[Users] MAC in use when importing/cloning a VM

Itamar Heim iheim at redhat.com
Tue Feb 5 20:47:44 UTC 2013


On 05/02/2013 22:43, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When importing VMs into our export domain, they appear in a list that
> allows me to restore them.
> The restore window allows to clone instead of restoring, especially in
> case of a pure import.
>
> Many imports went all right, but some recent one failed due to a MAC
> address already in use somewhere.
> The import window does not seem to give a way to change the network
> setup of the VM, even if it is imported and not started.
>
> I don't know how to modify the interface setup of a vm before
> importing/cloning it?
>

you should be able to import as 'new' which will re-create all 
uuid's/mac/etc.
otherwise, just edit the ovf.
cc-ing moti to consider something better going forward



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