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Description of problem:

Cloned a linux image with NICS eth0, eth1, and eth2.
Afterwards, when viewing the cloned image, the NICS are renamed
eth3, eth4, and eth5.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

root@rhel601 ~]# uname -a
Linux rhel601 2.6.32-44.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jul 21 12:48:32 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@rhel601 ~]# rpm -qa|grep virt
python-virtinst-0.500.3-5.el6.noarch
libvirt-java-0.4.5-1.el6.noarch
fence-virt-0.2.1-4.el6.x86_64
virt-manager-0.8.4-6.el6.noarch
libvirt-devel-0.8.1-13.el6.x86_64
libvirt-java-devel-0.4.5-1.el6.noarch
libvirt-client-0.8.1-13.el6.x86_64
libvirt-0.8.1-13.el6.x86_64
virt-top-1.0.4-3.1.el6.x86_64
virt-viewer-0.2.1-2.el6.x86_64
libvirt-python-0.8.1-13.el6.x86_64


Additional info:

Fixed by editing the file /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.
Deleted the eth0, eth1, and eth2 entries.  Changed the eth3, eth4, and eth5 entries to eth0, eth1, and eth2, respectively.

This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker
issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.

** If you would still like this issue considered for the current
release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on
your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. **

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 647174 ***