Ethernet not up After Clone Virtual Machine

Error: ifup: vmnics device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initializing

Solution: Follow below procedure to resolve this issue in cloned virtual machine:

• Stop Network service

         # /etc/init.d/network stop

• Remove  /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules File

         # rm -rf   /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

• Open /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
• Remove value of HWADDR and comment or UUID from configuration
• Reboot server
• Add HWADDR value in ifcfg-eth0  from /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules  file
• Restart Network Service