hokies Posted February 14, 2017 Share #1 Posted February 14, 2017 Hey Guys, I am pretty new to esxi but I got Jun's loader working with a single instance on esxi. Unfortunately, when I go to create another VM, the synology assistant won't find it. When I turn off VM1 and start up VM2, VM2 magically becomes available (on the same IP that VM1 previously possessed). It seems like the VM isn't getting a fresh IP from VMWare. This may be an esxi-specific problem, but I was hoping someone here could help me out. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billat29 Posted February 14, 2017 Share #2 Posted February 14, 2017 Check that they are not both using the same mac address Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydibe Posted February 14, 2017 Share #3 Posted February 14, 2017 Jun's loader uses a hard wired mac address by default. To operate more than one ESXi instance you need to modify the grub.cfg and replace OR even better remove the hard wired mac address. Using the same mac address in the same network confuse switches/bridges, regardless weather they are bare metal or virtual devices. The problem takes place on the data link layer, way before TCP or IP kicks in. After modifiying grub.cfg, make sure to clean the arp cache on your client devices, your router, swith and so on. In Windows you can clean the cache by opening a cmd shell with admin permissions and entering 'arp -d' The other devices can be switched off/on again. Or you simple wait until their cache expires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenlez Posted February 14, 2017 Share #4 Posted February 14, 2017 how to update the "hard wired mac address" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydibe Posted February 14, 2017 Share #5 Posted February 14, 2017 viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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