MAC Address

[JimKnopf99]

Hi,

i have to migrate an old windows server running on a standalone esx 4 to a esxi5.

The issue is, that this server has a mac based licensed software. If i copy the files from the local datastore to the shared datastore and add the server to the inventory, i saw that they change the mac of the network card.

I guess it is because they change the vmware mac addresses from 00:0c:29:fc:xx:xx to 00:50:56:82:xx:xx

I change the vmx file to set the mac address static and add the vm to the inventory. Does someone know, if that is the right way to do this?

I do not have the opportunity to get a other serial number for that software. Because it is expensive and i don´t want to give money away for nothing.

Frank

[arturka]

Hi

we are usually setting custom MAC address on Guest OS (vmnic card E1000) and it works

Artur

[iw123]

Yes, I have also come across software which uses the MAC for licensing. As stated above, changing the MAC in the VI client/VM settings should be sufficient. 

[aravinds3107]

Yes editing the VMX file would be sufficient, replace the below lines

From

Ethernet0.addressType = vpx
Ethernet0.generatedAddress =

TO

Ethernet0.addressType = static
Ethernet0.Address =

Make sure the NIC is set to E1000 or Flexible