p2v NIC question

[Rohail2004]

I just P2V a box, and when I am trying to enter the IP address so it's giving me an erorry the address has already been assigned to other NIC, which is hidden. The physical box had 2 NICs.. I want to use the same Ip address.. how should I proceed? thanks.

[vmroyale]

Hello.

Check out kb 1014169 for the resolution.

Good Luck!

[Rajeev_S]

Hi,

There would be some hidden devices, which you need to uninstall manually from device manager

- go to command prompt. enter the command "set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1"

- open device manager under "view" select "show hidden devices"

- uninstall the old devices.

Now you should be good to go.

Hope this helps !!

[Rohail2004]

I already tried all of that... getting the below error when I try to remove the old nics.

"failed to install the device. The device maybe required to boot up the computer"

[Wimo]

Is the error that you get something like "this address is already in use on another adapter, do you want to enter a different address?" If so, try just clicking No.

[Rohail2004]

Yes. i did hit NO, entered the same address, but I can't ping the box... or neither I can ping anything off the box... rebooted it couple of times, no luck... the VM has two nics...it shows connected, but does not resolve anything inside and outside network

[Wimo]

Well then I'm stumped unless you just overlooked something simple, like changing the default gateway if it is a different subway, or the vnic is not connected in Virtual Center. And you might try disconnecting and reconnecting it, and/or disabling and re-enabling it in the VM. One or the other of those steps has fixed a surprising number of network problems for me.

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

have you tried to just completely remove the network adapters from your guest and then add them in again? Are the VMware Tools installed on your guest?