Renaming Virtual Machines

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Applies To: System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Data Protection Manager

Renaming a virtual machine changes the name of the virtual machine configuration (.vmc) file, the virtual machine name shown in the Administration Web site, and the display name of the virtual machine window, but not the name of the folder containing the virtual machine.

If you change the name of a virtual machine that is protected as a guest on a Virtual Server, System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager (DPM) continues protection and captures the change as it does any other change to protected data.