Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
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Upgrade/Resize Azure VM without affecting the network host ID
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Trent Rains
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I need to upgrade my Azure VM to a different size machine for reliability. We use this machine as a license server and those license files are locked to the machine network physical address or Host ID. Is it possible to retain the networking settings, specifically the physical address?
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Mounika Reddy Anumandla 1,470 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2025-01-10T04:24:16.7+00:00 Hi Trent Rains,Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform! Thank you for asking your question here.
This article discusses how Azure assigns MAC addresses to NICs and provides a workaround for retaining the MAC address by reusing the existing NIC when redeploying a VM. This approach ensures that the MAC address remains consistent, which is essential for license servers that bind licenses to the MAC address.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/itopstalkblog/understanding-static-mac-address-licensing-in-azure/1386187?utm_source=chatgpt.comThis should help you!
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