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rizlared
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MAC Address

What implications are there (if any), if in a VMs VMX file, you change:

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:XX:XX:XX:XX"

ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"toethernet0.addressType = "static"ethernet0.address="00:50:XX:XX:XX:XX" Yet leave the Network Adapter MAC address setting to Automatic (via VC server). We have had issues with MAC address changes on Linux VMs, causing network and license issues.

Matt 

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rizlared
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For some reason the formatting has gone screwy.

What implications are there (if any), if in a VMs VMX file, you change:

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:XX:XX:XX:XX"

ethernet0.addressType = "vpx"

to

ethernet0.addressType =

"static"

ethernet0.address="00:50:XX:XX:XX:XX"

Yet leave the Network

Adapter MAC address setting to Automatic (via VC server).

We have had

issues with MAC address changes on Linux VMs, causing network and

license issues. Matt

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