Host Name Naming Convention

The following section describes the best practices for naming the host names for the AVEVA Batch Management Server and the AVEVA Batch Management Redundant Server.

The host name for the AVEVA Batch Management Server accepts the following characters and length constraint for computer name.

Characters constraints

• All letters A-Z and a-z are accepted.

• Special character – (hyphen) is accepted. All other special characters are not accepted.

• AVEVA Batch Management works fine with all the accepted characters.

Length constraint

• Operating System accepts computer name of up to 63 characters.

• AVEVA Batch Management Server:

  • No issues occur when computer name is <= 39 characters.

  • If the computer name is >= 40 characters, error occurs while starting Environment Display.

• The length of the Redundant pair computer name must be less than or equal to 12 characters.

For more information, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/909264/naming-conventions-in-active-directory-for-computers,-domains,-sites,-and-ous.