Full VM Restore with a specific MAC Address in a different project?
Hi,
I am trying to restore a VM with OpenStack in a different project. I am trying to do a kind of “Disaster Recovery” solution, so I would like to restore the VM with the same network interface configuration.
I can not find any option about how to set the MAC Address and the IP address when I am restoring it. Could anyone give me any advice?
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Good afternoon. While you should be able to set the IP address as one of the restore options, there is no setting to configure the MAC address . This is what is available for restore settings for networking in FR28:
Security group: Select a predefined security group that defines the required network access.
Key pair: Select a key pair that identifies the ownership for the converted instance.
Network interface: Select a network interface that is available in the destination.
I’m not really sure about OpenStack but on VMware it always tried to retain the MAC address on a restore. If there is a conflict (same MAC already exists) then a new one is generated.
It could be the same logic for OpenStack - not sure what you are seeing at the moment?
Thank you guys,
It looks like it does not work the same in OpenStack because I always get a new MAC address. Maybe because is a different project so it creates a completly new port.
Do you know if there is an option to set the MAC address via API by configuring the nic parameters?