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Creating a Distributed Port Group failed. How do I troubleshoot?What is the impact of disabling DHCP service when creating a Distributed Port Group?DHCP is enabled on the Distributed Port Group but a virtual machine cannot obtain an IP address. How do I troubleshoot?A virtual machine cannot retrieve NIC information after being attached to a Distributed Port Group. How do I resolve this?Why does a Distributed Port Group not display a DHCP IP?How do I modify the network segment of an existing Distributed Port Group?Creating a Distributed Port Group failed with a CIDR conflict error. How do I resolve this?

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DHCP is enabled on the Distributed Port Group but a virtual machine cannot obtain an IP address. How do I troubleshoot?

Solution

Check the following:
Verify that the virtual machine NIC is configured to use DHCP and is set to start automatically at boot.
Verify that there are no IP address conflicts.

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