Hi ,
Our Bo repository server is moving to a virtual environment,
so the host name is going to change for the repository.
Here I would like to know how to update the new host name in the Webi server.
As I have never worked on the server side so I am not sure how to do this change.
Can anyone suggest me on this how to proceed further?
Any help in this matter is highly appreciated
ashonline (BOB member since 2006-04-07)
As long as you are really talking about the legacy versions of WebI 1.x/2.x, which correspond to legacy versions of BusinesObjects 4.x/5.x – then you’d use desktop Supervisor to recreate the BOMain.key file (via a “Safe Recovery”), and you’d put the BOMain.key file into the correct subfolder on your WebI server.
You’d also have to redistribute the BOMain.key file to anyone who had desktop(non-ZABO) installations.
Anita Craig 
(BOB member since 2002-06-17)
Hi Anita,
Thanks for your valuable suggestion.
I am really sorry for replying lately.
I am being told that only host name is going to change and SID of the TNS entry will remain same, so it is not required to create a new bomain key.Only the host name of the TNS entry will be updated in the web server.From thick client I am able to connect to the repository with the new host name and old bomain key.
ashonline (BOB member since 2006-04-07)