Can you run multiple independent copies of the same Windows machine in an ESXi environment?

[PcPixel]

I have no idea if this is the right area to post this question but after 10 minutes of trying to find it I'm throwing my hands up and posting here.

We are experiencing performance issues in our ESXi cluster and we have not been able to identify the source. I'm wondering if something we are doing is causing the issue:

We have an ERP system that is comprised of 6 servers. To facilitate development and testing environments, we have cloned the machines over to new copies and given them new IP addresses. For all practical purposes, these are all the same machine. Does doing this confuse VMWare at all, or will it be able to keep the copies all straight in its mind and allow everything to function as expected?

[a_p_]

There will be no issue with this from the VMware side.

André

[LittleOne]

No problem, since you will have a new mac address and you said that you`re changing name and ip. On windows you should do a sysprep,

[PcPixel]

My concern is stemming from a support ticket I have with Redgate. I've tied their software into ESXi to monitor server health. When I sent them the logs for their software, there were errors that they detected "multiple instances of server XXXX" and it didn't know which machine to track. So long as that issue is isolated to Redgate and not to VMWare itself, I'm ok.

[LittleOne]

Do you have agent`s installed on the vm's?

[PcPixel]

I don't believe so. The virtual systems are isolated from our production LAN so no traffic overlap or agent communication should be possible. I can work with IT to make sure all the agents are killed.