VMS: IP Address and Host Name Change on OpenVMS Alpha and Itanium (Doc ID 742564.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 11, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Net Services - Version 9.2.0.2.0 to 10.2.0.2.0 [Release 9.2 to 10.2]
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.2 to 10.2.0.2 [Release 9.2 to 10.2]
HP OpenVMS Itanium
HP OpenVMS Alpha
Oracle Net Services - Version: 9.2.0.2.0 to 10.2.0.2.0
HP OpenVMS ItaniumHP OpenVMS Alpha

Purpose

This note shall assist customers who need to change the IP address and/or the host name of their server.

Scope

This article will NOT be of any help on how to change your network (DNS) and the OS network setup. It will merely mention the components that affect Oracle on OpenVMS.

Potential changes to the Enterprise Manager Grid Console and Grid Control Agent are outside the scope of this article.

This article has the following parts:

- generic introductory remarks
- IP address change
- node name change
- network checks applicable to both procedures

For information on versions before 9.2, please refer to

<> VMS Steps to Follow When Changing the IP Address of an OpenVMS Node Running Oracle
.<> VMS How to Rename an OpenVMS Node that is Running Oracle V7 or V8

CRS related:
<> VMS How to recreate the Cluster Registry on hp OpenVMS platforms in 10.2