Github user priyankparihar commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/1302#discussion_r103880795 --- Diff: plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java --- @@ -2226,17 +2227,33 @@ int getReservedCpuMHZ(VirtualMachineTO vmSpec) { return new String[] {datastoreDiskPath}; } - // Pair<internal CS name, vCenter display name> - private Pair<String, String> composeVmNames(VirtualMachineTO vmSpec) { - String vmInternalCSName = vmSpec.getName(); - String vmNameOnVcenter = vmSpec.getName(); - if (_instanceNameFlag && vmSpec.getHostName() != null) { - vmNameOnVcenter = vmSpec.getHostName(); + /** + * This method generates VM name for Vcenter and Cloudstack( when Hypervisor is VMware). + * It generates VM name according to _instanceNameFlag setting. + * + * @param VirtualMachineTO + * vmSpec + * @return Pair<internal CS name, vCenter display name>. A pair which contain 'internal CS name' and + * 'vCenter display name'(vCenter knows VM by this name). + **/ + protected Pair<String, String> composeVmNames(VirtualMachineTO vmSpec) { + + String vmInternalCSName = ""; + String vmNameOnVcenter = ""; + if(vmSpec != null) + { + vmInternalCSName = vmNameOnVcenter = vmSpec.getName(); + if (_instanceNameFlag == true && vmSpec.getType() == VirtualMachine.Type.User) { + String[] tokens = vmInternalCSName.split("-"); + if(tokens.length<3) throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Invalid vmInternalCSName format: "+vmInternalCSName+" expected format : *-*-* (e.g -> i-x-y)"); // vmInternalCSName has format i-x-y-<instance.name> + vmNameOnVcenter = String.format("%s-%s-%s-%s", tokens[0], tokens[1], tokens[2], vmSpec.getHostName()); --- End diff -- >As per previous code, vmNameOnVcenter = vmSpec.getHostName(), which will introduce backward compatibility issues for older 4.3 environments. Is there any code that handles for such old VMs. Yes, vm.instancename.flag will handle backward compatibility issue. Case (vm.instancename.flag = True): User can create the VM with same name form different account. Case (vm.instancename.flag = False): User can not create the VM with same name form different account. Note - But in both the cases, VM with same name are not allowed on a particular network. And only for the User VM's name format will be like "I-<user-id>-<Display-Name>" if "vm.instancename.flag = True". It will not cause any impact on other VM names( like Router VM).
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