Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - Renaming VxRail Objects within vCenter; Renaming a VxRail Datacenter; Renaming a VM Folder; Renaming vSAN Datastore

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Renaming VxRail objects within vCenter
Default names for VxRail objects are assigned when the system is initialized. You can modify
object names as needed to follow local naming conventions.
Renaming a VxRail datacenter
When the VxRail cluster is configured onsite, the vSphere data center is assigned a default
name. Use the procedure below to change the name to conform to local naming conventions.
See the SolVe Desktop procedure for VxRail available on support.emc.com for more detail.
1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client as administrator@vsphere.local.
2. Select Home > vCenter Inventory List > DataCenters.
3. Right-click VxRail Cluster’s data center and select Rename.
4. Enter the new name of the data center and click OK.
Renaming a VM folder
When the VxRail cluster is configured onsite, the default VM folder is assigned a default name
in the vCenter Server inventory. Use the procedure below to change the name to conform to
local naming conventions. See the SolVe Desktop procedure for VxRail available on
support.emc.com for more detail.
1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client as administrator@vsphere.local
2. Select VM and Templates.
3. Right-click Discovered with machine in internal vCenter and select Rename.
In an external vCenter, the VM Folders name is VMware HCIA Folder.
4. Delete the existing name, type a new name for the virtual machine folders in the text box,
and click OK.
Renaming vSAN datastore
When the VxRail cluster is configured onsite, a default is assigned to the vSAN datastore in the
vCenter Server inventory. Use the procedure below to change the name to conform to local
naming conventions. See the SolVe Desktop procedure for VxRail available on support.emc.com
for more detail.
1. Log in vSphere Web Client as administrator@vsphere.local
2. Select Home > Inventory > Datastores.
3. Right-click the datastore and select Rename.
4. Enter the new name of the datastore, click OK and wait for the task to complete.