The second network adapter is failing to connect in Usage Meter

Products

• VMware Usage Meter

Issue/Introduction

• The Usage Meter VM's summary page on vCenter shows a missing secondary IP address.
• When you run the below command to list network adapters, the IP address for eth1 is not displayed. 
  

  ip a

Environment

VCF usage meter 9.x

Cause

The eth1 network configuration file does not have an entry for the Second Network Adapter IP address.

Resolution

Steps to resolve the issue:

1. SSH to Usage Meter as root user.
2. Edit the below file to add the Second Network Adapter IP address in below format.
   

   vi /etc/systemd/network/10-eth1.network

   [Address]
   Address=##.##.##.##

3. Save and quit the file
4. Restart the network services.
   

   systemctl restart systemd-networkd

Additional Information

Setting Up a Second Network Adapter in VCF Usage Meter

You can compare the files /etc/systemd/network/10-eth0.network with /etc/systemd/network/10-eth1.network