Server IP Change - Is using Computer Name to point to server advisable?
问题 IP of the DB Server of our application is being changed. All other settings, configurations etc. incl. "Computer Name" will remain same. (DB server's OS is Microsoft Windows Server 2003, DB is Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Applications are .NET 2.0 based.) It requires that intranet applications, websites pointing to that server need to be referred using new IP which is not yet known. The problem is that changing to a new IP will require significant time & client cannot afford down time of more