5. Creating and Managing vApps : 5.5 Updating vApps : 5.5.2 Impact and Risks
   
5.5.2 Impact and Risks
The MAC address of the virtual machine interface selected for MAC regeneration has a new MAC address allocated based on the identity of the vCloud Director instance.
Applications and services that depend on MAC address registration might be impacted. This includes DHCP reservations and MAC address-aware software licensing.