In a web browser, enter the IP address of your vCenter Server in the address bar, open vSphere Client, and enter your credentials to log in. The most straightforward way to check a VM’s IP address in VMware vSphere is to use VMware vSphere Client. Checking an IP Address in VMware vSphere Client This blog post explains how to find a VM’s IP or MAC address and how to identify a VM’s name when you have an IP or MAC address.
You may also need to identify one of the MAC addresses of a virtual network adapter used by a VM. These operations are performed on the vSphere side and cannot be done in a guest operating system. However, you need to know the VM’s name to find the VM on an ESXi host and edit VM settings, migrate the VM to another ESXi host, or run VM backup on the host level. One common situation is when you have remote access to a guest operating system via SSH or RDP and know the IP address, but you don’t know the VM’s name. Sometimes you may need to find an IP address of a certain VM when you know the VM’s name or identify a VM name when you know an IP address. In a VMware vSphere environment, you can run a large number of virtual machines (VMs) on ESXi hosts. By Michael Bose Locating VMware VMs by IP or MAC Address
