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Changing IP or MAC Addresses, To change the IP or MAC address for a virtual machine, Table 3-3.

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VMware® Lab Manager User's Guide Table 3‐3 summarizes the transitory states of virtual machines. Table 3-3. Virtual Machine States (Transitory) State Description Busy Virtual machine is in the midst of an operation. Pending Virtual machine is stuck and poses interactive questions in the virtual machine console. Changing IP or MAC Addresses You can change an IP or Media Access Control (MAC) address for a virtual machine after adding the virtual machine to a configuration. To change the IP or MAC address for a virtual machine 1 In the left pane, click Workspace. 2 Move the pointer over the configuration name and choose Details from the menu. 3 If the virtual machine is deployed, move the pointer over the configuration name and choose Undeploy ‐ Save State or Undeploy ‐ Discard State from the menu. 4 Move the pointer over the configuration name and choose Properties from the menu. 5 Enter the properties information: a To create a random MAC address, click Reset MAC Address. You cannot specify your own MAC address. b Confirm the operation. c Enter a new IP address. d Click Update. 6 Move the pointer over the virtual machine configuration name and choose Deploy from the menu. NOTE When you deploy the virtual machine, an error message might appear about a duplicate IP address because only Lab Manager is aware of the new IP address. If this error message appears, click No. 7 From the virtual machine console window, manually change the IP address of the virtual machine. 34 VMware, Inc.

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VMware® Lab Manager User’s Guide
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Table 3
‐
3 summarizes the transitory states of virtual machines.
Changing IP or MAC Addresses
You can change an IP or Media Access Control (MAC) address for a virtual machine
after adding the virtual machine to a configuration.
To change the IP or MAC address for a virtual machine
1
In the left pane, click
Workspace
.
2
Move the pointer over the configuration name and choose
Details
from the menu.
3
If the virtual machine is deployed, move the pointer over the configuration name
and choose
Undeploy
‐
Save State
or
Undeploy
‐
Discard State
from the menu.
4
Move the pointer over the configuration name and choose
Properties
from the
menu.
5
Enter the properties information:
a
To create a random MAC address, click
Reset MAC Address
.
You cannot specify your own MAC address.
b
Confirm the operation.
c
Enter a new IP address.
d
Click
Update
.
6
Move the pointer over the virtual machine configuration name and choose
Deplo
y
from the menu.
7
From the virtual machine console window, manually change the IP address of the
virtual machine.
Table 3-3.
Virtual Machine States (Transitory)
State
Description
Busy
Virtual machine is in the midst of an operation.
Pending
Virtual machine is stuck and poses interactive questions in the virtual machine
console.
N
OTE
When you deploy the virtual machine, an error message might appear about
a duplicate IP address because only Lab Manager is aware of the new IP
address.
If this error message appears, click
No
.