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VMX3net drivers and VM tools - the dangers
Hi,
I just upgraded to 5.5 ESXi and vCenter and I am now working on some new Windows templates we can deploy from. I was considering using VMX3net NIC's now since we are also moving to a 10Gb environment. I don't mind having to install VM Tools since that is our standard anyway. But I did a test on one of my 2012 R2 VM's and when I uninstalled VM tools, the server was also ripped off the network. Is this normal? So if I have a production SQL server using this driver, I can effectively take its network down by uninstalling VM Tools? What if I have to repair or upgrade VM Tools, with this also take the NIC down?