[Bug 341006] Re: ease cloning of virtual images by disabling mac address rules

[Daniel Herrmann]

Just my two cents here regarding #21:

Sorting is fine, as long as the network adapters are stable. I today had
a re-ordering issue with a VM, which previously had two interfaces and
was configured as such. Then I added another one, and it became eth0,
changing the numbering of all other VMs.

I understand the inconvenience that occurs when cloning a VM, but in my
opinion the current state is not a solution either.

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Title:
  ease cloning of virtual images by disabling mac address rules

Status in udev package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Cloning an vmware image of ubuntu or ubuntu-based spin-offs like JeOS leads to unwanted side-effects after changing the mac-address as described in 
  http://communities.vmware.com//thread/198298?tstart=0
  and
  http://professionalvmware.com/2009/03/10/ubuntu-cloning-mac-address-change-mayhem/
  Both sources advise to add the following line to ‘persistent-net-generator.rules’:
    # ignore VMware virtual interfaces
    ATTR{address}=="00:0c:29:*", GOTO="persistent_net_generator_end"

  Please apply this to the packages.

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