Changing hostnames in a portal environment

Anyone know how difficult it is to change all the hostnames in a portal environment once everything is up and running? What files need to change? Anything embedded in the db or db changes that have to be made?

I am certain there are some hostname entries that are written to the DB but I don't have a comprehensive list of all the entries and certainly don't have a list of the corresponding DB fields. A good place to get a sense of what may need to change is by searching the PTE files that were originally imported after the install for the various machine names. Another technique that may help identify the places that need to change may be to do an Advanced Search to locate all the Remote Servers and to make sure their names are accurate. Another place would be to make sure the Portal URL Manager settings under the Portal Settings utility in the Portal's Administration tab is accurate.
Of course there are probably a fair number of configuration files that need to change too but simple searching should be able to handle much of that.
Good luck.
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