Loosing config when copying VM to another PC

General questions
1

Hi guys,

I’m fairly new to vyos.

I installed it on a VM in VMware workstation and configured it. I committed and saved the changes. I rebooted and the changes stuck as expected. I powered it down and copied the VM to another computer. I opened the VM in workstation and powered it up.

However this time the config was gone. When i type the following show files Clean_Install://config/config.boot I can see the config I built.

Sorry if I’m not being clear but how can I “load” this config?

2

Remove hw-id from interfaces before cloning:
delete interfaces ethX hw-id
commit
save

3

Thanks for they reply. Just to clarify the VM wasn’t cloned. I just powered it down, copied the files to a different PC and imported it into workstation.

I ran the above command on all the the interfaces followed by commit and save.

It didn’t help (I rebooted as well).

4

You’ll see that if you don’t set the MAC address of the interfaces on the VM. I think (but I’m not 100% sure) you won’t see the old interfaces in config mode on the clone.
I have this in my notes:

Reinitialize adapter MAC addresses after clone

vi /config/config.boot
Delete hw-id line & extra eth interfaces