The most reliable way to change IP address for the Photon OS appliance is the command line. Although VAMI gives one option to change IP, it has not always worked for me. Here is a simple command-line procedure to re-IP your appliance. Let’s get the interface names with this command Set the IP for the…
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Before and After vCenter FQDN and IP (PNID) change – IMPORTANT!
So you wanna change FQDN or IP of your vCenter? Here is a couple things to consider: BEFORE CHANGE: If you run vCenter in HA mode, you need to disable it Must unregister solutions: SRM, vROps, vRNi etc AFTER CHANGE: Regenerate and replace vCenter Server certificates Configure vCenter Server High Availability Add vCenter Server with…
Read morevSphere 7 – How to change the FQDN and IP (PNID) Address of vCenter Server Appliance
There is a new feature in vSphere 7 allowing admins to change FQDN and IP of vCenter Server Appliance, the feature for which I personally was waiting a long time. Why am I interested in changing FQDN or IP? Recently we acquired another company and I would like to change their vCenters FQDNs to the…
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