[rabbitmq-discuss] Hostname issue. Possible to rename the database?

[Matthew Sackman]

Hi Liam,

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 05:45:07PM -0700, Liam Kirsher wrote:
> Is there some way of renaming it though, so I can retain the old
> database and its configuration, while still implementing the hosts
> changes described above?
> I tried renaming the directories, but that didn't work.
> 
> Or, perhaps, copy it to the new more persistent hostname?  I'd
> rather not have to go through the setup again.

Sorry, you can't rename the data on disk - it's an Erlang issue rather
than a RabbitMQ issue and there's no work around, sorry.

Also, 2.2.0 is at least one year old and possibly more like two. You
really should upgrade if you can - not that it would solve this issue
mind you.

Matthew