Bug 1750859

Summary: [cloud-init][ESXi][RHEL7.8]VMware datasource resets on every boot causing it to lose network configuration
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Rick Barry <ribarry>
Component: cloud-initAssignee: Eduardo Otubo <eterrell>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Huijuan Zhao <huzhao>
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Version: 7.8CC: dhill, eterrell, jgreguske, ldu, leiwang, linl, pengpengs, rsene, schandle, vkuznets, vmware-gos-qa, xiachen, xialiu, yacao, yujiang
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Last Closed: 2020-10-06 13:20:37 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Rick Barry 2019-09-10 15:59:01 UTC 
The VMware datasource resets on every boot which is not correct from cloud-init point of view:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1835205

VMware engineers are working on a solution. We'll back-port to RHEL once solution is accepted upstream.
Comment 13 Eduardo Otubo 2020-10-06 13:20:37 UTC 
This feature is still being worked upstream. VMWare is trying to replace OVF with a new DataSource that doesn't seem to hit this bug, called guest-info. This feature nowhere near to be upstream yet so, and the extent of the changes is still unknown. This being said, it will hardly be backported to RHEL-7.9.z. Closing the bug as WONTFIX.
Comment 14 Rafael Sene 2021-04-12 23:09:37 UTC 
@eterrell do you have any new info about this bug? This is also happening on the latest versions of RHEL, on Power.
Comment 15 Eduardo Otubo 2021-04-13 11:59:21 UTC 
(In reply to Rafael Sene from comment #14)
> @eterrell do you have any new info about this bug? This is also
> happening on the latest versions of RHEL, on Power.

Oi Rafael!

No but I can ask around on the IRC if someone is actively working on it.
Also, if that's affecting other versions of RHEL, please feel free to open a new BZ for that as this is already closed and we don't have plans to fix it for RHEL-7.9.z

Thanks!