When trying to bring up Network Interface the following message appears:
Bringing up interface eth0: Device eth0 does not seem to be preset, delaying initialization. [FAILED]
To fix this, open /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. with your favorite text editor you will see something like this:
# This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules# program, run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.## You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single# line, and change only the value of the NAME= key.
# PCI device 0x8086:0x100f (e1000) (custom name provided by external tool)SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:50:56:9c:00:16", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
# PCI device 0x8086:0x100f (e1000) (custom name provided by external tool)SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:50:56:9c:00:18", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1"
Take note of the MAC Address (HW Address) assigned by VMWare to the virtual interface and editudev's rules accordingly, for example, assume the virtual interface MAC Address is 00:50:56:9c:00:18, you will need it to edit rules so you end with something like this:
# This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules# program, run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.## You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single# line, and change only the value of the NAME= key.# PCI device 0x8086:0x100f (e1000) (custom name provided by external tool)SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:50:56:9c:00:18", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"# PCI device 0x8086:0x100f (e1000) (custom name provided by external tool)SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:50:56:9c:00:18", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
basically you have to delete unused network interface(s) rules and rename the one that has the current MAC Address.Finally, you need to validate MAC Address in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to avoid , remember the MAC Address is the value of HWADDRESS.
Take note of the MAC Address (HW Address) assigned by VMWare to the virtual interface and editudev's rules accordingly, for example, assume the virtual interface MAC Address is 00:50:56:9c:00:18, you will need it to edit rules so you end with something like this:
# This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules# program, run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.## You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single# line, and change only the value of the NAME= key.# PCI device 0x8086:0x100f (e1000) (custom name provided by external tool)SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:50:56:9c:00:18", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"# PCI device 0x8086:0x100f (e1000) (custom name provided by external tool)SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:50:56:9c:00:18", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
basically you have to delete unused network interface(s) rules and rename the one that has the current MAC Address.Finally, you need to validate MAC Address in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to avoid , remember the MAC Address is the value of HWADDRESS.
