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Disabling host name masking and restoring real host names or matching the pseudonym keys with masked host names in VMware Capacity Planner (1004482)

Last Updated: 3/31/2020Categories: Total Views: 3995Language:
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Reports on the Dashboard do not contain real host names.

Purpose

This article explains changing the host name masking settings, restore real host names on the Dashboard, and how to correlate pseudonym keys.

Resolution

To disable host name masking and restore real host names on the Dashboard:

From the Data Manager on the Collector, click Admin > Options. Deselect Don't send host and domain names.

Force the Collector to export a new inventory file. For more information, see Enabling Force Full Export on the Collector (1004124).

Wait for the Dashboard to process the new inventory file, this typically takes 6 to 10 hours depending on time of day.

To match the pseudonym keys with masked host names:

Login to Optimize.vmware.com, and then click on the Capacity Planner logo on the top left. It will bring up a list of Projects and Companies.

Click the Companies tab, then click the company you need the host name masks from.

From the Dashboard, click Administration > Security Policy > Host and Domain Masking > Export Pseudonym keys. Save this file on, or send the file to the Collector.

From the Data Manager on the Collector, click File > Import > Pseudonym Keys. Select the file exported from the Dashboard.

For more information related to known Dashboard issues, see Known issues affecting Dashboard reports and scenarios (1005621).

Related Information

For more information see the Dashboard User's Guide page 21, and Data Collection Guide page 48.

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