#1020 Issue closed: After recover, NW Device Name is changed

Labels: support / question, fixed / solved / done, special hardware or VM

kodiss opened issue at 2016-10-01 15:03:

  • rear version (/usr/sbin/rear -V):1.18 / Git

  • OS version (cat /etc/rear/os.conf or lsb_release -a): OS_VENDOR =SUSE_LINUX, OS_VESION=11 (SUSE11SP4)

  • rear configuration files (cat /etc/rear/site.conf or cat /etc/rear/local.conf):
    OUTPUT=ISO
    ISO_MKISOFS_BIN=/usr/bin/ebiso
    BACKUP=NETFS
    BACKUP_OPTIONS="nfsvers=3,nolock"
    BACKUP_URL=nfs://NFS_IP/hanabackup/osbackup
    NETFS_KEEP_OLD_BACKUP_COPY=yes
    BACKUP_PROG_ARCHIVE="osbackup_$(hostname)"
    EXCLUDE_VG=( 'vg_data1' 'vg_log1' 'vg_shared1' 'vg_usrsap' 'vg_usrsap1' )
    EXCLUDE_MOUNTPOINTS=( '/usr/sap' '/hana/shared' '/hana/log' '/hana/data' '/usr/sap/HMP' '/hanabackup' )
    EXCLUDE_RECREATE=( "${EXCLUDE_RECREATE[@]}" "fs:/usr/sap" "fs:/hana/shared" "fs:/hana/log" "fs:/hana/data" "fs:/usr/sap/HMP" "fs:/hanabackup" )
    EXCLUDE_BACKUP=('/dev/shm/' '/var/crash/' '/hana/' '/hanabackup/' '/sysadmin/*')
    USING_UEFI_BOOTLOADER=1
    AUTOEXCLUDE_MULTIPATH=n
    BOOT_OVER_SAN=y

  • Brief description of the issue

    • When i boot using the ISO, NW Device name is changed from p12XXXX to ethX
      so during the recover, i set the IP by myself.

    After complete to recover, i reboot.
    But after reboot, NW Device name is still ethX.

    Please tell me how to fix it.
    Thank you and Best regards.

  • Work-around, if any

gdha commented at 2016-10-03 07:11:

@kodiss The usage of biosdevname can be enforced on every hardware with "biosdevname=1". If the BIOS has no support, no network interface names are renamed. See https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/11-SP3/#fate-311333
Or, see also issue #951
You could try to define KERNEL_CMDLINE="biosdevname=1" in the /etc/rear/local.conf file and see what happens (the biosdevname executable is already copied to the ramdisk if available). So, be sure it is on your system of course.

kodiss commented at 2016-10-04 02:20:

Thank you for you support, I also know about biosdevname.
But i don't know the option for rear.

Thank you so much!

gdha commented at 2016-10-04 07:39:

@kodiss I would appreciate feedback if what I proposed actually worked or not?

kodiss commented at 2016-10-04 15:55:

unfortunately, I don't have enough time for test because this system will be opend for our customer.
I'm sorry but i don't forget your help.
Thank you.

[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]