Name Windows Server
Windows Server for Qlik Sense Admins
Overview
This is a quality of life type of a step. Servers are given names by default but the default names are hard to make sense of. To make servers more manageable and organized, they are assigned names that make more sense than a random collection of letters and numbers. Sometimes server names follow a specific naming convention and sometimes they get more humorous names, like Heimdall - all-seeing, all-hearing, and the sole protector of the Bifröst in Asgard. Sounds like a perfect name for a Domain Controller.
What you name your servers is completely up to you but the overarching idea behind naming servers is to make it easier to identify various servers in your environment. Have fun with it. Let's begin!
9
STEPS
7
SCREENSHOTS
LOW
COMPLEXITY
Step 01.
Open the Server Manager app and select Local Server option.
Step 02.
Click on the computer name shown next to Computer name label.
Step 03.
In the System Properties window, in Computer Name tab, click Change button.
Step 04.
Enter new name that you would like to assign to this server in Computer name input box.
Step 05.
Click OK.
Step 06.
Click OK on window with You must restart your computer to apply these change message.
Step 07.
Click Close button to close System Properties window.
Step 08.
Click Restart Now button to restart the server.
Step 09.
Once server restarts, you can go back to Server Manager, select Local Server and confirm that server's name has changed to what you specified.
Guide
Summary
All Set!
You now have a server with a new name that's more meaningful, personal, and maybe funnier. Humor is not my strong suit and unfortunately the name Heimdall didn't come to me until after I took all the screenshots so DC-01 it is.
Up next is setting a static IP address on a server. This is similar to assigning a unique name but there's not as much room for creativity. I'll see you in the next lesson!
References
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Set Static IP Address on Windows Server
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