What can be renamed to represent their purposes in vSphere?

In vSphere, all inventory objects except for hosts can be renamed to better reflect their purposes. This flexibility allows administrators to assign meaningful names to different components in the vSphere environment, making it easier to manage and identify resources based on their roles or functions.

For example, virtual machines can be renamed to indicate their specific applications or workloads, datastores can be named according to their performance characteristics or storage requirements, and networks can be labeled to identify their usage (such as production, test, or development). However, hosts are typically tied to their system or hostname assigned during installation and cannot be renamed in the same way as other components. This distinction is critical for maintaining clarity in resource management and operational efficiency in a virtualized environment.