Network interface renamed with "_bkp" suffix and connectivity lost after VM migration from VMware using MTV
Issue
- After migrating a Linux virtual machine from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization using MTV, the guest VM loses network connectivity and is unreachable.
- When accessing the console, the network interface is found to be renamed with a
_bkpsuffix (e.g., ens192_bkp instead of the original ens192). -
Inspecting the
virt-v2vconversion logs for the migration pod reveals errors similar to the following:grep: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens192 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens192_bkp: No such file or directory ... New udev rule: SUBSYSTEM=="net",ACTION=="add",ATTR{address}=="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx",NAME="ens192_bkp"
Environment
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.x
- OpenShift Virtualization 4.x
- Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV) 2.11.x
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