Unable to perform snapshot/upgrade of imported environment when the VM imported has a host name

Products

• VMware
• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
Unable to perform snapshot/upgrade of imported environment when the imported virtual machine has a host name.

Environment

VMware Lifecycle Manager 1.0
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager 1.0.x
VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 2.x
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager 1.1.x

Cause

FDQN is required to uniquely identify the machine. This issue occurs if imported virtual machine has a host name instead of a FQDN host name.

Resolution

Before importing an environment, ensure that the VM in vCenter server displays the FQDN on the vCenter Summary page.