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Renaming a disk device does not take effect on all hosts (2044185)
Symptoms
Changing the display name of a disk device identifier (such as an RDM or remote SCSI device) does not take effect on all hosts with visibility to the disk device.
Cause
This issue occurs when the same remote storage device is presented on different paths with a different LUN ID.
For example, the same device identifier (naa.12345exampledevice) may be presented as:
(naa.12345exampledevice) - LUN 3 to Host-1 (naa.12345exampledevice) - LUN 6 to Host-2 (naa.12345exampledevice) - LUN 25 to Host-3
Resolution
To resolve this issue, ensure that remote disk devices are presented with consistent LUN numbering to all hosts on all paths.
Identify which hosts need LUN presentation changes and apply these steps to each affected host individually:
Put the host into Maintenance Mode.
Migrate, power off, or suspend all virtual machines.
Shut down the host.
On the storage array, make the necessary presentation changes only for the host that is shut down.
Power on the host.
Confirm that the LUN presentation changes are correct.
