Because the heartbeat packets are being send to the old vCenter ip adress, we must change the property “ServerIp” on every ESXi host.
Shell access is granted to # cd # vi workĪfter changing the Address or/and gateway save the file with “WQ” and reboot the server.Īfter rebooting the server, check if the status of the single sign-on domain is “running” you can check this on the appliance web interface “ SummaryĪfter changing the vCenter server ip Address, I noticed that the ESXi host random reports a message back with a status of disconnected to the vCenter server. While doing this change I’ve noticed that the change dind’t applied after a reboot of the server, changing the default gateway address at step 3 solved this problem.Īfter changing the IP Address, check if you can reach the server on the new address and reboot the server.Īs said before, you can change the IP Address by CLI You can also replace the current Gateway Address at step 4.
How to change vCenter and vSphere IP Address ( embedded PSC ) At this point, our ESXi host is ready to connect with vCenter server. We have successfully configured the VMware ESXi networking and changed the hostname. Verify the hostname & IP information which we have changed. Enter the hostname & DNS server detailsĤ.Press “Escape” to save the host configuration and restart the network.
Navigate to “configure Management Network” configure Management NetworkĢ.Navigate to “DNS configuration” and press enterģ.Enter the hostname and update the DNS server details. VMware ESXi 6.0 installationĬhanging the hostname for VMware ESXi host:ġ. It will prompt you to restart the management network services. You will be re-directed to the below screen after setting the new static IP. ESXi IPĥ.Use the arrow keys and select “set static IPv4 address & network configuration” and enter the IP/Netmask/gateway details. ESXi Network ManagementĤ.Navigate to IPV4 using the arrow keys and press enter. VMware ESXi 6.0 installationģ.Use the arrow keys and navigate it to “Configure Management network” & Press Enter.
If you have followed the previous article, you can see that, system has been installed successfully and it has been booted with DHCP IP. In the end of the article, we will see the demonstration of changing the ESXi hostname.Ĭonfiguring the Static IP on VMware ESXi 6.0ġ. In this article, we will see that how to set the static IP address on the ESXi 6.0. To connect to the vCenter server, you must have assigned the valid IP address on the ESXi host.
In the Enterprise setup, ESXi hosts will be managed via VMware vCenter server. In this article ,we will see the post installation of VMware ESXi 6.0. By default, it takes the IP from DHCP and it sets the hostname as “localhost”. Once you have installed the VMware ESXi 6.0 using the interactive installer, You need to configure the network and set the hostname.