topic Re: I can not see IP address of VM and DNS name of VM in Vcenter List in vCenter™ Server Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715109#M56111 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>is vmware tools installed and running inside the guest?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:03:52 GMT idle-jam 2011-06-02T14:03:52Z I can not see IP address of VM and DNS name of VM in Vcenter List https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715108#M56110 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> Hi,</P><P></P><P>If I select a ESX host in Vcenter and and then click on virtual machines tabs I can see IP and DNS details of some VMs (Linux and Windows) some are powered on and some are shutdown . But there are some VM(Linux and windows) which are powered on , and for those vms i can not see their IP and DNS Name details.</P><P></P><P>Any suggestion? DO i need further configuration of Vcenter or vms?</P><P></P><P>Regards</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:01:40 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715108#M56110 new2vm201110141 2011-06-02T14:01:40Z Re: I can not see IP address of VM and DNS name of VM in Vcenter List https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715109#M56111 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>is vmware tools installed and running inside the guest?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:03:52 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715109#M56111 idle-jam 2011-06-02T14:03:52Z Re: I can not see IP address of VM and DNS name of VM in Vcenter List https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715110#M56112 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>you could also try restarting the management agents of the ESX(i) Host(s) where the information is not being populated. Restarting the management agents should refresh your vCenter inventory view for the affected Host(s) guest(s)</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:06:31 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715110#M56112 Troy_Clavell 2011-06-02T14:06:31Z Re: I can not see IP address of VM and DNS name of VM in Vcenter List https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715111#M56113 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>Many thanks for your quick reply. I have just installed Vmware tools. Now i can see DNS Name&nbsp; in the list. But still I can not see IP address</P><P></P><P>Regards</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:24:56 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715111#M56113 new2vm201110141 2011-06-02T14:24:56Z Re: I can not see IP address of VM and DNS name of VM in Vcenter List https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715112#M56114 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN>As mentioned by idle-jam you need to install VMware Tools in the virtual machine. If VMware Tools are installed and you still cannot see the IP/DNS information in the summery tab, you may have configured isolation settings in the VM's configuration file (see </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1013371">http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1013371</A><SPAN>)</SPAN></P><P></P><P>André</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:25:47 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715112#M56114 a_p_ 2011-06-02T14:25:47Z Re: I can not see IP address of VM and DNS name of VM in Vcenter List https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715113#M56115 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have installed Vmware tools within VM. isolation settings in the VM's configuration file has been set to false.</P><P></P><P>But I am just discussing with colleague to restart management agents on ESX host suggested by Troy.</P><P></P><P>Many Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:41:57 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715113#M56115 new2vm201110141 2011-06-02T14:41:57Z Re: I can not see IP address of VM and DNS name of VM in Vcenter List https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715114#M56116 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>After installing vmware tools . I just rebooted the VM I can see all details.</P><P></P><P>Many thanks all of you for your help</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:43:37 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715114#M56116 new2vm201110141 2011-06-02T14:43:37Z Re: I can not see IP address of VM and DNS name of VM in Vcenter List https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715115#M56117 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>great to see that your problem has being resoleved ..</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:50:50 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vCenter-Server-Discussions/I-can-not-see-IP-address-of-VM-and-DNS-name-of-VM-in-Vcenter/m-p/1715115#M56117 idle-jam 2011-06-02T14:50:50Z