Vra8.1 how to init VM name?

[woshijinyun1]

Hi：

     blueprint how to init vm name? i try it but not take effect. and how to change the VM displayname in the vsphere?

     and how to generate multiple VM? i try use count, but not take effect.

this is my code,

inputs:

  hostname:

    type: string

    title: hostname

  count:

    type: integer

    default: 1

    maximum: 2

    minimum: 1

    description: VM count

resources:

  Cloud_vSphere_Network_1:

    type: Cloud.vSphere.Network

    properties:

      networkType: existing

      constraints:

        - tag: 'policyPath:/infra/segments/vlan101-seg'

  Cloud_vSphere_Machine_1:

    type: Cloud.vSphere.Machine

    properties:

      image: centos7-init

      cpuCount: 1

      count: '${input.count}'

      totalMemoryMB: 1024

      networks:

        - network: '${resource.Cloud_vSphere_Network_1.id}'

      cloudConfig: |

        #cloud-config:

        hostname: ${input.hostname}

[Leandro Nairn]

Hi woshijinyun1,

Regarding VM naming, did you see this? How to customize the names of deployed resources using vRealize Automation Cloud Assembly

Here also you will find a lot of info https://vmguru.com/2020/03/create-custom-names-with-vrealize-automation-8/

AFAIK, cloudconfig will not set the VMname in vSphere, cloudconfig will change the name within the VM OS. Did you review the logs within the guest OS deployed?

Regards,

Leandro.

[woshijinyun1]

thanks

[Christiankkcc]

Hi @Inairn,

So there's no possibility to customize the server name "visually" in vSphere that was deployed from vRA?

Thank you

[xian]

You need to rename in Compute Allocation phase with an EBS.

This can be done with ABX, there is a sample workflow you can reuse when creating a new action:

Make sure to set the EBS to "blocking".

The same can be done with vRO if you prefer legacy workflows:

     

 

[Christiankkcc]

Thank you  

I'm new to the entire vRealize suite, so I don't completely understand you're talking about.

But thanks for putting me on the right track. I'll need to do more research on this.