Re: How vClient resolves host name?

vSphere Client looks any way a normal .NET application looks for hostnames: it invokes gethostbyname().

This calls the following authorities in the following order: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172218

1. The client checks to see if the name queried is its own.
2. The client then searches a local Hosts file, a list of IP address and    names stored on the local computer.
   
   NOTE: The Hosts file location depends on the operating system:

      Windows NT                  %Systemroot%\System32\Drivers\Etc   Windows 95                  <drive>\<Windows folder>   Windows for Workgroups      <drive>\<Windows folder>   Windows 3.1                 <drive>\<Windows folder>   MS-Client 3.0               <Boot volume>\Net   Lan Manager 2.2c Client     <Boot volume>\Net                              

   Where %Systemroot% is the folder in which Windows NT is installed,    <drive> is the drive on which the OS is installed, and <boot volume>    refers to a boot floppy disk or drive C.
   
   A sample hosts file, Hosts.sam, is installed with the TCP/IP protocol    showing the proper format.
3. Domain Name System (DNS) servers are queried.
4. If the name is still not resolved, NetBIOS name resolution sequence is    used as a backup. This order can be changed by configuring the NetBIOS    node type of the client.

(pasted from the link)

Hope that helps,

Kind regards,

Frank