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Title
VA deployment in vRanger 5.4 gets duplicate IP address issued to new VA which causes conflicts in -
Description
You are attempting to use the auto deploy feature in vRanger version 5.4, but when the deployment finishes the IP assigned to VA is already in use.
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Cause
This can happen if there is a problem with DHCP in the environment, or if the DHCP pool of addresses being used is incorrect. You will see via DHCP server that the virtual appliance has been issued a duplicate IP address.This address is in use by another machine in the environment causing a conflict with the environment.
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Resolution
The VA is configured to use DHCP by default (and DHCP is required for automated deployment). If the DHCP IP address issued as a duplicate IP address to the VA's in the environment you will need correct the issue with your DHCP so it will not issue duplicate IP address to multiple machines or you will nee to configure the IP address manually for each VA in your environment by following these steps.
1. Login to the virtual appliance.
2. Using the VI text editor, create a configuration file for eth0: vi /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/ipv4
3. Enter the following text, substituting the appropriate IP address where indicated: ONBOOT=yes SERVICE=ipv4-static IP=<static IP of VA> GATEWAY=<IP of gateway> PREFIX=<this is the subnet mask - your values may differ> BROADCAST=<your broadcast IP- the highest IP in the VA’s subnet.>
4. Save the file.
5. Move the DCHP configuration file to the root directory. This will disable DHCP. mv -v /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0/dhcpcd /root/
6. Restart the VM by typing reboot at the prompt.
7. After the VA is restarted you will need to go to Tools, Options and you will need to remove the VA with the wrong IP and re add it with the new static IP once that is done you are ready to create and run replication jobs.These steps are also found in the vRanger 5.4 Installation Guide on page 101.