Register ESXi Host with vCenter using its Hostname
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- The ESXi hostname and its IP address should be In DNS
- vCenter server should be able to resolve ESXi hostname (both short and FQDN)
- UCS Director server also should be able to resolve ESXi hostname (both short and FQDN)
- Under the Regsiter Host with vCenter task, unmap/uncheck the PXEBoot Request ID and Host Node
- In the following page of the task, uncheck the PXE ID option. It will ask you to enter hostname, username and password (root/password)
- For hostname you can enter either of the below formats
${ESXI_HOSTNAME}.domain.com or
${ESXI_HOSTNAME}
The Task in the TaskLibrary:
![Screen Shot 2015-01-08 at 6.53.48 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/85306_Screen Shot 2015-01-08 at 6.53.48 AM.png)
The Fields:
![Screen Shot 2015-01-08 at 6.54.09 AM.png](/legacyfs/online/fusion/85307_Screen Shot 2015-01-08 at 6.54.09 AM.png)
Thank you Phani Penmethsa for the contribution.