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Thecomputernameisthenamegiventotheparticularinstanceofaguest
operatingsystem.Theoperatingsystemusesthisnametoidentifyitselfonthe
network.OnLinuxsystems,itiscalledthehostname.Thisisnotthesameasthe
VMwareVI3virtualmachinenamethatwas
declaredearlierintheDeploy
TemplatewizardorCloneVirtualMachinewizard.Youcansetthecomputername
usingthefollowingoptions:
 Useaspecificname–Thenamecancontainalphanumericcharactersandthe
underscore(_)andhyphen(‐)characters.Itcannotcontainperiods(.)or
blankspacesandcannotbemadeupofdigitsonly.Ifyouwanttoensurethat
thenameisuniquesothatyou
donotincurconflicts,selectAppendanumeric
valuetoensureuniqueness.Namesarecase‐insensitive:thenameʺmy_vmʺ
isidenticaltoʺMy_Vmʺ.
 Usethevirtualmachine’sname–ThecomputernamethatVirtualCenter
createsisidenticaltothenameofthevirtualmachineonwhichtheguest
operatingsystemisrunning.
 PrompttheuserforanameintheDeploywizard–TheVIClientpopulates
theDeployVirtualMachinewizardwithapromptforthecomputername
afteryoucompleteallthestepsinthewizard.
 UseacustomapplicationconfiguredwiththeVirtualCenterServerto
generateaname–Enteraparameterthatcanbepassedtothecustom
application.
3IfyouwantVirtualCentertoautomaticallyconfigureallnetworkinterfacesfroma
DHCPserver,selectTypicalsettingsontheNetworkpage.ClickNext.
4IfVirtualCenterconfiguration
isnotappropriateforyourenvironment,select
Customsettings,andclickNext.
5 Selectthenetworkinterfacecard(NIC)tocustomizeandclickCustomizetomake
additionalspecifications.
UsetheNetworkPropertiesdialogboxtoperformthesesteps:
aOntheGeneraltab,selectwhetheryouwanttouseDHCPtoobtainan
IP
addressautomaticallyorentertheIPaddressesmanually.Alsoselectwhether
youwanttouseDHCPtoobtainanDNSserveraddressautomaticallyorenter
theDNSserveraddressesmanually.
bClickOKtoreturntothepreviousdialogbox.ClickNextontheNetwork
GuestCustomizationspage.