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ESX/ESXi Machines Fail to Discover

Symptom:

My ESX and ESXi machines that were provisioned using CA ITCM OSIM fail to discover with the following error:

<machinename> failed discovery

Solution:

This issue is a limitation of VMware, which does not allow ESX or ESXi machines to take the assigned host name in the DHCP setting. To recover:

  1. Using the VI client or the console, change the host name of ESX/ESXi machine to the name specified in CA Server Automation when the ESX/ESXi machine was provisioned.
  2. Reboot the host.
  3. Rediscover the host.