Cant See Host Name ("Unknown")

[minusmin]

When looking at the virtual machines in a Folder (in the VMs and Templates view), I have users that cant see the hosts to which the virtual machines belong to. They see "Unknown" rather than the host name. The users experiencing this belong to the Virtual Machine User role. This role is perfect for them with the exception of not being able to see the host names. What can I change to enable them to see the host names? I tried googling for this to no avail.

[Abhilash Basavarajaiah]

Just replicated the issue in my homelab. It happens if the user does not have permissions on the host. In my case, I gave him Virtual Machine User on the vCenter object and went to the ESXi host and gave No access and unchecked Propagate radio button. The result was the below screenshot.

I would suggest you grant the User/Group access to the ESXi host as it is definitely missing now. Either Read-Only or as Virtual Machine User and your issue will be resolved.

[john-dusenge]

Hello all,

Try and install vmware tools on the VMs, it will fix the issue.

regards,

John