Rename Standard Gateway

[mmace1]

Per 2020, it was no longer possible to rename an Enterprise (i.e. Standard) Gateway. 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Rename-an-existing-enterprise-gateway/m-p/1099843#M96702

It's fairly confusing - say you name your first gateway for the name of the server its on.  Then you want to migrate that gateway - ok you use the reovery key - but the now-misleading name comes with it. 

I wanted to see if anything has changed since 2020. I can't see anything in the GUI, but idk.  

Thanks

[SpartaBI]

@mmace1 please don't forget to accept the solution for community visabilty

[mmace1]

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@SpartaBI wrote:

@mmace1 please don't forget to accept the solution for community visabilty

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95% certain it's no longer possible to rename a gateway, but I'm holding off for a few days, just on the < 5% chance someone does reply with a way!  Something gross using Invoke-PowerBIRestMethod, etc. 

[SpartaBI · Accepted solution]

Hi @mmace1,

AFAIK, you cannot change the name of a data gateway in a cluster.
However, if you are dealing with the non-primary data gateway in a cluster, you can simply delete it from the cluster and the server, and then install it with a new name under the same cluster.

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[mmace1]

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@SpartaBI wrote:

AFAIK, you cannot change the name of a data gateway in a cluster.

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 Thanks. It's not specific to being in a cluster though, right?  i..e a single gateway by itself - if restoring it on a new machine - the old gateway name comes with the 'restore'. 

[SpartaBI]

Hi @mmace1,

A gateway is always part of a cluster.
A single gateway is a gateway cluster with a single primary node.
You can rename the cluster.
You cannot rename the gateway.
You can see the name of the server on which the gateway is installed.

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