Supported way to alter worker host name displayed in the UI - Topology?

  • KM01660966
  • 12-Jun-2015
  • 12-Jun-2015

Summary

A way to alter worker host name displayed in the UI is not provided.

Question

Is it possible to alter a host name of a worker that is displayed in the 'Host Name' column on Central UI -> System Configuration -> Topology -> Workers ?
It seems that it is technically possible by modifying a value in HOST_NAME column of OO_WORKER_NODES table but is manually modifying the column a supported way to alter a worker hostname displayed on the UI?

Answer

There is no way provided to alter a host name of a worker in the UI.
It is not recommended to to change it in the DB. This was not tested and might have unpredicted outcome.