Cloning Linux VMs

The mac address in the system is tied to eth0, so we need to remove the mapping as when we clone the VM a new mac is generated.

• Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to eth0 and correct MAC
• Reboot
• vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth*
  • onboot=yes
  • NM_CONTROLLED=no
  • BOOTPROTO=static
  • IP address etc
• rename ifcfg-eth* to eth0 and ensure mac matches VMWare hardware ID and also the mac in persistent-net.rules