Configuration file was created by a VMware product with more features than this version

1.      Take backup copy of virtual machine.

2.      Locate file with extension .vmx and open it in a text editor:

Change from:

virtualHW.version = "8"

to

virtualHW.version = "7"

3.      Locate file with extension .vmdk and open it in a text editor:

Change from:

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "8"

to

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7"

Now you can successfully boot the Virtual Machine.

Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected

1.                  Check virtual machine MAC address and change accordingly in Linux box

Or,

2.         Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth0 in Linux box

3.         Remove all except DEVICE, ONBOOT, BOOTPROTO parametes.

4.         Change BOOTPROTO=dhcp:

            # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

ONBOOT=yes

5.         Restart network service

6.         Check MAC address by “ifconfig” command:

            # ifconfig eth0 | grep HWaddr

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:29:48:DB:9A

7.         Add HWADDR, IPADDR, NETMASK, GATEWAY in “ifcfg-eth0”  file:

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=static

ONBOOT=yes

HWADDR=00:0C:29:48:DB:9A

IPADDR=192.168.100.231

NETMASK=255.255.254.0

GATEWAY=192.168.100.1

8.         Restart network service