topic Re: changing Host Names in Administration and Deployment https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/changing-Host-Names/m-p/81955#M564 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>A common approach to this type of issue is to create aliases for your SAS servers and install using the alias. That means at any time you can change the physical server name as long as it still points to the alias. </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:09:41 GMT SASKiwi 2013-03-19T23:09:41Z changing Host Names https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/changing-Host-Names/m-p/81954#M563 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We are replacing a Solaris server.&nbsp; The new server will have a different host name until it is moved into production.&nbsp; If&nbsp; SAS 9.3 is installed on the new server using a temporary host name,&nbsp; can the host name&nbsp; and IP addressed be changed without breaking SAS?&nbsp; This is a single server but I think without reconfiguring the host name and IP address, SAS will have a hard time.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks Carl Mathews</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">University of Arkansas</SPAN><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:03:33 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/changing-Host-Names/m-p/81954#M563 CarlM 2013-03-19T21:03:33Z Re: changing Host Names https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/changing-Host-Names/m-p/81955#M564 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>A common approach to this type of issue is to create aliases for your SAS servers and install using the alias. That means at any time you can change the physical server name as long as it still points to the alias. </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:09:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/changing-Host-Names/m-p/81955#M564 SASKiwi 2013-03-19T23:09:41Z