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I'm running Hyper-V in a domain where I'm not an administrator. The FQDN of my Hyper-V hosts doesn't match the computer name. This creates multiple issues for management and backup services.

Chris Fouracre 0 Reputation points
2026-06-16T17:45:11.9833333+00:00

I've followed documentation about adding SPNs to the computer objects to point to FQDN. However, services like System Center Virtual Machine manager still don't find the hosts correctly (unless I modify the C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file). Backup services like Cohesity also can't find the hosts because of the mismatch in computer name/FQDN.

What else should I be doing to make sure communication between the systems is working properly?

System Center Virtual Machine Manager
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  1. Marcin Policht 93,700 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2026-06-16T20:06:58.9466667+00:00

    Try assigning alternative names by following http://dimitri.janczak.net/2016/09/26/multiple-server-names-on-windows/

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