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VMXNet3

Ilona S
September 24, 2019 10:18:23 AM

Hi Support,

We are failovering from Hyper-V to VMware but in VMware the network adapter get’s an E1000. Is there a possibility that the a adapter becomes a VMXNET3 adapter?

Yaron B
September 24, 2019 11:11:32 AM

Hello,

When failing back to VMware from Hyper-V, by default, the recovered VM uses the VMware Virtual E1000 network adapter. This is by design.

You can read furthermore regarding the matter on our documentation ( page 65):

http://s3.amazonaws.com/zertodownload_docs/Latest/Zerto%20Virtual%20Manager%20Hyper-V%20Administration%20Guide.pdf?cb=1569322330

As for your question regarding changing the network adapter. Do you have VMware tools installed? You must install VMware Tools to have a driver for the VMXNET network adapter available. I’ve added a link to VMware article that has relevant information regarding your question:

http://vmwarebits.com/content/how-to-change-network-adapter-to-vmxnet3-for-windows-guest

Tagged: Network adapter

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