How To Change The IP Address Of The Deployment Server After The Rapid Deployment Pack Installation
Article: 137
Applies to: Release 2.20 or greater
A static IP address and computer name should be set on the Deployment Server prior to
the Rapid Deployment Pack installation. However, if it is essential to
change the IP address after the RDP installation without reinstalling RDP, use the
following steps:
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Change the settings for managed targets. If the Deployment Agent for Windows
and Deployment Agent for Linux connect via multicast, skip this step.
NOTE: After the managed servers receive
the new Deployment Server IP, their connection to the Deployment Server will be lost.
| a. |
On the Deployment Server console, right-click All Computers and select
Change Agent Settings > Production Agent.
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| b. |
On the Server Connection tab, verify Connect directly to this
Deployment Server is selected and enter the new Deployment Server IP in
the Address/Hostname field.
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| c. |
Click OK.
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| 2. |
Change the IP address on the Deployment Server using the Windows network settings.
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| 3. |
Reboot the Deployment Server.
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| 4. |
If PXE is remote, restart the PXE services.
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| 5. |
Change the settings for new targets. If the Deployment Agents connect via multicast,
skip this step.
| a. |
Select Tools > Options.
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| b. |
On the Agent Settings tab, select Force new agents to take these
default settings.
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| c. |
Click Change Default Settings.
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| d. |
On the Server Connection tab, verify Connect directly to this
Deployment Server is selected and enter the new Deployment Server IP
in the Address/Hostname field.
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| e. |
Click OK.
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| f. |
Click OK.
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| g. |
If a custom adlagent configuration file is used that uses the Deployment
Server IP, edit the .\lib\osoem\altiris\adlagent.conf file
setting the TcpAddr= value to the new Deployment Server IP.
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| h. |
If disk image files exist, either recapture the images after the Deployment
Server IP address has been changed and managed servers are reconnected, or
edit the images via Image Explorer. The files to edit under Image Explorer
are \program files\altiris\$oem\aclient\aclient.inp or
\altiris\aclient\aclient.inp for Windows, and
/opt/altiris/deployment/adlagent/conf/adlagent.conf for
Linux. Change the TcpAddr= value to the new Deployment Server IP.
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| 6. |
Change the automation environments. The following steps are for PXE boot images. To change
other boot media images, open Boot Disk Creator and follow steps 3e through 3j to generate
a new image for each configuration.
| a. |
Open the PXE Configuration utility.
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| b. |
On the DS tab, change the Deployment Server IP address field
to the new Deployment Server IP.
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| c. |
On the Boot Menu tab, select the Linux Managed boot menu option
and click Edit. For Release 2.20, select DOS Managed.
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| d. |
Click Edit Boot Image and the Altiris Boot Disk Creator opens.
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| e. |
Click Edit and Step 1 of 12: Configuration Name window appears.
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| f. |
Click Next three times to Step 4 of 12: Altiris Deployment
Server Communication.
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| g. |
Verify Use TCP/IP to connect to the Altiris Deployment Server
is selected and edit the Server IP Address field with the new
Deployment Server IP.
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| h. |
Click Next and Step 6 of 12: Linux Network Mount Points
window appears.
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| i. |
If Create an entry in the /etc/hosts file for the Deployment Server
file store (other entries must be added manually) is selected,
edit the IP Address field with the new Deployment Server IP.
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| j. |
Click Next to Step 10 to generate the PXE image.
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| k. |
Click Finish.
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| l. |
Click OK.
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| m. |
Click Save.
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| n. |
Repeat steps 6c through 6m for the WinPE Managed and
any other custom PXE boot menu options.
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| o. |
Click OK to close the PXE Configuration Utility.
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| 7. |
Change the PXE Server settings. If PXE is not used, then skip this step.
| a. |
On the PXE Server, or on the Deployment Server if PXE is local,
stop the Altiris PXE Config Helper service. This will also stop the
Altiris PXE MTFTP Server and Altiris PXE Server services.
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| b. |
Edit the .\pxe\pxe.ini file by changing Deployment Server
IP address to the new address for the following values:
Under [ProxyDHCP\x86PC\UNDI\Bstrap], DeploymentServerAddress=
If PXE is local to the Deployment Server, also change:
Under [ConfigService], ServerIP=
Under [ProxyDHCP], Discovery_List= and Discovery_Srvr_IP=
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| c. |
Edit the .\pxe\RPC.ini file by changing Deployment Server
IP address to the new address for the two instances of
ServerIPAddress=.
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| d. |
If the PXE server is remote, then on the Deployment Server, also edit
the .\pxe\RPC.ini file as in step 7c.
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| 8. |
Close all instances of the Deployment Server console and web console.
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| 9. |
On the Deployment Server, stop the following services:
Altiris Deployment Server Data Manager
Altiris Deployment Server DB Management
Altiris eXpress Server
If PXE is used, also stop:
Altiris PXE Manager
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| 10. |
Change remaining Deployment Server configuration files.
| a. |
On the Deployment Server, edit the .\default.cfg file by changing Deployment Server
IP address to the new address for the following values:
Under [Console], IP=
Under [Reconfig], TcpAddr=
If PXE is local to the Deployment Server, also change:
Under [PXEservers], =dsname where
dsname is the name of the Deployment Server.
If SQL is local to the Deployment Server, also change:
Under [InstallWizard], ServerIPAddress=
If Altiris eXpress share is local to the Deployment Server, also change:
Under [eXpressServers], =dsname
If Altiris Deployment Server is local to the Deployment Server, also change:
Under [eXpressConsoles], =dsname
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| b. |
Edit the .\pxe\pxemanager.ini file by changing Deployment Server
IP address to the new address under [PXEServer\Shared\DS] for the
value DSServerIP=.
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| 11. |
Reboot the Deployment Server.
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| 12. |
If PXE is remote, restart the PXE services.
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