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- Put host in maintenance mode
- For safety, remove the host from vCenter if its connected to one. This will keep your vCenter clean.
- Make sure DNS is correct (A records point at the correct IP’s)
- Putty to your target host
- Check the current name by typing:
esxcli system hostname get - Change the hostname by typing:
esxcli system hostname set –host=NEWHOSTNAMEHERE - Change the FQDN by typing
esxcli system hostname set –fqdn=NEWHOSTNAMEHERE.domain.name - Check that the names have taken and are correct by repeating step 4
- Reboot by typing:
reboot - Once rebooted, check that all is well.
