Renaming vApp Templates does not automatically rename the associated Application Images in VMware Cloud Director 10.5 and 10.5.1

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• When renaming a vApp Template in Cloud Director, the Application Image name is not renamed along with it.
• Creating a new vApp Template shows the error:

An app template with the name <VAPP_NAME> already exists within the catalog.

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.x

Cause

This is a known issue in VMware Cloud Director 10.5 and 10.5.1.
In these releases Cloud Director does not rename both the vApp Template name and Application Image name in one step.

Resolution

This issue will be resolved in future versions of Cloud Director.

Workaround:
To workaround the issue, rename both the vApp Template name and Application Image name in two steps. 
For example:

1. Open the Cloud Director Tenant Portal.
2. Navigate to Content Hub and click vApp Templates. 
3. Click the vApp Template that needs to be renamed.
4. Click General and click Edit.
5. Change the vApp Template Name to the new value and click Save.
6. Go back to the vApp Templates page.
7. Click on the Application Name for the vApp Template that has been already renamed and click Edit. 
8. Change the Application Image Name to the new value and click Save.
9. Confirm both the vApp Template and the associated Application Image name have been changed correctly.