Why IP address is getting reversed after migrating a VM from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization using MTV?

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Issue

  • The IP address is getting reversed after migrating a VM from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization. For example, The IP address assigned to eth0 is being swapped with eth1, and the IP address assigned to eth1 is being swapped with eth0.
  • In the source VMware VM, the "Consistent Device Naming" is disabled with "net.ifnames=0".
  • The plan was created with "preserve static IP" enabled.

Environment

  • OpenShift Virtualization 4.16.
  • Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV) 2.7.x.

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