Renaming a central administration server

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
If you back up and then rename a server, the new server name and the old server name both appear on the Backup and Restore tab. You should select the icon with the old server name to restore any data that you backed up before you changed the server name. You should select the icon with the new server name to restore any data that you backed up after you changed the server name.
After you rename a central administration server, that catalogs folder uses the new central administration server's name. An automatic process called catalog self-healing modifies the catalog files on the server and the catalog metadata in the Backup Exec Database.
Note: If you want to rename a central administration server that does not have any managed Backup Exec servers associated with it, you do not need to follow this procedure. Instead, you can use the standard Windows renaming process.
To rename a central administration server
  1. On the central administration server's Storage tab, right-click a managed Backup Exec server, and then click Delete.
The managed Backup Exec server is not deleted from Backup Exec. It is removed only from the CAS environment, so it becomes a standalone Backup Exec server.
  1. Repeat step 1 for every managed Backup Exec server that the central administration server manages.
  2. Rename the server by using the standard Windows renaming process.
  3. To rejoin the managed Backup Exec servers to the central administration server, install the managed Backup Exec server feature on the servers that were deleted from the Storage tab in steps 1 and 2.
    Note: Restart the server when the installation is complete.
  4. Verify that the managed Backup Exec servers are rejoined to the renamed central administration server.