Renaming a managed Backup Exec server

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
Before you can rename a managed Backup Exec server, you must delete it from the CAS environment so that it becomes a standalone Backup Exec server. After you rename the server, you must reinstall the managed Backup Exec feature to the server, and then redelegate all of the jobs to the new managed Backup Exec server name.
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 managed Backup Exec server, the catalogs folder uses the new managed Backup Exec 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.
To rename a managed Backup Exec server
  1. On the central administration server's Storage tab, right-click the managed Backup Exec server that you want to rename.
  2. Click Delete to remove the managed Backup Exec server from the CAS environment.
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. The server must be removed from the CAS environment before it can be renamed.
  1. Restart the services on the server that you want to rename.
  2. Rename the server by using the standard Windows renaming process.
  3. Restart the server.
After the server is restarted, Backup Exec may prompt you to restart the Backup Exec services and the Backup Exec deduplication services. You must choose the new server name on the Backup Exec Services Manager dialog box.
  1. To rejoin the server to the central administration server, install the managed Backup Exec server feature on the renamed server.
    Note: Restart the server when the installation is complete.
  2. Verify that the renamed managed Backup Exec server is rejoined to the central administration server.
  3. Delegate all jobs that were associated with the managed Backup Exec server prior to the renaming to the renamed managed Backup Exec server.