How to force VMware to regenerate a MAC address for a virtual machine (or guest OS).
This post only applies to the VM MAC generation, in which ESXi host is managed by vCenter Server. ESXi host which is not managed by the vCenter server will have the different mechanism to generate the MAC address for Virtual Machine. How vCenter Assigns Virtual MAC Address to VMware Virtual Machine? As we aware that, First 3 Octects will be 00. Jul 20, 2016 How to set a static MAC address in VMware Environment? How to avoid MAC address conflicts with multiple vCenters. You can also force vCenter Server to generate a new MAC address for the virtual network adapter of your VMs by configuring the virtual network adapter to use a Manual MAC address, and then reconfiguring it to Automatic. Rejecting VMware MAC Address Changes Explained Posted by Chris Wahl on 2013-04-23 in Random 9 Responses Both the standard and distributed VMware switches offer the ability to enforce a number of security policies to help prevent spoofing attacks, guard against traffic sniffing, and close other fun loopholes that can exist when people do silly.
- Shut down the Guest OS.
- Open up the .vmx file.
- Delete the following lines (that begin with…):
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Vmware Mac Addresses
The most common scenario for wanting to do this is if you’ve used a “template” Guest OS and copied it to multiple PCs, but accidentally clicked “I moved this Virtual Machine” rather than “I copied this Virtual Machine” when first booting the Guest OS in something like VMware Player.
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If you tell VMware that the Guest OS was copied, it automatically generates new UUID info and MAC addresses. If you tell VMware that you moved the Guest OS, all unique identifiers are left alone (including the MAC address). By performing the steps above, you can get VMware to generate you some new, unique identifiers, and stop weirdness on your network 😉
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