change ip address VCSA 6

Symptoms:

VCSA was powered on.

ping was not responsive

Verified IP address

cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 showed

cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=’static’

STARTMODE=’auto’

TYPE=Ethernet

USERCONTROL=’no’

IPADDR=’10.72.60.53′

NETMASK=’255.255.255.192′

BROADCAST=’10.72.60.63′

Summary:

Open a console session of the VCSA

Login as: root

Default password is: vmware

Execute the following command: /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net

/opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net

 Main Menu

0)    Show Current Configuration (scroll with Shift-PgUp/PgDown)

1)    Exit this program

2)    Default Gateway

3)    Hostname

4)    DNS

5)    Proxy Server

6)    IP Address Allocation for eth0

After executing the command, a menu is displayed. Within the menu It is possible to change the IP address, hostname, DNS, Default gateway and proxy server.

After allocating a static IP Address to the VCSA, the post configuration can be done by using the following URL:

https://static-ip-address:5480