AutoDeploy adds the ESXiHost with the IP Address instead of the FQDN

[tinuwalther]

Hi all,

I had setup AutoDeploy in a vCenter Server in the domain alpha.company.com where the ESXi Hosts should be managed and the ESXiHosts are in another domain and network zone beta.company.com. In the domain alpha there is a DNS Forwarder to domain beta.

AutoDeploy adds the ESXiHosts with the ip address to the vCenter / Cluster instead of the FQDN.

I can add the ESXiHost manually with the FQDN with no problem and I can resolve the FQDN to the ip address from the vCenter Server via ssh.

Has anyone an idea, why AutoDeploy adds the ESXiHost with the ip address?

[tinuwalther · Accepted solution]

Solved the problem. The DNS Forwarder did not have a Reverse-Lookup Zone.