Change each alternate access mapping for your MOSS deployment in Central Administration

• Open Central Administration
• Click on the “Operations” Tab
• Click on the “Alternate access mappings” link under the “Global Configuration” heading
• Modify each mapping item to reflect your newly chosen server name, making sure to keep port numbers the same

Example Change moss2007 to moss2007backup

Second: Use stsadm.exe to invoke the “renameserver” command option

• Open a command prompt window and navigate to the folder where stsadm.exe sits. Normally “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN”.
• Use the renameserver command as follows, replacing and with the new and old names of your server:

Example stsadm -o renameserver -newservername moss2007backup -oldservername moss2007

Rename your Server via Change Name Operation in Windows Server 2003

• Right click on My Computer
• Open “Properties”
• Click on “Computer Name” tab
• Click “Change” button
• Input your new server name and reboot the server

Fourth: Use stsadm.exe to invoke the “updatefarmcredentials” command option

• Open a command prompt window and navigate to the folder where stsadm.exe sits. Normally “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN”.

Type in the following command and press [enter]:

stsdm -o updatefarmcredentials -userlogin Domain\administrator -password abcdefg

Note: After the command completes, you may need to run iisreset, using the /noforce option and restart the server.