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Because you'd probably also change the SMB or DNS name for the machine when you rename it, and that opens a can of worms where you try to work out what's using
by tolien 7y ago
Because you'd probably also change the SMB or DNS name for the machine when you rename it, and that opens a can of worms where you try to work out what's using that reference and change everything that matters.
Now renaming the machine is a multi-day thing involving configuration changes (and that assumes it's not hard coded anywhere) to a whole bunch of software; inevitably you'll miss some and it'll break. Easier not to bother.
- cortesoft 7y agoIf something else is still referencing the old machine, it means you aren't changing its purpose but only adding to it. I would imagine a change of purpose would normally be a reprov.
- jolmg 7y agoChanges can be gradual. I know a server that was named after a single service the machine was set-up for. Then later across a span of time, more services needed to be added. They're unrelated services, but circumstances necessitated them being installed on this server. Then even later, the original service ceased to be used and was shut-down. Changing the name might imply changing references in other services that make reference to this server for the current services that are still running. It might also imply changing bookmarks in the machines of the users of the services still running on this server. The bookmarks are a concern because many users don't know how to do anything with bookmarks other than clicking on them, so you can't depend on them understanding how to edit the URLs of these bookmarks. Yes, that's depressing.