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change esxi hostname?

Anything to watch out for with changing esxi hostname?  Any common pitfalls?

http://www.vmwareandme.com/2015/02/How-to-Change-the-hostname-and-DNS-servers-of-an-ESXi-6.0-host.html#.V43ObGgrKCo
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Make sure you have a valid DNS FQDN for it.

It's not ideal, changing the name after adding to vCenter Server. I would remove from vCenter Server, and add back the FQDN.

So perhaps scrap my vcenter server, then rename esxi, then redeploy new vcenter appliance?
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