Hi
I need to rename the vNIC on all my hosts to bring them in line.
What is the best way of doing this and will this cause a problem to the machines powered on?
Thanks
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So we are talking about vSwitches and Portgroups therein and not the VMnics as mapped to the phyiscal NICs?
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What exactly do you want to rename? As far as I know there are no names for vNICs, only for vSwitches.
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Gerrit Lehr
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firstly VMnics can not be renamed, secondly what exactly do you want to bring them inline with?
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Maybe I did not explain myself clearly...
I need to rename the Ports > Network Lable so all ESX hosts have the same Port name so vMotion dont companin about it.
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So we are talking about vSwitches and Portgroups therein and not the VMnics as mapped to the phyiscal NICs?
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Tom
Exactly! It's the port groups on vSwitches and not the vmnic.
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so are your vSwitches connected to the network in exactly the same way ie VMNIC0 on VLAN 10 on every host. that is your first starting point.
by far the quickest and easiest way is to delete the vSwitch and recreate it to the standards you require. this can be done in vCenter or on the commandline.
it is a requirement that all PortGroups and vSwitch labels be consistent in each vMotion cluster.
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runclear I think you got it.
I will try that.
Will I have to shut down my VM's?
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I see what you mean... That is in Edit settings > Network and choose the new Network.
But would the vm's loose connection to the LAN?
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Sorry unclear but I gave the point to tom by mistake, how to reopen this and give you the credit?
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