I think the point of using UUID for instance names is probably spot on. Marking as Opinion, because it seems like for consistency it should be done that way.
** Changed in: nova Status: In Progress => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1330873 Title: Instance name set in horizon is not set in VMware vCenter Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova): Opinion Bug description: Instance name set in horizon is not set in VMware vCenter. In vCenter the name of the instance is the id (in UUID format) of the instance. This makes it difficult for the administrator to locate the instance in vCenter using the name displayed in horizon. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1330873/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp