Rename files within the data store

Hi all

I'm trying to rename some folders and files in my local data store.

That's what I see in my local data store

TestBiz-(il s'agit d'une machine Virtuelle)

. SDD.SF

TestNav-(il s'agit d'une machine Virtuelle)

Apps

images

TestBiz contains

TestBiz01.vmdk

TestBiz01 - 000001.vmdk

TestBiz01.vmx

TestBiz01.nvram

VMware.log

TestBiz01.vmsd

Now my problem is the following. The names of the two virtual machines must be lit. TestBiz must be TestNav. If I rename not only the record, but the files themselves who will break my servers?

I am aware of the mixture to the top, but I don't want others in the future to get confused.

Any help would be great

Thanks in advance

Welcome to the community,

There was a current discussion on VMs rename (change the name of files and folders in data warehouses) which also contains links to some articles in the KB. However, in your case, the virtual machine has an active snapshot, and you should definitely remove the snapshot before you rename the virtual computer!

BTW. where the virtual machine is managed in a vCenter server environment, you can automatically rename the virtual machine by changing the name of the virtual machine in the inventory of the GUI and then he migrate to another data store.

André

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