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Vijay_Symantec
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Error: Unable to get the IP address

Hi Team,

When I launch Mac OS X 10.15.1 in VMWare Fusion Professional Version 11.5.1 (15018442), vmrun getGuestIPAddress failed with below error,

devstacks-MacBook-Pro:~ devstack$ "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmrun" "getGuestIPAddress" "/Users/devstack/devstack/mac_os_10.15.1_custom_64_eng_vmware/machines/default/vmware_devstack/05a4ef52-0c65-4aa3-aa35-0e727100888c/C41-ENUOSX15V1X64.vmx" "-wait"

Error: Unable to get the IP address

This was occurring when I launch more than one VMs(Mac OX X 10.10.5/10.12/10.14). If I shutdown already opened VMs, OS X 10.15.1 VM gets IP address and booted successfully

Seems like either same IP leased to 10.15.1.

VMX:

.encoding = "UTF-8"

guestos = "darwin18-64"

virtualhw.version = "14"

config.version = "8"

numvcpus = "2"

cpuid.corespersocket = "2"

memsize = "2048"

pcibridge0.present = "TRUE"

pcibridge4.present = "TRUE"

pcibridge4.virtualdev = "pcieRootPort"

pcibridge4.functions = "8"

pcibridge5.present = "TRUE"

pcibridge5.virtualdev = "pcieRootPort"

pcibridge5.functions = "8"

pcibridge6.present = "TRUE"

pcibridge6.virtualdev = "pcieRootPort"

pcibridge6.functions = "8"

pcibridge7.present = "TRUE"

pcibridge7.virtualdev = "pcieRootPort"

pcibridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

svga.autodetect = "false"

mks.enable3d = "false"

mks.use3drenderer = "automatic"

svga.vramsize = "134217728"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

sata0:0.present = "TRUE"

sata0:0.devicetype = "disk"

sata0:0.filename = "C41-ENUOSX15V1X64-disk1-cl1.vmdk"

sata0:0.allowguestconnectioncontrol = "false"

sata0:0.writethrough = "false"

sata0:0.mode = "persistent"

bios.bootorder = "hdd"

bios.hddorder = "sata0:0"

sata0:1.clientdevice = "TRUE"

sata0:1.present = "TRUE"

sata0:1.devicetype = "cdrom-raw"

sata0:1.autodetect = "TRUE"

sata0:1.startconnected = "FALSE"

sata0:1.exclusive = "false"

sata0:1.allowguestconnectioncontrol = "true"

sata0.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.virtualdev = "hdaudio"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

vmci0.pcislotnumber = "35"

vmci0.unrestricted = "false"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.virtualdev = "e1000"

ethernet0.connectiontype = "nat"

ethernet0.startconnected = "TRUE"

ethernet0.addresstype = "generated"

ethernet0.pcislotnumber = "33"

ethernet0.wakeonpcktrcv = "true"

ethernet0.allowguestconnectioncontrol = "true"

vcpu.hotadd = "false"

vcpu.hotremove = "false"

mem.hotadd = "false"

firmware = "efi"

tools.synctime = "false"

toolscripts.afterpoweron = "false"

toolscripts.afterresume = "false"

toolscripts.beforepoweroff = "false"

toolscripts.beforesuspend = "false"

tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"

powertype.poweroff = "soft"

powertype.reset = "soft"

powertype.suspend = "soft"

vhv.enable = "false"

vvtd.enable = "false"

windows.vbs.enabled = "false"

uefi.secureboot.enabled = "false"

chipset.onlinestandby = "FALSE"

nvram = "C41-ENUOSX15V1X64.nvram"

smc.present = "TRUE"

virtualhw.productcompatibility = "hosted"

extendedconfigfile = "C41-ENUOSX15V1X64.vmxf"

isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"

filesearchpath = ".;/Users/devstack/devstack/boxes/mac_os_10.15.1_custom_64_eng_vmware/0/vmware_devstack"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 27 88 c4 a6 7c c4-44 62 5f 6c 65 f5 04 39"

uuid.location = "56 4d 27 88 c4 a6 7c c4-44 62 5f 6c 65 f5 04 39"

vc.uuid = ""

policy.vm.mvmtid = ""

displayname = "mac_os_10.15.1_custom_64_eng_vmware: default"

sharedfolder.maxnum = "0"

isolation.tools.dnd.enable = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "-1"

numa.autosize.cookie = "20001"

numa.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = "2"

sata0:0.redo = ""

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"

pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"

pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"

pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"

usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"

ehci.pciSlotNumber = "36"

sata0.pciSlotNumber = "37"

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"

vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "134217728"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:f5:04:39"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

monitor.phys_bits_used = "43"

cleanShutdown = "FALSE"

softPowerOff = "FALSE"

usb:0.present = "TRUE"

usb:0.deviceType = "hid"

usb:0.port = "0"

usb:0.parent = "-1"

usb:1.speed = "2"

usb:1.present = "TRUE"

usb:1.deviceType = "hub"

usb:1.port = "1"

usb:1.parent = "-1"

toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = "1"

guestOS.detailed.data = "bitness='64' buildNumber='19B88' distroName='Mac OS X' distroVersion='10.15.1' familyName='Darwin' kernelVersion='19.0.0'"

gui.fitGuestUsingNativeDisplayResolution = "TRUE"

I need your comments to resolve this issue.

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wila
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Hi,

Is the MAC address of the network adapter in the guest different from the other guests?

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Vijay_Symantec
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Both guest VMs has different MAC address.

Guest1:
Mac: 00:0c:29:f8:ca:8c
VMX: guest1.vmx
Log: guest1_vmware.log

Guest2:

Mac: 00:0c:29:2d:26:69

VMX: guest2.vmx

Log: guest2_vmware.log

Please refer attachments.

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