Can I change the hostname of the HANA Express after I used the VM Image Method?

[markus_stoeber]

Hi all,

we wanted to try out the HANA Express. As we have a VM infrastructure, we loaded the image into our vSphere.

To match our IT infrastructure we need to change the hostname from hxehost to the network host.

I faced several issues trying this before the configuration.

What I did:

I skipped the configuration in the first place to update the hostname to NEW_HOST.

I restarted the VM to reflect the changes on the NIC.

Now the configuration won't run succesfully as it's still watching for hxehost everywhere.

Do I need to configure the installation first and update the hostname afterwards? I found something using the lifecyclemanager hdblcmgui.

Is there any "easy" way ti achieve my goal?

Thanks and best regards,

Markus

[Former Member]

Hi,

You need to run through the configuration first then change the hostname. With the new hostname, you can change HANA system host with "hdblcm --action=rename_system". See https://help.sap.com/viewer/6b94445c94ae495c83a19646e7c3fd56/2.0.00/en-US/5eb88b11192b43bf8da3abeefd... for detail.

Note: This doesn't work with the server + XSA VM image. We are working to resolve this.

-Tai

[saskias]

Hello,

I am currently trying to rename my host as well and I tried the solution you provided here.

Unfortunately my system does not provide the rename_system option. Has it been removed and how would the updated command look like? Or is it simply not available in the hana express vm image?

Thanks a lot for your answer and kind regards,

Saskia

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EDIT: Please ignore my question. The system clearly told me that the "rename_system" information is not available if you do not execute hdblcm as root user. Sorry, my bad