Changing the host name of the management server computer
If the management server is addressed by its fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or its host name, a change to the host name of the computer will have implications within XProtect that must be considered and dealt with.
Important
In general, a change of the host name of a management server should be planned for carefully due to the amount of clean-up that might be required afterwards.
In the following topics you can get an overview of some of the implications of a change of a host name:
Loss of customer data properties for registered services
In Milestone Customer Dashboard, the host name will appear unchanged
A host name change can trigger the change of the SQL Server address