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tfcatalanojr08
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Mac Address issue when vmotioning a VM to another host

I have a issues that when I vmotion a vm to a host the server loses network connectivitey and requires a new mac address to function. HAs anyone seen this before?

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AntonVZhbankov
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Could you please be more specific, what error messages do you see on each stage, what is your pruduct, system configuration etc?


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weinstein5
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When you vmotion a VM the MAC address of the VM does not change - perhaps you have port security set on your physical switches requiring a change to the VMs MAC Address -

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