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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How I lost and recovered my vCenter server
My network team is doing tech refresh and they decided that along with hardware change, they want to change IP range. Hence I was tasked to perform re-IP of vCenter. You can read how to change IP of VCSA here : https://angrysysops.com/2021/03/25/vsphere-7-how-to-change-the-fqdn-and-ip-pnid-address-of-vcenter-server-appliance/. I had to consider how to access my VCSA once I put it…
Read moreHow to Change the IP Address of an ESXi Host – vmk0 management network – NO DOWNTIME
NOTE: Although host should have connectivity via second NIC, should something happen to that NIC one will lose host and VMs, so proceed with caution. PREREQUISITES: The host MUST have 2 NIC connected Port MUST be configured in trunk mode allowing mgmt VLAN Have a new IP ready Have new subnet mask ready Create new…
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