Infrastructure Host Rename SOP

Throughout this SOP, we will refer to the old hostname as $oldhostname and the new hostname as $newhostname. We will refer to the Dom0 host that the vm resides on as $vmhost.

If this process is being followed so that a temporary-named host can replace a production host, please be sure to follow the Infrastructure retire machine SOP to properly decommission the old host before continuing.

In order to rename the host, you must have access to the Dom0 (host) on which the virtual server resides. To find out which host that is, log in to batcave01, and run:

The first column of the output will be the Dom0 of the virtual node.

SSH to $oldhostname. If the new name is replacing a production box, change the IP Address that it binds to, in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.

Also change the hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network.

At this point, you can sudo poweroff $oldhostname.

Open an ssh session to $vmhost, and make sure that the node is listed as shut off. If it is not, you can force it off with:

Find out the name of the logical volume (on $vmhost):

This will give you a line that looks like <source dev='/dev/VolGroup00/$oldhostname'/> which tells you that /dev/VolGroup00/$oldhostname is the path to the logical volume.

Run /usr/sbin/lvrename (the path that you found above) (the path that you found above, with $newhostname at the end instead of $oldhostname)`

Now that the logical volume has been renamed, we can rename the host in libvirt.

Dump the configuration of $oldhostname into an xml file, by running:

Open up $newhostname.xml, and change all instances of $oldhostname to $newhostname.

Save the file and run:

If there are no errors above, you can undefine $oldhostname:

Power on $newhostname, with:

And remember to set it to autostart:

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