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mjacobson
Novice I
3 years ago
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If I have to rename some VMs that are vvol backed,

If I have to rename some VMs that are vvol backed, but I only have 1 vvol deployed on that vcenter, what is the best way to rename that vm's disks for consistency?
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    jmccarty
    3 years ago
    If you rename them before, when deploying the new, you would have the "correct" names
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mjacobson
Novice I
3 years ago
jmccarty sorry, just saw your reply to this. In VMware we are upgrading all of our sql servers by deploying new VMs and migrating data. Once the replacements are considered stable, the old versions will be decommed and the new ones will be renamed. As I type this out, would it make more sense to rename the old VMs prior to deploying the replacements which would allow the replacements to have the correct name upon deployment?