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Loopback address in hosts file

According to VMware vCenter Server 4.1 Update 2 Release Notes(http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u2_rel_notes.html),

the loopback entry in the /etc/hosts file of the virtual machine might change to 127.0.0.1 <Host_Name/Alias> localhost.localdomain localhost ,and same thing has happened my machine .

I know I can fix it to 27.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost so that some applications will fail.

   

But in I think this solution is only for a guest OS and applications on this guest OS.

I'm worried about  some bad influence to cluster action,heartbeat for HA. OR do I have to configure another file or something if I change hosts file like above.

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julienvarela
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Hi,

What is exactly your issue? What is your current release of your ESX.

Because according to this release notes (4.1 u2) , this release fix an issue for all VMs linux on which you want to deploy using a customisation

"When deploying a new virtual machine from a template or cloning an existing virtual machine, if you customize the Linux guest operating system for the virtual machine," ... This issue is resolved in this release.

So it is regarding a VM template or clone with customize , no worries regarding your Cluster action, Ha etc...

Regards,

Julien.

Regards, J.Varela http://vthink.fr

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Hi,

What is exactly your issue? What is your current release of your ESX.

Because according to this release notes (4.1 u2) , this release fix an issue for all VMs linux on which you want to deploy using a customisation

"When deploying a new virtual machine from a template or cloning an existing virtual machine, if you customize the Linux guest operating system for the virtual machine," ... This issue is resolved in this release.

So it is regarding a VM template or clone with customize , no worries regarding your Cluster action, Ha etc...

Regards,

Julien.

Regards, J.Varela http://vthink.fr
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