- Highlight the ESX host and click the Configuration tab.
- Click DNS and Routing.
- Click Properties.
- To change the hostname, domain, and DNS servers, click the DNS Configuration tab and enter the appropriate values.
(Note: Disable VMware High Availability if you do not want virtual machines to failover during the hostname IP change.) - To change the default gateway, click the Routing tab and enter the appropriate value.
- Update the etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg file to reflect the new settings.
- Reboot the ESX host for the changes to take place.
