ESX Server – Change The Hostname
KB ID 0000276 Problem Should you wish to change the hostname of your ESX server i.e. you have it on DHCP and it’s got the hostname of Terrys-Laptop or something from your DNS server. The option will be grayed out in the VI client. Solution 1. Log onto the ESX server terminal as the root user. 2. Issue the following command, esxcfg-advcfg -s <newname> /Misc/HostName 3. then reboot the server with the following command,...
CentOS BIND DNS Not Responding To DNS Queries
KB ID 0000906 Problem While moving my DNS records from my old hosting company, I finally got round to pointing my domain name server records at my own server. I then saw my web traffic nose dive! Some troubleshooting steps later I realised I could not connect to my server on TCP port 53 (use an online port scanner to test yours). Solution Allow Access to DNS BIND From Remote Clients 1. Firstly let’s make sure that the firewall...