[OmniOS-discuss] Renaming an interface

[Andy Fiddaman]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2017, Software Information wrote:

; Hi All
; I tried to rename an interface with the command *dladm rename-link e1000g0
; net0*
; and I got the error *rename operation failed: link busy. *This happens even
; after I down or disable the interface either with* ifconfig e1000g0* down
; or *ipadm disable-addr -t e1000g0/v4*
;
; How can I work around this issue or is it something I am overlooking?

You will have to delete both the address and the interface via ipadm.

For example:

ipadm delete-addr e1000g0/v4
ipadm delete-if e1000g0
dladm rename-link e1000g0 net0
ipadm create-if net0
ipadm create-addr -T static -a local=x.x.x.x/xx net0/v4

Regards,

Andy

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