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David
Asked: 2012-06-15 10:30:23 +0800 CST

Specify IP + guest hostname on a virtual machine (without booting it)

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My question is simple but I am not sure if it is possible :

Is there a way to specify a custom IP address AND a different hostname before I boot a virtual machine from VMWare Workstation ? (Win 7 or Win XP guest OS)

Example :

  • Virtual Machine #1 is running Windows XP

    1. Run a copy of virtual machine #1 with ip 192.168.0.10 and with hostname PC01
    2. Run a second copy of virtual machine #1 with ip 192.168.0.60 and with hostname PC28

Thanks

virtualization ip dynamic

2 Answers

  1. Unfortunately not the IP address is stored in the OS only VMWare doesn't provide this. The only network-related stuff you'll find stored in the *.vmx file is the Mac address.

    Good luck

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  2. In my experience you can either 1) disconnect the network adapters, boot with VMWare Console, and re-assign; 2) create a script that can be invoked by bootloader or in early OS boot process that can rewrite the values of hostname and /etc/sysconfig/network.

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