bringing up a esxi 5.5 VM (version 10)from template

ifup eth2
  vi ifcfg-eth2

  vi ../network
  vi ifcfg-eth2

   cd /etc/

  vi ~/.bash_history
  cd /etc/udev/rules.d

  vi 70-persistent-net.rules

  mv 70-persistent-net.rules  /root/70-persistent-net.rules-20140723

  cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

  vi ifcfg-eth2
     << -=== change hardware Address ++>
    HWADDR=<from Vcenter webClient, see edit vm properties >
  service network stop
  service network start  <== fails to create new 70-persistent-net.rules file.
  shutdown -r now   <== NEEDS a reboot,