Change Virtual Machine Properties of a vCenter-hosted Server
You can change the properties of a virtual machine, such as its IP address or hostname.
Procedure
Step 1
In the Virtual Machine tab of vSphere, click the Configure virtual machine link.
Step 2
Click the Options tab.
Step 3
Under vApp Options, click Properties.
Step 4
Edit the properties, as required.
Step 5
Click OK.
Step 6
Turn on the virtual machine:
In the virtual machines and templates inventory tree, right-click the virtual machine.
Choose Power > Power On.
Change Virtual Machine Properties of a UC Virtualization Foundation, UC Virtualization Hypervisor, or ESXi-hosted Server
You can change the properties of a virtual machine, such as its IP address or hostname.
Procedure
Step 1
Sign in to the virtual machine directly from the virtual machine console or by using a Secure Shell client such as SSH.
Step 2
Change directory to /etc/jabberguest:
cd /etc/jabberguest
Step 3
Copy the file network.config.sample to a file named network.config:
cp network.config.sample network.config
Step 4
Edit the properties in network.config:
vi network.config
Step 5
To configure the virtual machine with a static IP address, you must edit the hostname, IP address, gateway IP address, network mask, and at least one DNS server IP address.Important:
Do not include quotation marks around the domain name or hostname.
Step 6
Check the properties:
cd /opt/cisco/webcommon/scripts
python networking.py -dryrun