Character limitation for virtual machine annotation and other vCenter inventory object

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• Information on character limit for the Notes field (annotation) on virtual machines and other objects within vCenter Server
• When adding notes to the VM we get a limitation for 2000 characters supported. 

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  The notes are too long. Enter notes shorter than 2000 characters.

Environment

vCenter 8.x

Resolution

The character limit for the notes field should be less than 2000 characters.

 vCenter support supports an 80 character limit for all its entities. When you create a new inventory object, if the name exceeds this limit, the task fails and a warning appears.

Additional Information

Organizing Your vSphere Inventory