Dell EMC PowerProtect DP Series Appliance 2.7.7 Upgrade Guide for DP4400 and DP5900

Set correct hostname in Hypervisor server

1. Connect to the ACM Server using an SSH connection
2. Run the following command to view the hostname of the IP addresses associated with the Hypervisor Server: nslookup
3. Connect to the Hypervisor server using an SSH connection.
4. Run the following commands to verify if the hostname matches the one retrieved from the nslookup command:
   • hostname -s
   • hostname -f
5. If the hostname on the Hypervisor is incorrect, then run the following commands:
   • esxcli system hostname set --host=hostname
   • esxcli system hostname set --fqdn=fqdn
6. Log in to the iDRAC console.
7. Go to System Panel in the iDRAC dashboard and verify the value in the Host Name field.
   If you are unable to access the iDRAC console for any of the Hypervisor servers, follow the steps listed in KB article 21500.
8. If the hostname does not reflect not reflect correctly on the iDRAC Dashboard, then refresh the console and then verify the hostname.
9. If the hostname does not reflect correctly even after refreshing the console, then stop and restart the iDRAC service:
   1. Run the following command: esxcli system wbem set –e=true
   2. Run the following command to stop the service: /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog stop
   3. Run the following command to start the service again: /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog start