possible via webadmin, the address field
> is grayed out (there seem to be conflicting design patterns
> for the webadmin, other buttons which don't work don't get
> grayed out for some reason, instead they throw errors..)
>
> 2. make it possible to change the hostname/ip via API
>
> from what I've seen so far I have to hack the database
> to make this change happen in 3.3.2
>
> Is there any technical reason why this is not possible?
> ovirt should be happy with the UUIDs for the host and
> should not bother about the hostname.
>
> Is there a way to alter the hostname/ip which I don't know?
>
> Could someone point me to the right table and how to alter it
> without breaking it?
>
> Thank you!
>
>



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Dafna Ron