Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: udev
When a vmware user clones a VM, unique hw identifiers, including MAC
addresses, are regenerated so that they don't conflict with the original
VM. So, after the VM is cloned, the mapping in /etc/udev/rules.d/70
-persistent-net.rules isn't really valid anymore. For the case of a
single nic, eth0 will become, eth1, for instance. Network configurations
will no longer persist.
For the sake of vmware users, it might make sense to exclude the vmware OID
from participating in the MAC matching in
/lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules. One might consider adding
lines like:
#Don't use VMware virtual NIC interfaces.
ENV{MATCHADDR}=="00-05-69*", ENV{MATCHADDR}=""
ENV{MATCHADDR}=="00-0c-29*", ENV{MATCHADDR}=""
ENV{MATCHADDR}=="00-1c-14*", ENV{MATCHADDR}=""
ENV{MATCHADDR}=="00-50-56*", ENV{MATCHADDR}=""
ENV{MATCHADDR}=="00-50-69*", ENV{MATCHADDR}=""
at some point in udev development, i think this was actually fixed (see
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-
[email protected]/msg136139.html ) but the change must have been
since reverted for some reason.
thanks!
-sjg
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: udev 151-12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 12 17:42:19 2011
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: udev
** Affects: udev (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid
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under vmware, cloned ubuntu VMs lose network configuration
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