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EP Server totally failed. Need to reinstall. Old clients reconnecting?

Hi,

The server running our Sophos EP failed last week. We've now rebuilt the server and everything is running once more....except the EP services.

I've got no problem installing and reconfiguring everything, however I've got 100 or so orphaned clients around the company that somehow need to be reconnected to the server without the need to push out the software again.

Is there an easy way to do this?

We do have tape backup's from this particular server, so would it be easier if we could retrieve something from the tapes. A database maybe?

Thanks for any pointers.

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0 jak over 12 years ago

HI,
If the new server install is already in place but with new certificates so the existing clients are unable to talk, you could use the HTA tool here:
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/116737.aspx
To generate a VBScript to run on the "now unmanageable" clients that will re-initialise them so they can talk to the new install.
Suggest creating the VBS and test it on a couple of clients before mass deployment.
Regards,
Jak
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0 jak over 12 years ago

HI,
If the new server install is already in place but with new certificates so the existing clients are unable to talk, you could use the HTA tool here:
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/116737.aspx
To generate a VBScript to run on the "now unmanageable" clients that will re-initialise them so they can talk to the new install.
Suggest creating the VBS and test it on a couple of clients before mass deployment.
Regards,
Jak
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