IP addresses do not transfer on to VM NIC adapter when converting a physical machine.

[ensf23]

I have physical Windows 2000/2003 Servers that have multiple IP addresses assigned to one NIC. I want to make sure that when I convert this physical machines to a VM, that all the IP address are manually copied over to the VM adapter. Is there a method to allow this to happen without manually having to reenter all the IP in VMware Accelerated AMD PCNET adapter? This seems simple, but I have not been able to find a solution.

[Jasemccarty · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the forums.

I am pretty sure this is manual.

I boot my P2Ved boxes with network unattached, and set the IPs as I want them.

Then I power down the guest and the physical box, and only power back on the guest.

Jase McCarty

http://www.jasemccarty.com

Co-Author of VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center

(ISBN:1420070274) from Auerbach

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[ensf23]

I was afraid that might be the answer. I have 20 IP addresses assigned to one NIC. I will just manually copy the IP addresses. Thank you.

[Jasemccarty]

Would this help you?

http://techtasks.com/code/viewbookcode/1307

Jase McCarty

http://www.jasemccarty.com

Co-Author of VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center

(ISBN:1420070274) from Auerbach

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