Change Server name CASE?

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Our current IT policy is to name servers using lower case. It used to
be UPPER CASE. Our SAP team wants their new servers to be re-named
using UPPER CASE. The name wil be the same, only the case will
change.
Can this be done and are there any other ramifications of doing this?

TIA,

Seymour
 
Re: Change Server name CASE?

"Cmor" <cmor1701d@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Our current IT policy is to name servers using lower case. It used to
> be UPPER CASE. Our SAP team wants their new servers to be re-named
> using UPPER CASE. The name wil be the same, only the case will
> change.
> Can this be done and are there any other ramifications of doing this?

Case is irrelevant. It is a meaninless thing to "want".
I think NetBios Names (WINS) is always shown upper case,...DNS names are
typically lower case,....Windows Machines Names can be mixed case.

They should *really* want them lower cased in keeping with DNS tradition
considering that Active Directory is completely DNS based.

To make the change in case "hold" when you rename them:

1. Rename them to a totally different name, ignore the reboot prompt.
2. Rename them back
3. When you rename them back use the case you want. Now reboot.

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Re: Change Server name CASE?

Host name case matters to SAP. Case matters in the Unix world too.
We changed our policy on server host names to be lower case to match
DNS. Then we changed from AD integrated to secondary with BIND 9.x
primary.

Thanks for the reply.



On Aug 26, 2:31 pm, "Phillip Windell" <philwind...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Cmor" <cmor17...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:745b9b28-d472-442e-b3bf-eed7251b814f@25g2000prz.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Our current IT policy is to name servers using lower case.  It used to
> > be UPPER CASE.  Our SAP team wants their new servers to be re-named
> > using UPPER CASE.  The name wil be the same, only the case will
> > change.
> > Can this be done and are there any other ramifications of doing this?
>
> Case is irrelevant. It is a meaninless thing to "want".
> I think NetBios Names (WINS) is always shown upper case,...DNS names are
> typically lower case,....Windows Machines Names can be mixed case.
>
> They should *really* want them lower cased in keeping with DNS tradition
> considering that Active Directory is completely DNS based.
>
> To make the change in case "hold" when you rename them:
>
> 1. Rename them to a totally different name, ignore the reboot prompt.
> 2. Rename them back
> 3. When you rename them back use the case you want.  Now reboot.
>
> --
> Phillip Windellwww.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Technet Library
>  ISA2004http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc302436(TechNet.10)..aspx
>  ISA2006http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb898433(TechNet.10)..aspx
>
> Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processinghttp://www.isaserver.org/articles/ISA2004_AccessRules.html
>
> Troubleshooting Client Authentication on Access Rules in ISA Server 2004http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/1/8/918ed2d3-71d0-40ed-8e6d-...
>
> Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partnershttp://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.mspx
>
> Microsoft ISA Server Partners: Partner Hardware Solutionshttp://www.microsoft.com/forefront/edgesecurity/partners/hardwarepart...
> -----------------------------------------------------  
 
Re: Change Server name CASE?

"Cmor" <cmor1701d@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Host name case matters to SAP. Case matters in the Unix world too.
> We changed our policy on server host names to be lower case to match
> DNS. Then we changed from AD integrated to secondary with BIND 9.x
> primary.

Well, renaming them back and forth like I described should get the case the
way you want it.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------
 
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