diff --git a/geonode/monitoring/migrations/0024_auto_20190605_1619.py b/geonode/monitoring/migrations/0024_auto_20190605_1619.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a031f1dd6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geonode/monitoring/migrations/0024_auto_20190605_1619.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.20 on 2019-06-05 16:19
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('monitoring', '0023_auto_20190528_0906'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='host',
+            name='name',
+            field=models.CharField(max_length=255),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/geonode/monitoring/models.py b/geonode/monitoring/models.py
index 4fdd05a152f..3a40de15c82 100644
--- a/geonode/monitoring/models.py
+++ b/geonode/monitoring/models.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Host(models.Model):
     """
     name = models.CharField(
         max_length=255,
-        unique=True,
+        unique=False,
         blank=False,
         null=False)
     ip = models.GenericIPAddressField(null=False, blank=False)