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Configuring an ESX or ESXi host to display FQDN instead of IP address in vCenter without losing performance data (1014030)

Last Updated: 10/24/2016Categories: How toTotal Views: 73297Language:
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This article provides steps for displaying an ESX or ESXi host's Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) instead of its IP address in the vCenter Inventory without losing performance data for the ESX host while making the change.

Resolution

To configure an ESX host to display the FQDN in the vCenter inventory:

Disconnect the ESX host from the Inventory in vCenter. Do not remove it from the Inventory.

Log into the ESX host as root using an SSH client. If it is not possible to log in with an SSH client, log into the physical console of the ESX host as the root user.

Delete the vpxuser account with the command:

userdel vpxuser

Note: The vpxuser account facilitates communication between the ESX host and vCenter. It is created again when the ESX host is reconnected to the Inventory in vCenter.

Right-click the ESX host in vCenter and choose Connect.

In vCenter Server 4.0, you see this error:

Cannot complete due login due to an incorrect username or password

In vCenter Server 2.5, you see this error:

Login failed due to a bad username or password

These messages can be safely ignored.

Enter the FQDN for the ESX host and login credentials for the root user to add the ESX host to the Inventory in vCenter using its FQDN.

To configure an ESXi host to display the FQDN in the vCenter inventory:

Disconnect the ESXi host from the Inventory in vCenter. Do not remove it from the Inventory.

Connect to the host with the vSphere Client.

Click the Local Users & Groups tab.

Right-click vpxuser and click Remove.

Note: The vpxuser account facilitates communication between the ESXi host and the vCenter Server. It is created again when the ESXi host is reconnected to the inventory in the vCenter Server.

Right-click the ESXi host in vCenter Server and click Connect. You may see an error:

Cannot complete due login due to an incorrect username or password

Enter the FQDN for the ESXi host and login credentials for the root user to add the host back into Inventory.

Related Information

For related information, see:

Identifying issues with and setting up name resolution on ESX/ESXi Server (1003735)

Displaying an ESX host in vCenter by its FQDN or short host name (1005750)

パフォーマンス データを失うことなく vCenter で IP アドレスではなく FQDN を表示するように ESX または ESXi ホストを構成する
将 ESX 或 ESXi 主机配置为在不丢失性能数据的情况下在 vCenter 中显示 FQDN，而非 IP 地址

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