How can I change the VM adapter from E1000E to VMXNET3 in vCenter

[osdesent]

Hi Folks

I'm trying to change the VM's adapter from E1000E to VMXNET3 however in edit sections from vCenter does not allow me to change it, and if I create a new adpater it doesn't show it as an option

[scott28tt]

These may help:

Change network adapter from E1000 to VMXNET3 with ESXi in 5.0

VMware Knowledge Base

[Alex_Romeo]

Hi,

To change the setting to "VMXNET3" the virtual machine must have the vmware tools installed and must be turned off.

ARomeo

[IRIX201110141]

Looking to the name of the VM i assume its a virtual ESXi?  Yes i read about that that you can use VMXNET3 for a ESXi VM but i dont remember any details because i dont have a need for.

Regards,
Joerg

[NathanosBlightc]

You can change this directly from the ESXi host web interface when the VM is power-off, or via modifying details of the VMX file, associated with that VM.

[rwk1982]

Hello!

You cannot change the Type of the NIC in the GUI. Here you can only delete it and add a new one with the correct type but this will also genereate a new MAC Adresse for your VM. For changing the NIC Type and preserve the MAC Address i always use PowerCLI/PowerShell -> PowerShell Gallery | VMware.PowerCLI 12.0.0.15947286

Open PowerShell and install the PowerCLI Modules:

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

Now you can connect to your vCenter with:

Connect-VIServer -Server yourvcenter.fqdn

And change the NIC Type of your VM (the VM must be PoweredOff) - in your case:

Get-VM -Name SDWAN_vESXi | Get-NetworkAdapter | Set-NetworkAdapter -Type Vmxnet3

Hope this helps a little bit