Hostname "photon-machine" in syslog output from Live Recovery Appliance

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

• The hostname "photon-machine" is recorded in the SYSLOG(remote syslog server) output of the VMware Live Site Recovery appliance and the vSphere Replication appliance.
• Here is a output of SYSLOG(remote syslog server),
  
  MM DD HH:MM:SS <FQDN appliance hostname>,user.info,dr-configuraltor:, YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+00:00 info drconfig[01578] [SRM@6876 sub=Listener.HTTPService.HttpConnection opID=getInfo] ...
MM DD HH:MM:SS <FQDN appliance hostname>,user.info,dr-configuraltor:, --> [context]zKq7AVECAAQAAKyCfgEJZHJjb25maWcAAC/################==[/context]
MM DD HH:MM:SS photon-machine,user.notice,dr-client:, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS [dr-config-thread-5] INFO  com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.ssl.StsSslTrustManager  d1686d1c-1b03-44f8-9732-3643991d74ae  - creating keystore of type pkcs12
MM DD HH:MM:SS photon-machine,user.notice,dr-client:, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS [dr-config-thread-5] INFO  com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.ssl.StsSslTrustManager  d1686d1c-1b03-44f8-9732-3643991d74ae  - using PKIX algorithm to create TrustManagerFactory
MM DD HH:MM:SS photon-machine,user.notice,dr-client:, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS [dr-config-thread-5] INFO  com.vmware.identity.token.impl.SamlTokenImpl  d1686d1c-1b03-44f8-9732-3643991d74ae  - SAML token for SubjectNameId 
MM DD HH:MM:SS photon-machine,user.notice,dr-client:, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS [dr-config-thread-5] INFO  com.vmware.vim.sso.client.impl.SecurityTokenServiceImpl  - Successfully acquired token for user: h5-dr-sa-########-####-####-####-############@vsphere.local

Environment

VMware Live Site Recovery 9.0.2.x
VMware vSphere Replication 9.0.2.x

Cause

• The hostname "photon-machine" is used when deploying the appliance.
• Hostname "photon-machine" entry available in /etc/hosts.
  • Deployed: /etc/hosts

    # Begin /etc/hosts (network card version)
    
    ::1         ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
    127.0.0.1   localhost.localdomain
    127.0.0.1   localhost
    127.0.0.1   photon-machine
    # End /etc/hosts (network card version)

Resolution

1. Updating the /etc/hosts file in the VMware Live Site Recovery/vSphere Replication appliance.
   
   • After changed: /etc/hosts

     # Begin /etc/hosts (network card version)
     
     ::1       <FQDN hostname> <Short hostname> ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
     127.0.0.1 <FQDN hostname> <Short hostname> localhost.localdomain
     127.0.0.1 <FQDN hostname> <Short hostname> localhost
     # 127.0.0.1 photon-machine
     # End /etc/hosts (network card version)

   NOTE: Register the appliance's FQDN and short hostname, and comment out the photon-machine entry. 

2. Restart the syslog service after editing the /etc/hosts file.
   systemctl restart syslog
   
   

Additional Information

Live Recovery Appliance からの syslog 出力におけるホスト名 "photon-machine" について