Editing An Agent's Name - SonicWALL CDP 6.0 Administrator's Manual

Editing an Agent's Name

The Edit Name function allows the administrator to change an inoperable agent's name in the
Web Management Interface. SonicWALL CDP recognizes agents by agent name, which is the
same as Computer Name.
In order to recover backed up data from an agent that has been rendered inoperable, it is
necessary to change the name of that agent in Web Management Interface to match the name
of a new agent. The new name must be the same as the computer name of the new agent.
Editing an inoperable agent's name to match a new agent allows Web Management Interface
to recognize the new agent and associate backed up data from the inoperable agent with the
newly assigned agent.
The Edit Name function should only be used to recover data from disabled agents. An
Note
alternate solution is to configure the new agent with the same computer name as the
disabled agent. To change the computer name, right click My Computer and select
Properties. Click the Computer Name tab and select Change, then type in the computer
name of your previous computer.
To edit an agent's name in the Web Management Interface, perform the following steps:
In the Web Management Interface, navigate to the Agents > Manage page.
Step 1
On the Configure tab, click the Edit Agent icon in the Configure column for the agent you
Step 2
want to rename. The edit dialog box opens.
Type the new name for the agent computer in the Agent Name field.
Step 3
Type a descriptive name for the agent in the Friendly Name field.
Step 4
Click OK.
Step 5
To exit the dialog box without making any changes, click Cancel.
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