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Ooooooo-k then! No need for defensive comments on that topic <\/p>\nOver the years I\u2019ve seen lots of computer naming standards. Some have used Simpsons or Tolkein character names, football player surnames, etc. That has mainly because of laziness, but sometimes it\u2019s to do with security-by-obscurity because \u201chackers then can\u2019t figure the network out\u201d Ooooooo-k then! No need for defensive comments on that topic <\/p>\n
On the other extreme I\u2019ve seen the likes of Dub-Lab-DC-1. It couldn\u2019t get much more descriptive without including the spec of the server. You\u2019ll need to be careful if creating a VMM server in this kind of network. There\u2019s a small, but important, note in TechNet article<\/a> that describes the system requirements of System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) with\/without Service Pack 1 (SP1).<\/p>\n In addition to the normal rule of the computer name not exceeding 15 characters:<\/p>\n The computer name cannot contain the character string of –SCVMM-<\/strong>, but you can use the character string of SCVMM<\/strong> in the computer name. For example, the computer name can be SEASCVMMLAB, but the computer name cannot be SEA-SCVMM-LAB.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In other words:<\/p>\n Interestingly, neither Bing nor Google return any results for -SCVMM- for me. <\/p>\n Over the years I\u2019ve seen lots of computer naming standards. Some have used Simpsons or Tolkein character names, football player surnames, etc. That has mainly because of laziness, but sometimes it\u2019s to do with security-by-obscurity because \u201chackers then can\u2019t figure the network out\u201d Ooooooo-k then! No need for defensive comments on that topic On … Continue reading “Beware When Using Descriptive Names For VMM”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[193,195,196],"class_list":["post-14377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-system-center","tag-system-center","tag-virtualisation","tag-vmm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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