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Updating a Client Agent after a workstation Name Change

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Good morning.  I'm trying to update an agent on a Windows workstation where the workstation NetBIOS name has  changed since installation.  Here's what I'm seeing:

 

09:55 AM — 09:55 AM (2 sec)

Installing/updating the agent on the machine 'PATTY-HOME'

Status:Error

Device:ACRONIS-01.TRACER.local

Started by:TRACER\possebob_admin

Start time:Jul 14, 2021, 09:55:17 AM

Finish time:Jul 14, 2021, 09:55:19 AM

Duration:2 sec

Failed to connect to \\PATTY-HOME\admin$\Temp. The user name or password is incorrect. Please refer to Acronis knowledge base for possible solution.

 

The new workstation name is PATTY-LENOVO.  Everything within CyberProtect updated automagically -- except this Agent Update process.  It doesn't seem to be aware of the name change.  Does this process require a re-install of the agent on the workstation side or is there a fix from the server side I can make?

 

Thanks!

-b

 

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Hello Bob!

I had no problems with updating agents that had their name changed so far.

Have you tried:

  • Deleting the machine and reregistering from management console?
  • Reregister with the registeragent tool from the machine you want to update?

-- Peter

 

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Hello Bob,

thank you for posting on Acronis forums!

During installation, Agent saves the machine name. You can re-install the Agent on this machine or update the saved machine name in the system:

On Windows: saved machine name can be found in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\Settings\CachedMachineName

On Mac:

/Library/Application Support/Acronis/Common/BackupAndRecovery.config

Change CachedMachineName parameter

On Linux:

/etc/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery.config

Change CachedMachineName parameter

After updating the saved machine name, restart Acronis Managed Machine Service.