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Posted - 2003-07-11 : 07:13:27

Liz writes "If we change the name of a computer, how do we properly change the computer name within the SQL server?

Thanks, Liz"

jasper_smith
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Posted - 2003-07-11 : 11:33:41

For SQL7
1) You need to rerun setup (this doesn't install anything)
2) Run the following in Query Analyzer

sp_dropserver 'oldservername'
go
sp_addserver 'newservername','local'
go

3) Restart SQL Service

For SQL2000
1) Go into Query Analyzer after the rename/reboot. Then run

sp_dropserver 'oldservername'
go
sp_addserver 'newservername','local'
go

2) Restart SQL Service
3)If you have any jobs set up you will need to fix these as well which you can do by running the following procedure [url]http://www.sqldev.net/download/sqlagent/sp_sqlagent_rename.sql[/url]

HTH
Jasper Smith

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