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Document URL: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Satellite/6.1/html-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#sect-Red_Hat_Satellite-Installation_Guide-Managing_Hypervisors_and_Virtual_Guest_Subscriptions-Setting_up_a_VMware_Hypervisor

Section Number and Name: 6.6 - Setting up a VMware Hypervisor

Describe the issue: Virt-who supports using hostname/uuid & hwuuid as options to report hypervisors to Satellite 6. 

In section 6.6 we state:

"By default, the hypervisor name is esx hypervisor UUID. If desired, change this name in the Red Hat Satellite GUI by editing the system entry."

Suggestions for improvement: 

Update the example configurations in sections 6.6 & 6.7 to include the hypervisor_id=hostname directive as part of its configuration as we should have the users configuration default to the more user friendly hostnames and not uuid or hwuuid. 

Additional information:

Hi Rich,

Thank you for raising this bug.

Since this bug was raised, this change has now been implemented in the new Virtual Instances Guide -

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-satellite/6.2/single/virtual-instances-guide#configuring_virt_who_to_connect_to_vmware_vcenter

I will close this bug for now, but let us know if it looks like the case is not fully covered in the VIG, and we will take a look for you!

Kind regards,

Andrew