Changing the IP address and hostname on the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server

If you want to change the IP address and hostname on the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server, you must perform some configuration tasks.

About this task

Complete the following steps to change the IP address and hostname on the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server:

Change to the following directory: NCHOME/etc/.
Edit the file: omni.dat.
Look for lines containing the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server. These lines might be similar to the following lines:
```
[NCOMS]
{
        Primary: OMNIbus_server_hostname 4100
}
[NCO_PA]
{
        Primary: OMNIbus_server_hostname 4200
}
```
Where:
- OMNIbus_server_hostname is the hostname of the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server.
Change the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server hostname in each of these lines.
Run the NCHOME/bin/nco_igen utility to apply the changes.
Repeat the previous steps on each of the hosts that connect to the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server; for example, make these changes on connected probes, gateways, and ObjectServers.