vmware.hv.fullname does not return the hypervisor's name

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    • Type: Problem report
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Trivial
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    • Affects Version/s: 7.0.23
    • Component/s: Server (S)
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      Steps to reproduce:

      1. Use the standard template for VMware hypervisors that use the "vmware.hv.fullname" metric;
      2. Look at the documentation that tells that this key returns "The VMware hypervisor name."
      3. Look at the Latest data for the value returned by this metric

      Result:
      See screenshot: this metric returns the version of VMware instead of hostname of hypervisor.

      Expected:
      The metric that returns the hypervisor's name (some analog of "system.hostname" metric for VMware hypervisors).
      If this is a bug (the metric should return this info), it must be fixed.
      Otherwise (if it returns this info by design), then the documentation should be fixed, and a new enhancement request created for new metric (for example, "vmware.hv.hostname") that returns exactly hypervisor's name.
      In any case, this info is available (as the value of {#HV.NAME} LLD macro in hypervisor's host discovery rule).

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          Konstantīns Ošmjans
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          Michael Veksler

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            Konstantīns Ošmjans
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