A colleague of mine asked what effect (if any) a hostname change would have on the Flexera Inventory Agent? Will the agent continue to upload inventory as expected and just report a different hostname? Or is there an action that needs to take place on the system after the hostname change (i.e. reinstall the agent) to ensure it is operating correctly?
I'd agree with Tim here. The Inventory from the Agent is identified by a unique identifier - an AgentID - in the inventory file, which is dependent on several underlying hardware values.
If the hostname changes, I wouldn't expect this unique value to. Any incoming inventory should therefore be merged with older Inventory data.
I'd agree with Tim here. The Inventory from the Agent is identified by a unique identifier - an AgentID - in the inventory file, which is dependent on several underlying hardware values.
If the hostname changes, I wouldn't expect this unique value to. Any incoming inventory should therefore be merged with older Inventory data.
Thank you @tjohnson1 and @jevans . One additional question, since the agent uses the AgentID as a unique identifier, what would need to happen if a VM was cloned and the hostname/IP address changed? That cloned system would have the same AgentID as another system. Is there some specific value I would need to change on the VM to get the AgentID to regenerate?
