Quick Tip: Changing the AHV Hostname

Changing the AHV hostname shows how to replace the default AHV hostname after the Nutanix AHV deployment.

If you want to change the AHV hostname after deployment or creating a cluster, you can follow the actions below:

1- Select and access by SSH one Controller VM (CVM), and get the AHV host list:

acli host.list

With this command, you can see the hypervisor IP address.

2- Type the following command to change the AHV hostname:

change_ahv_hostname --host_ip=hypervisor_ip --host_name=hypervisor_new_hostname

Replace “hypervisor_ip” with your hypervisor IP and “hypervisor_new_hostname” with your hostname.

Examples:

change_ahv_hostname --host_ip=192.168.255.141 --host_name=NTXNCE01

nutanix@NTNX-58a82a95-A-CVM:192.168.255.142:~$ change_ahv_hostname –host_ip=192.168.255.141 –host_name=NTXNCE01
2024-09-29 23:49:23,675Z INFO ahv_host_agent.py:813 Event listener thread started
2024-09-29 23:49:24,778Z INFO change_ahv_hostname:82 Host name is successfully updated

change_ahv_hostname --host_ip=192.168.255.143 --host_name=NTXNCE02

nutanix@NTNX-58a82a95-A-CVM:192.168.255.142:~$ change_ahv_hostname –host_ip=192.168.255.143 –host_name=NTXNCE02
2024-09-29 23:49:45,615Z INFO ahv_host_agent.py:813 Event listener thread started
2024-09-29 23:49:46,717Z INFO change_ahv_hostname:82 Host name is successfully updated

change_ahv_hostname --host_ip=192.168.255.145 --host_name=NTXNCE03

nutanix@NTNX-58a82a95-A-CVM:192.168.255.142:~$ change_ahv_hostname –host_ip=192.168.255.145 –host_name=NTXNCE03
2024-09-29 23:50:01,570Z INFO ahv_host_agent.py:813 Event listener thread started
2024-09-29 23:50:02,672Z INFO change_ahv_hostname:82 Host name is successfully updated

The new AHV hostname will be shown in the Prism Element console in a few moments. That’s it 🙂