Rename Web Application

One of our web applications is called "Sharepoint (80)". Unfortunately
Symantec's BackupExec Sharepoint Agent can't handle the brackets in the name.
Is there any way to rename the web application? I had hoped I can use
stsadm.exe -o renameweb -url <url> -newname <new subsite name>, but it does
not work for the web application name.

Thanks.

Hi,

The command you are trying to execute is not going to rename the
webapplication but the site collection directly.
There is no way to "rename" a web application within Sharepoint.
The workaround that i can suggest you is to :
1-Remove the webapplication from IIS using "remove sharepoint from IIS
website" in "application managment"
2-Extend the Webapplication in IIS again using "create or extend a
webapplication" in "application managment"
3-Rename the "Website description"

I am not sure if it is the result that you are looking for, but it's the
only way that i have in mind to rename the webapp.

Hope that helps

Regards,

Etienne.

"Dieter Reuther" <DieterReuther@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE862530-4BFC-4515-B849-9E3B2AA92BD5@microsoft.com...
> One of our web applications is called "Sharepoint (80)". Unfortunately
> Symantec's BackupExec Sharepoint Agent can't handle the brackets in the
> name.
> Is there any way to rename the web application? I had hoped I can use
> stsadm.exe -o renameweb -url <url> -newname <new subsite name>, but it
> does
> not work for the web application name.
>
> Thanks.
>

Hi,
You could also use backup and restore. Create simply a new application,
then restore the site collections and its sub-sites into that.
This way your old site and application will be still available should
anything go wrong.

Anna



"Dieter Reuther" <DieterReuther@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AE862530-4BFC-4515-B849-9E3B2AA92BD5@microsoft.com...
> One of our web applications is called "Sharepoint (80)". Unfortunately
> Symantec's BackupExec Sharepoint Agent can't handle the brackets in the
> name.
> Is there any way to rename the web application? I had hoped I can use
> stsadm.exe -o renameweb -url <url> -newname <new subsite name>, but it
> does
> not work for the web application name.
>
> Thanks.
>