Bug 1964822

Summary: [RHEL-8]"eth0: Failed to rename network interface 3 from 'eth0' to 'kdump-eth0': File exists"
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: HuijingHei <hhei>
Component: kexec-toolsAssignee: Coiby <coxu>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Jie Li <jieli>
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Version: 8.5CC: coxu, cye, hhei, huzhao, litian, ruyang, vkuznets, xiawu, xuli, xxiong, yacao, yiyan, yuxisun
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Last Closed: 2023-11-14 15:47:10 UTC Type: Bug
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Description HuijingHei 2021-05-26 07:44:36 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1962421 +++

Description of problem:

kdump created a udev rule to rename the NIC by MAC address if the NIC name matches eno*. On Azure, the master and slave NIC have the same MAC address and name. After renaming the master NIC to kdump-eth0, udev would try to rename the slave NIC to kdump-eth0 and the following errors should show,

May 17 22:37:08 localhost.localdomain systemd-udevd[284]: eth0: Failed to rename network interface 3 from 'eth0' to 'kdump-eth0': File exists
May 17 22:37:08 localhost.localdomain systemd-udevd[284]: eth0: Failed to process device, ignoring: File exists

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How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:

Check the steps on https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1854037.

Actual results:
Refer to failed logs in description

Expected results:
No such error

Additional info:

Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-14 15:47:10 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:7080