Assign an individual ethernet NETWORK adapter to a virtual machine

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• Specify a physical NETWORK adapter to a virtual machine

  It is a fundamental issue, or it was in VMware Server 1.x, but in v2.x options may not be available.  Here's what I do:

  I have a physical host with 3 different network interface cards installed. I want to configure the vNIC on each of my 2 mV at one of the physical network cards, so they each have their own. In VMware server 1.x I would install a vmnet # for each NETWORK adapter and then configure each virtual computer to use one of the new vmnet I set everything up. VMware Server 2, I can still set up since both vnet (one for each NETWORK card), but when I go to change settings of NETWORK adapter in the virtual machine, I have three options (Bridged, host-only and NAT). Two of these two new vnets are "bridge", but I need to specify a fo the vnet jumpered for each.

  I know I must be missing something very simple, do not hesitate to point out my mistake. Thank you!

  What is your host operating system? If Windows, run the virtual network Editor (vmnetcfg.exe) announces the administrator, disable the automatic bypass and map each physical NIC to another VMNet adapter * in the tab "virtual host network address." If Linux, run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl (it will take your virtual machines off / suspension) and choose to create more than one Bridged network when you are prompted, choosing different logical names and specitying eth0, eth1, eth2 or whatever they are called.

  Then in the virtual machine, they must appear in the drop-down list for the card that you have.

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• Dedicated network adapter to the virtual machine and the host computer not let can visit his profile

  OK, here's my question, I know how to give themselves a phyiscal nic to a vmware, but I wanted to take it one step further and do not leave the host send or receive data from this network card, only the virtual machine can use this network/NIC...

  Here's my reasoning, I have to network conections, one is for my internal/field network and the second is a direct connection to the internet (Comcast) I don't want to use to separate the machines have for internet connection, I want to be on the same machine phyiscal and have just the vmware machine talking to comcast... is it possible?  I am running VMware workstation 7, last update.

  Thank you

  Cdrshm

  I assume you are using a Windows host?

  If Yes...

  -first set up networking networking with vmnetcfg.exe

  -assign vmnet0 to the network card for the internal network

  -assign vmnet2 to the network card used for direct access to the internet

  -Right-click on the map network-icon in the systray and access the properties of the network adapter for vmnet2

  -Disable all other protocols and the Protocol of vmware_bridge for this network adapter

  result: a virtual machine that uses vmnet2 can directly access the internet and the host has no IP address for this network adapter - and therefore cannot use it.

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• Assign a physical NETWORK adapter to the virtual machine

  Hey everybody,

  I did some research, but found answers to Linux and not Windows. Here's my situation:

  I'm running a physical machine with Dual Gigabit Lan and Windows 7 Pro. I would like to have all my virtual machines that I run under VmWare Workstation 6.5.3 using the 2nd physical NETWORK adapter on the mpotherboard. Is this possible? How do I? Thank you.

  Hello

  You can specify in the virtual network Editor (Edit toolbar option)

  See the attached picture.

  If you can't change that... go to the previous "self-link" tab and uncheck the box

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• Disable the network interface on a virtual machine

  Hello all-

  Is there a way to disable the network interface on the network adapter in the virtual machine?  We have a group of applications who want to simulate a network in collaboration with MSCS failure - I don't necessarily agree with the fact that this type of test, but try to determine if this is possible from the functional point of view.

  Our ESX host have networks of virtual machine set up off the coast of 4 port nic mezzanine card, and I don't want to touch the VM network vswitch as any part of this test.

  Thanks for any help you can provide-

  Steve

  Is there a way to disable the network interface on the network adapter in the virtual machine?

  Yes, in the virtual machine settings, for each NIC assigned to the virtual machine you will find a checkbox 'connected '. Unchecking it's like pulling the network cable.

  André

• How can I type of NETWORK adapter in the virtual computer a vCloud?

  I'm trying to write a script that compares the type of NETWORK card in vCloud NIC type in vCenter to work around a bug in vCloud 1.5.  I can get the type of NETWORK adapter in the virtual computer a vCenter by getting the vCenter VM up and running:

  
  

  $vcvm | Get-NetworkAdapter | FT-auto
  Name Type NetworkName MacAddress WakeOnLanEnabled
  ----              ----           ----------- ----------        ----------------
  Network adapter 1 isolated EnhancedVmxnet 00:50:56:01:00:33 True

  
  

  I do not get the same results when you perform an action similar to vCloud:
  $vcdvm | Get-CINetworkAdapter
  
  
  Connected primary index IPAddressAllocation IPAddress ExternalIPAddress VM
  ----- ------- ---------  ------------------- ---------       ----------------- --
  0 true true manual 192.168.10.30 nic1
  
  
  I can get all the other info NIC, such as the network, IP, MAC, etc, but not the type:
  ($vcdvm. ExtensionData.section) [2] .networkconnection
  
  
  Network: isolated
  NeedsCustomization: false
  NetworkConnectionIndex: 0
  IP address: 192.168.10.30
  ExternalIpAddress:
  IsConnected: true
  MACAddress: 00:50:56:01:00:33
  IpAddressAllocationMode: MANUAL
  Get_anyattr:
  VCloudExtension:

  For the moment, I get the type of NIC the vCloud himself database vCloud.  Thanks for any help.

  I use VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 Release 1 build 793510

  I could tell you where to find it, but there is a bug in the API that shows only as PCNET32 anyway (sleep if she could be VMXNET3). Keep doing what you're doing with the database query.

  See you soon,.

  Jake

• Try to change several network adapters on a virtual machine

  Here's what I have to change several virtual machines with an adapter:

  $test5 = import-Csv C:\test5.csv

  {foreach ($vm to $test5)

  $server = $vm.name

  $networkname = $vm.networkname

  Write-host "Changing $server to the new $networkname network.

  Get - VM $server | Get-NetworkAdapter | Together-NetworkAdapter - networkname $networkname - confirm: $false

  # #Start Server

  Write-Host "Made from $server"

  Start-VM $server - confirm: $false

  Write-Host "complete!"

  }

  It looks like a spreadsheet with the name of a column and networkname in the other and sets the adapter accordingly.  It works so much that there is only one network adapter to set... for example if there is a virtual machine with vlan1 for 3 network cards on a virtual machine, it will define all 3 cards to the vlan 1, but if a network card is different from vlan 1 it will fail.  How to fix a vm with multiple NICs?  I tried to separate them by a comma, but he doesn't like it.  Any ideas?

  You can add additional columns in your CSV file.

  Something like that

  Name, NetworkName1, NetworkName2, NetworkName3

  VM1, net1, net2 net3

  VM2, net1, net1 net1

  Then, you can change the code something like this

  $test5 = import-Csv C:\test5.csv

  {foreach ($vm to $test5)

  $server = $vm.name

  Get - VM $server | Get-NetworkAdapter | %{

  if($_.) {Name - eq '1 network card')}

  Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkAdapter $_ - NetworkName $vm.networkname1 - confirm: $false

  }

  ElseIf ($_.) {Name - eq "Adapter 2")}

  Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkAdapter $_ - NetworkName $vm.networkname2 - confirm: $false

  }

  ElseIf ($_.) {Name - eq "3 network adapter")}

  Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkAdapter $_ - NetworkName $vm.networkname3 - confirm: $false

  }

  }

  Write-host "Changing $server to the new $networkname network.

  # #Start Server

  Write-Host "Made from $server"

  Start-VM $server - confirm: $false

  Write-Host "complete!"

  }

• Trying to count the number of network adapters on the virtual machines

  Hi all

  Have tried to create a script to simply count the number of network adapters in a virtual machine? In all honesty, don't have a clue where to start? I don't know there are a number of 'ownership' but can't seem to figure out how I can integrate this counting cards network

  Thank you very MUCH in advance

  Munster

  Try this way

  $vms = Get-VM
  
  foreach ($vm in $vms)
  {
       $vm | Select @{N = "VMName"; E = {$vm.name} },
            @{N = "VMNICCount"; E = {$vm.Networkadapters.count} }
  }
  

  Inside of the foreach loop, you select in each $vm name and County NIC.

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• Ethernet network adapter

  Network adapter Ethernet worked with XP (32) but I have upgraded to Vista (32) and it did not work, driver has not been installed. Why?

  The driver is to do with the network adapter manufacturer, not Microsoft.

  Go to the website of the manufacturer of your computer/laptop > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > look for the latest Vista drivers > download/install them.

  The computer you are using now if you have an Internet connection with the other > download / save drivers > copy them into Flash Drive > transfer / install on another computer/laptop.

  If there is no drivers Vista wrote for her, nothing can be done about it

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error. Virtual MACHINE works on old MBP and Win7 but not on new MBP [mid 2015 retina], speed or network problem?

  We strive to use our VM on the new retina MBP (mid-2015) with MacOS X 10.11 (El Capitan) but we had a problem starting from Oracle. If we first converted our ESX VM but once on the Mac laptop Oracle (v12.1.0.1.0 on WIN2012R2) does not open the database, error;

  ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error

  Does not change us any setting on the virtual machine itself so services work fine. Network has set the IP with host only. Tried with Fusion 7.1 & Fusion 8.0.2 new Mac with nothing doesn't. Also with the different versions of the VM tools. Tried to remove the NIC in Fusion and recreate, don't sucses.

  Funny enough the same virtual machine starts fine on PC (workstation 10.3.0 & Win7), MBP beginning 2011 (Fusion 7 & Mac 10.10) or ESX itself for Oracle opens the database!

  That's why we think in the direction of the new MBP specific? speed or network issue? Ring the bells?

  
  

  Help appreciated!

  Bottom line, this is a problem of Oracle who dislikes the MBP on a virtual machine.

  for reference;

  Virtual MACHINE works very well on all platforms, but not on the latest MacBook Pro (retina, 15 inch, mid-2015). So, when you try to use sqlplus you might get the error that there is no such thing as SID. Earphone works very well, but the DB process does not record with earphone or work correctly also. But the process is running and a SID tnsping returns an OK. This isn't a problem of configuration Oracle as the VM and DB works well from the moment where you run the virtual machine on a PC or an old MBP. Either way, Virtualbox has the same problem so not a problem of Fusion.

  I will record a deal with Oracle but I doubt that it is corrected.

• setting up of a second NETWORK adapter on the ESX machine...

  I'm in the part of my ESX machine and I NIC one configured for LAN, but I try to activate and configure a second NETWORK adapter on this computer, so I can connect it to a VLAN different. When I go I see the place to allow the second NETWORK card (and I have) but it says always "disconnected" and I see only the settings for the first NETWORK adapter in the IP configuration screen. How can I set an IP address and stuff for the second NETWORK card, and why is it showing as offline after that I went out and restarted the management stuff?

  Go under ESX / Configuration / networks.

  You will see your vSwitch. You can change it or click Add, to add a new vSwitch.

  For the basic concepts, see also:

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/virtual_networking_concepts.PDF

  André

• How to change the NETWORK adapter to a virtual server of perticular

  Dear all Hello,.

  I'm new to update3 esx 3.5 I added a VM to esx and figured out that the Vserver cannot ping desktop

  Finally, I thought that the virtual network adapter uses the second NIC in the physical server that is not connected,

  How can I change the NETWORK card to use the appropriate injector?

  Kind regards.

  Welcome to the Forum - the way the easiest is to use the VI Client.  See page 61 of the quick start guide - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_quickstart.pdf

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• How to use the second network card physical to Virtual Machine?

  Two queries. We strive to VMware Server 2

  How to increase the speed of the network of the guest operating system.  Currently it shows 10 Mbps.

  If we have a second physical network adapter, is it possible to use it for the guest OS. ?

  We are noobs, please give links to this info or explain in steps.

  concerning

  Merlina.

  Welcome to the VMware forums communities.  You may be able to fix your problem by changing the type of virtual NETWORK adapter and install VMware Tools.  See this KB article - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002456.

  Dave

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• Network problem in the virtual machines on the same switch

  Hello

  I'm stuck on a problem with my small network.  I have an ESXi 5 host that hosts around 10 virtual machines.  The last two machines I install recently displayed an unexpected behavior.  I can't do a ping between the two machines or in those 2 VMS to anywhere else in the same subnet or other networks.  These two VMS, I am able to ping and have network connectivity.  Two of these virtual machines reside on the same vSwitch and belong to the same group of port as other machines.

  The configuration of these two VMs appears to be identical to all other virtual machines that work properly.  The two guest virtual machines running Windows Server 2008 R2.

  So far, I tried several static IP and DHCP assignments with the same effect.  (Including spend another virtual machine a static IP at work known to one of the computers virtual problem)  I tried to delete and re-create one of the virtual machines completely.  I also did an upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 for vCenter, ESXi host and virtual machines, and I am always observing the same behavior.

  Any advice on what to check next would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

  Greg

  I assumed that you have checked the windows firewall? Because they block default ping...

• network stream between 2 virtual machines in the same vlan and host using DVS

  Hi experts, so 2 virtual machines on the same vlan / subnet and on the same esxi host using VDS need to talk to each other, that they get switched by the VDS internally or they headed north for network switches and come back?

  Welcome to the community - it will stay internal to the ESXi host.