[Users] changing hostname in ovirt

[Alon Bar-Lev]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dafna Ron" <dron at redhat.com>
> To: "Sven Kieske" <S.Kieske at mittwald.de>
> Cc: "Users at ovirt.org List" <Users at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:13:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] changing hostname in ovirt
> 
> you cannot change a host name after it has been installed because of
> certificates being installed during host installation.

This should not be an issue, as you can:
1. go to maintenance.
2. modify host name via API
3. re-deploy host.

> 
> 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
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