I have seen some older discussions on this from back in 2011 and 2014 and there have been varying answers. The data Center I am using is doing some network changes and is assigning IP addresses by MAC address. So we are having to go in and assign our machine MACs to our existing IPs.
My question is can I use the auto assigned MAC address from VMware or does it change everytime it reboots?
Would it be better to just go in and assign a custom MAC?
Can I just copy the existing Auto MAC and apply it as a custom MAC?
One article I read said that the MAC is written to the vmx file but I have also read of others having issue with the MAC changing. Most of these are older so I am just wanting some confirmation.
Thanks