VMware Communities: Message List - Cloning VM / Hostname of guest

Re: Cloning VM / Hostname of guest

AWo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:29:30 GMT

There's an DHCP option which you can use to set the hostname: option host-name.
But I don't think you can set the Windows host name to what DHCP may offer. From this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782411.aspx#w2k3tr_dhcp_tools_uzoj

"Host Name

This option specifies a host name for the client. In some cases, this name can also be fully qualified by appending the name value provided here with the DNS domain name, as specified in DHCP option 15. For Windows clients, this option is not supported for use when configuring the client’s host name, which is set for computers running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 on the Computer Name tab in the System Properties dialog box on the client computer."

If you like to try it for other OS's you should enter this line in your dhcp.conf under the VMnetx section:

option host name = "name"

AWo
VCP / vEXPERT 2009

Re: Cloning VM / Hostname of guest

repllccax — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:47:50 GMT

Any ideas?

Cloning VM / Hostname of guest

repllccax — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:27:28 GMT

Hi all

atm. I'm cloning VM's (guest: winxp). I'm running the guest in a DHCP mode, VMware - NAT. The host is a RHEL.

Of course, after the cloning process the IP's of the guest are generated by VMware, but the hostname remains the same.

In the /etc/vmware/vmnet*/dhcp/dhcpd.conf file you are able to define the IP-range, subnetmask etc.

Is there an comparable file for hostnames? I would like to define the hostname in my Linux and to hand it over to the guest??

All suggestions are welcomed! Thanks.