[SOLVED] Convert from Hyper-V to ESXi

[paul.maechler]

We have a running Hyper-V Mailgateway Installation (v7.0.1)
Now we need to migrate this VM to ESXi.
I used SolarWinds V2V Converter for doing that Job. It worked so far. No errors at all.

When I start the VM in ESXi i can login with my root credentials.
But eth0 is not connected. ESXI shows network adapter as "connected".

How can I reconfigure the network layer ?

Any hints a are highly appreciated.

Cheers
Paul

 

[aaron]

The name of the NIC probably changed inside the VM.

You can check the available NICs by running ip a. Check that against the contents of /etc/network/interfaces. Most likely, you will have to adapt the name of the NIC.

 

[paul.maechler]

Thanks for that ultra-quick reply....

ip addr list shows lo: and ens32: but neither eth0 nor eth1.

interfaces looks like this

 

[aaron]

Do you have an eth1 in your interfaces file? If not, try to change all occurrences of eth0 with ens32 and reboot the VM.

 

[paul.maechler]

BINGO !!
It works...
Thanks a lot Aaron.
You are my hero of the day.

 

[aaron]

Good to hear

I went ahead and marked the thread as solved.


With the migration, the underlying virtual hardware has changed, and therefore also under which name the NIC is recognized.