So you could be trying to convert a physical box that has interfaces that look like this:
[root@linux01 ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:2B:CB:11:71:B4
inet6 addr: fe80::7a2b:cbff:fe11:71b4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:571643146 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:260652914 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:734439978 (700.4 MiB) TX bytes:679368267 (647.8 MiB)
Interrupt:90 Memory:da000000-da012800
eth0.28 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:2B:CB:11:71:B4
inet addr:10.28.0.2 Bcast:10.225.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::7a2b:cbff:fe11:71b4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:493616754 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:260652917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1212214321 (1.1 GiB) TX bytes:2853259219 (2.6 GiB)
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:2B:CB:11:71:B5
inet addr:10.23.1.2 Bcast:10.233.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::7a2b:cbff:fe11:71b5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:91354729 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:55239822 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:311977801 (297.5 MiB) TX bytes:4190442061 (3.9 GiB)
Interrupt:98 Memory:dc000000-dc012800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:102371 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:102371 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:109111704 (104.0 MiB) TX bytes:109111704 (104.0 MiB)
Problem is, when you try to convert them using the VMware Converter, you will get this error:
"unable to query the live linux source machine"
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| unable to query the live linux source machine |
Due to a programming issue in the VMware converter, the converter gets confused with this dot (.) in the interface name, and bombs out. So you need to change the interface from something like ifcfg-eth0.28 to ifcfg-vlan28
Please do this using an iDRAC or iLO or console, as more likely than not, you will lose network connectivity over an SSH session....
Now to the details, you need the configuration inside the interface look like this:
VLAN=yes
VLAN_NAME_TYPE=VLAN_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD
DEVICE=vlan28
PHYSDEV=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
IPADDR=10.28.0.2
NETMASK=255.255.0.0
(note the VLAN_NAME_TYPE=VLAN_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD line, that's crucial, as the line in there may read VLAN_NAME_TYPE=DEV_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD and that won't work!!)
Now you need to remove the vlan that was already there, you can do it with vconfig:
#vconfig rem eth0.28
Removed VLAN -:eth0.28:-
Now issue a "service network restart" (or /etc/init.d/network restart)
and you should see the new name (vlan28) in the interface list.
You can see what vlans there are like this:
#ls /proc/net/vlan
config vlan28
(this is after I restarted the network of course)
[root@linux01 ~]# ifconfig
---snip---
vlan28 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:2B:CB:10:2B:6F
inet addr:10.28.0.2 Bcast:10.225.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::7a2b:cbff:fe10:2b6f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:26368 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3701 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2942976 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:496224 (484.5 KiB)
