Change NetBIOS name in 10.6 Server

I'm setting up a new server to replace my PowerMac G5 Leopard server, just got a Mac Pro so I put 10.6 server on there for file sharing services. I cannot figure how to change the NetBIOS name however. When i go into System Prefs and try to change it that way, it points me to Server Admin, but I can't figure out where to change it. It's currently at new-host.local, and I would like to change it to Lambda.local. How do I go about doing this? Thanks

Hi,
We can use the active directory rename tools to rename domain NetBIOS name. But it is a complex and risky process.
For more information about how to use random.exe to rename domain name, please refer to the following article:
Rendom
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732097.aspx
Besides, renaming of the NetBIOS domain name is not supported in any version of Exchange Server.
For more information about this, the following threads can be referred to.
NetBios Name Change
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2cd9d561-e737-43ee-b791-0501105b85e9/netbios-name-change?forum=winserverDS
Can we change our domain netbios name?
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/windowsserver/en-US/989a8a16-7c8b-4787-8092-605de6b9d617/can-we-change-our-domain-netbios-name-
Best Regards,
Erin

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On 6/4/2012 11:16 AM, rengelha wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I want to change the domain name from eg ".vancouver.gov" to
> ".vancouver.local" on all of our devices in the network. Zcm has been
> installed with ".vancouver.gov" and the clients also are registered with
> ".vancouver.gov". When i change the domain name on the workstations and
> change the corresponding dns entries of the workstations to
> ".vancouver.gov" i cannot register workstations anymore and wol does not
> work anymore. Distributing applications to the workstation does work.
>
> Anybody now how to accomplish this change.
>
> We have about 400 workstations and 1 zcm 10.3.3 server.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ren�
>
>
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