[chef-dev] Re: Knife-vsphere vs powetCLI

[Ian Delahorne < >]

> 1). When cloning a VM using knife-vsphere , I cannot use a '-' as part of 
> the VM name. This works with no problem using powerCLI.
>
> Note:   I had to invoke a 'bandaid' to get past this with knife-vsphere. 
> Bandaid was to remove '-' from the vm hostname at the vsphere level. This 
> bandaid is not 'desired' but is easily reverted with the manual effort,  
> post-buildout, of going through and adding the '-' back to the hostname 
> through the vcenter interface.
> Note2:  It's worth mentioning that the process of bootstrapping the vm and 
> running cookbooks/recipes with VM names that contain '-' works just fine.

FWIW I have never had this issue in my environment with knife-vsphere
when cloning templates and VMs. In fact 90% of our VM names contain a
'-'.

//ian