Thanks Henry... On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 2:10 AM, henry ritzlmayr <centos at rc0.at> wrote: >> Next, we copied the /etc/xen/xm_c32_001 configuration file to the >> replacement server. We generated a new UUID using the "uuidgen" >> utility. We also created a new MAC address. Finally, we started the >> instance: > > Since you moved your virtual machine, you wouldn´t have to create a new > UUID and no new MAC address. This is only required if you copy a virtual > machine and if you want both up at the same time. Yes.. It's possible that we may have multiple copies of these systems.. Also, I un >> xm create xm_c32_001 >> >> Everything came up, but no network. From the root console we logged >> in then edited the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. Xen had >> apparently renamed the script and put in a DHCP configuration. We just >> renamed the backup file and commented out the MAC address line and >> restarted networking, *and* ifdown eth0 then ifup eth0. > > This is because you changed the MAC address. If you would have left it > at the original value, the network would have started right away with > the old config. :D Yes.. My error caused by re-using a script that autogenerated the config file. I had been playing with VMWare Lab Manager recently and was looking to emulate the template functionality in Xen.