Renaming a distributed switch,uplinks, and port groups??

[acorreia1]

We've recently upgraded to esxi 5.1.  I wanted to rename an existing distributed switch and possibly the uplinks and/or port groups.  Does anyone know if there are supported ways to do this without affecting VMs and network functionality?

[zXi_Gamer]

While renaming the portgroups on VMs running on it might not be allowed and might be result in loss, you can try to create a new DVswitch with the portgroups of your desire and select Migrate existing networking and select the existing DVSwitch as your source and the created DVSwitch as the destination.

[acorreia1]

I'll definitely give that a shot.  I will reply back with my results.  Thanks for the help! 

[zXi_Gamer]

Most welcome

[acorreia1]

Just did a test and that definitely looks like the way to go!  Thanks again! :smileygrin:

[zXi_Gamer]

most welcome again

Regards,

zXi

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[MKguy]

You can rename these objects just fine without a detour of migrating between dvSwitches. Those are just display names, the objects are referenced by managed object IDs in the actual configurations.

[acorreia1]

Let's say I did just do a rename.  If you 'Edit Settings' in a VM and click on the Network Adapter: Does the Network Label get dynamically changed to the new name?  Also is there is loss of network connectivity when if I do that?