Eth0 disappearing due to VMware virtual machine migration

After migrating the original Ubuntu virtual machine files to another machine.

Ifconfig Show only one LO network card, the Internet to find some articles, mostly modified/etc/network/interfaces

The original content is

# #######################################################
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see Interfaces (5).

# The Loopback network interface
Auto Lo
Iface Lo inet Loopback

# The Primary network interface
Auto Eth0
Iface eth0 inet DHCP

# #######################################################

Change eth0 to static IP

# #######################################################

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see Interfaces (5).

# The Loopback network interface
Auto Lo
Iface Lo inet Loopback

# The Primary network interface
Auto Eth0
Iface eth0 inet Static
Address 192.168.60.218
Gateway 192.168.60.1
Netmask 255.255.255.0

# #######################################################

Reboot after execution of Ifconfig, still only shows Lo, cannot find eth0

Inadvertently executed ifconfig-a, showing Eth1,eth2 and lo.

Then modify the/etc/network/interfaces, change the original eth0 to eth1

# #######################################################

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see Interfaces (5).

# The Loopback network interface
Auto Lo
Iface Lo inet Loopback

# The Primary network interface
Auto Eth1
Iface eth1 inet Static
Address 192.168.60.218
Gateway 192.168.60.1
Netmask 255.255.255.0

# #######################################################

After reboot, Ifconfig finally show eth1, the familiar network is back again. Here is a simple record to avoid encountering again next time.



Eth0 disappearing due to VMware virtual machine migration