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    <title>topic Re: Change host's display name in vSphere? in ESXi Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/929888#M79431</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Friend,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Below blog answers your question:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://techhead.co/how-to-change-a-vmware-esx-hosts-name/" title="http://techhead.co/how-to-change-a-vmware-esx-hosts-name/"&gt;http://techhead.co/how-to-change-a-vmware-esx-hosts-name/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Also there is VMware KB article for the same :&lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1010821" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1010821"&gt;VMware KB: Changing the name of an ESX or ESXi host &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you need script to do the same : Refer: &lt;A href="http://www.virtuin.com/2013/12/rename-esxi-hosts-in-vcenter-without.html" title="http://www.virtuin.com/2013/12/rename-esxi-hosts-in-vcenter-without.html"&gt;Virtuin: Rename ESXi Hosts in vCenter (Without Losing Historical Data)&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 04:00:51 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>vThinkBeyondVM</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-05-28T04:00:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Change host's display name in vSphere?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/929887#M79430</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'd like to change a host's display name in vSphere. right now it's displaying the wrong name and I'd like to correct it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just to be clear, I'm &lt;STRONG&gt;not&lt;/STRONG&gt; talking about changing the hostname/FQDN,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 02:14:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/929887#M79430</guid>
      <dc:creator>Kobidh</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-28T02:14:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Change host's display name in vSphere?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/929888#M79431</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Friend,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Below blog answers your question:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://techhead.co/how-to-change-a-vmware-esx-hosts-name/" title="http://techhead.co/how-to-change-a-vmware-esx-hosts-name/"&gt;http://techhead.co/how-to-change-a-vmware-esx-hosts-name/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Also there is VMware KB article for the same :&lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1010821" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1010821"&gt;VMware KB: Changing the name of an ESX or ESXi host &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you need script to do the same : Refer: &lt;A href="http://www.virtuin.com/2013/12/rename-esxi-hosts-in-vcenter-without.html" title="http://www.virtuin.com/2013/12/rename-esxi-hosts-in-vcenter-without.html"&gt;Virtuin: Rename ESXi Hosts in vCenter (Without Losing Historical Data)&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 04:00:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/929888#M79431</guid>
      <dc:creator>vThinkBeyondVM</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-28T04:00:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Change host's display name in vSphere?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/929889#M79432</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks buddy!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unfortunately, this is not exactly what I'm looking for, though it did help &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@DCF4E2F7991292CEECF250394DB2C2BC/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The hostname/dns/fqdn are correct - it's the display name that shows up in vSphere inventory that is incorrect.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For example: &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;esxcli system hostname get&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp; gives me the correct information. When I use the vsphere client (web/desktop) the host display name is different &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@A5AF993F89FC883B1750F8915C03D452/emoticons/1f615.png" alt=":confused_face:" title=":confused_face:" /&gt; and I can't find a way to change it. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I didn't set up this system and I think someone mixed up 2 hosts names when adding the hosts to vCenter/vSphere.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 04:23:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/929889#M79432</guid>
      <dc:creator>Kobidh</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-28T04:23:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Change host's display name in vSphere?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/929890#M79433</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;turns out vCenter gives priority to DNS A record over hostname in /etc/hosts&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;once I changed the A record I had to remove the host from vCenter and then re-add with the new name&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Case closed &lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 04:30:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/929890#M79433</guid>
      <dc:creator>Kobidh</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-29T04:30:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Change host's display name in vSphere?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/2833152#M274802</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Is there a way to do it without removing it from inventory and shutting down the VMs?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:19:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/2833152#M274802</guid>
      <dc:creator>agoldbp95</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-01T20:19:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Change host's display name in vSphere?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/2833282#M274808</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;You don't need to shutdown anything, do you?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In the period while the host isn't in the vCenter,&lt;BR /&gt;it continues operating, and&lt;BR /&gt;its VMs could be managed from the host's own web interface.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:24:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/2833282#M274808</guid>
      <dc:creator>MichaelKauffman</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-02T11:24:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Change host's display name in vSphere?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/2833299#M274809</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;You can remove it from the inventory with VMs running only if you don't have a distributed service (NSX, vSAN, vSphere Distributed Switch, etc)&lt;BR /&gt;If the host is using vSphere Standard Switch it wouldn't be an issue.&lt;BR /&gt;I would recommend placing it in maintenance mode and evacuating all its VMs before removing it from inventory, just to be sure.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Edit: I just checked, you can't remove a host from inventory without putting it in maintenance mode first.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:17:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Change-host-s-display-name-in-vSphere/m-p/2833299#M274809</guid>
      <dc:creator>nachogonzalez</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-02T13:17:42Z</dc:date>
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