Virtual Machine Naming

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Last updated: Feb 23, 2023
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VM Name min 2 and max 75 characters.

VM name maximum length

Virtual machine name minimum is 2 characters and maximum of 75 characters. This is 80 characters supported by VMWare vSphere minus the VSS Prefix composed of 5 characters.

Restrictions of using special characters in names of entities

VMware recommends avoiding special characters in the names. However, the ITS Private Cloud API remove any special character included.

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