Here is an update regarding this issue. Support recommended using the MAC address as the Host ID when requesting the licenses. The license key was applied successfully and we have not see this issue since (about 1/2 dozen reboots).
I had took some time off and haven't had a chance to talk to support regarding their findings but they were able to reproduce it in their environment. I have heard from source outside of BMC that we are not the only people to experience this issue. Jason On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Jason Miller <jason.mil...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks for the links! > > I did an ipconfig /all and verified that the MAC is not changing after > rebooting. > > The document from the first URL you sent indicates that the that the OUI > prefix for an ESX server would always be 00:0C:29 for automatically > generated MAC addresses and 00:50:56 for manually assigned MAC addresses. > The server's MAC begins with 00:50:56 which is consistent for a manually > assigned MAC and does not match any of the Host IDs that we have seen. > > I'll submit a issue with BMC in the morning if the Network team can't track > back these Host IDs. > > Thanks, > Jason > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Axton <axton.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ** It would help if I read the whole email. VMWare sets the mac address >> of the virtual nic's. Make sure a mac is set in the vmware configuration >> for that virtual host. There are some caveats. See the links below. >> >> http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx21admin_MACaddress.html >> >> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=507 >> >> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1968 >> >> Axton Grams >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Axton <axton.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> What OS? >>> >>> Axton Grams >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Jason Miller <jason.mil...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> ** >>>> >>>> Has anybody experienced the ARS Host ID changing each time the server is >>>> rebooted. This behavior is happens with 7.5 FCS and patch 1. It is a new >>>> Windows 2008 server on VMware ESX. I checked with our server team and they >>>> said that there is no way that the application should be able to see >>>> anything other than the MAC address that VMware assigns the server, which >>>> doesn’t change after a reboot. >>>> >>>> Here are examples of the Host IDs that I have seen in the last few >>>> days. The interesting thing is that only the first 4 characters change >>>> each >>>> time. >>>> 30F620524153 >>>> 3A7B20524153 >>>> AAF920524153 >>>> 7C5720524153 >>>> Does anybody know if the Host ID for 7.5 is composed of something other >>>> than the MAC address? >>>> >>>> Jason >>>> __Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" >>>> html___ >>> >>> >>> >> __Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ >> >> > > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
