Changing the server host name and pdserver name

Use these procedures to change the host name of the system on which your InfoPrint Manager server runs, or to rename the InfoPrint Manager pdserver.

Changing the server host name

Changing the host name of the server where InfoPrint Manager is running affects both the system and the license fingerprint, which prevents InfoPrint Manager from running. Before proceeding, make sure the following actions have been taken:

• Create a full backup of the InfoPrint Manager system. Then, run a pdcapture and store the resulting file on a separate system. Also, use the ISMU to create a restorable archive of the current InfoPrint Manager system objects.
• Ensure you have a complete list of your License EIDs, which will be needed to generate a new license key once the system fingerprint stabilizes under the new host name.
• Generate a new license key using the new host name. This might require temporarily stopping InfoPrint Manager and changing the host name in order to retrieve the new fingerprint using the License Key Management Application. Go to the self-service Ricoh website https://dl.ricohsoftware.com and use the new fingerprint to generate the new license key for the product. For more information, see PSF TCP/IP printer

To change the server host name, follow these instructions:

1. Modify the old host name of the server to the new host name of the server in the /etc/hostname file.
2. If necessary, change the old host name with the new server name in the /etc/hosts file.
3. For the changes to take effect, restart the machine.

Changing the pdserver name

To change the pdserver name, follow these steps:

1. Change the old server name with the new server name in the /etc/rc.pd.servers file, if available.
2. Stop all running pdservers. For interoperating systems, stop all pdservers from all interoperated machines.
3. From a command line terminal, clear the namespace:

   # clrfstns /var/pddir/default_cell

4. Reset the fst.ports:

   # pdinitports

5. Remove the /var/lib/pd/pdserver.conf file:

   # rm /var/lib/pd/pdserver.conf

6. Remove the old_server_name file from the /var/pd/old_server_name/pdb/spooler/ directory:

   # rm /var/pd/old_server_name/pdb/spooler/old_server_name

7. Rename the /var/pd/old_server_name folder to /var/pd/new_server_name:

   # mv /var/pd/old_server_name /var/pd/new_server_name

8. If /var/pd/new_server_name contains one or more files that end with .dev, symlink /var/pd/new_server_name as /var/pd/old_server_name:

   # ln -s /var/pd/new_server_name /var/pd/old_server_name

   Note: You can skip this step and remove all printers that have .dev files in /var/pd/new_server_name and recreate deleted printers after step 9.
9. Start the new_server_name pdserver or reboot your computer.