Catalog Recovery to a different Windows server

I installed a new environment, running 7.6 on single Windows master/media server (call it NBmaster). I need to test catalog recovery to a different server, NBmaster_dr.

I've read several posts the state the target host for a catalog recovery must have the same hostname as the source. However, can I alias the hostname of my master to the DR target's IP address, and be able to recover my catalog? I would have thought this should work but I'm having some issues after a server reboot.