Configure hostname in VMware ESXi

• Set hostname only
• Set domain
• Set Fully Qualified Domain Name in one shot
• Display hostname using esxcli command

Set hostname only

~ # esxcli system hostname set   --host farstar
~ # hostname
farstar.localdomain
~ #
OR
~ # esxcli system hostname set -H farstar
~ # hostname
farstar.localdomain
~ #

Set domain

~ # esxcli system hostname set   --domain farstar.rtfmp.com
~ # hostname
farstar.farstar.rtfmp.com
~ #
OR
~ # esxcli system hostname set -d rtfmp.com
~ # hostname
farstar.rtfmp.com
~ #

Set Fully Qualified Domain Name in one shot

~ # esxcli system hostname set --fqdn farstar.rtfmp.com
~ # hostname
farstar.rtfmp.com
~ #
OR
~ # esxcli system hostname set -f farstar.rtfmp.com

Display hostname using esxcli

~ # esxcli system hostname get
   Domain Name: rtfmp.com
   Fully Qualified Domain Name: farstar.rtfmp.com
   Host Name: farstar
~ #