EXSi 5.5 (>ESXi 5.1 Patch 02)

Editing .vmx file

cd vmfs/volumes/datastore1/[name-of-vm]

ethernet0.checkMACAddress = "false"
ethernet0.addressType = "static"
ethernet0.address = "00:0c:29:1f:4b:ac"

Default:

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.networkName = "VM Network"

EXSi 5.1

1. Remove your VM from inventory.

2. Modify .vmx

ethernet1.addressType = "generated"
ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:6e:4a:02"

uuid.location = "56 4d e1 da e6 42 07 7b-14 7b ac 7d 7d 63 4a 02"

3. import again

4. boot it

選 "I moved it"