Apple Mac OS X Server (Version 10.6 Snow Leopard) User Manual

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To change the IP address of the Podcast Producer computer:

1

Stop the Xgrid job queue when empty (or stop and empty it).

2

Reconfigure DNS, Open Directory, DHCP, and other infrastructure services.

For example, in DNS, change the A record IP address of the Podcast Producer server.

3

Use

changeip

to change the IP address of the Podcast Producer server.

4

Restart (or renew the DHCP leases of) all Podcast Camera Agents.

5

Restart (or renew the DHCP leases of) all Xgrid Agents used for the Podcast Producer

workflow grid.
Alternatively, instead of restarting the computers, you flush the Directory services
cache (using

dscacheutil

and sending a HUP to the mDNSResponder daemon).

To change the DNS name of the Podcast Producer computer:

1

Stop the Xgrid job queue when empty (or stop and empty it).

2

Reconfigure DNS, Open Directory, DHCP, and other infrastructure services.

For example, in DNS, change the A record host name of the Podcast Producer server.

3

Use

changeip

to change the DNS name of the Podcast Producer server.

4

Restart (or renew the DHCP leases of) all Podcast Camera Agents.

5

Restart (or renew the DHCP leases of) all Xgrid Agents used for the Podcast Producer

workflow grid.
Alternatively, instead of restarting the computers, flush the Directory services cache
(using

dscacheutil

and sending a HUP to the mDNSResponder daemon).

6

Unbind the Podcast Camera Agents from the previous DNS name and rebind them to

the new name.

7

Reconfigure Xgrid Agents to use the new DNS name.

8

Reconfigure services used in the workflow to reference the new DNS name, if needed.

9

Update and reissue an SSL certificates that contain the server’s DNS name.

10

Reconfigure Kerberos service on the server (using Directory Binding or

ssoutil

).

11

Update any scripted or automated software that submits data to or polls data from

Podcast Producer.

Understanding IP Address or Network Identity Changes on Other

Services

The remaining services affected by changes to the IP address or network identity
include:

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