ESXi name : "empty" - How to change this ?

[Comexans]

Hi

We have just installed the brand new ESXi 5.0 (VMware vSphere Hypervisor free version).

Everything works as expected, I have just noticed that the name on the default ESXi screen is set to "empty" on the top under "VMWare 5.0.0 (VMKernel release build 469512)"

I have the same "empty" name in the configuration tab within vSphere client as shown in the screenshot below (sorry for the french interface )

Is there a way to change this ?

Thanks.

[iw123]

Have you set the hostname under the ESXi configuration|DNS and Routing menu, or in the ESXi console?

regards,

[Comexans]

Hi,

The hostname and domain name is set by the DHCP (and is correctly set as you can see in the upper left corner of my previous screenshot).

I have also tried to set it manually in the ESXi console and then rebboted the ESXi but it did not change this 'empty' label...

Any idea ?

[fgl · Accepted solution]

This not the hostname for the ESXi host.  This information is from the BIOS of your system so for instance on a HP system it would should Hewlett-Packard HP ...... as it shows on my HP servers so since yours is "empty" I'm assuming you have a whitebox.  As far as I know unless you can change this in the BIOS you are stuck with what ESXi5 picks up.

[Comexans]

Yes you're right it's "hand-made" server based on a Tyan motherboard and an LSI Megaraid controller.

OK I will live with this "empty" labels, it's not a big deal !

Many thanks for your answer.