I hope the community can help me resolve a problem I'm having with one of my virtual machines. I'll describe the problem the best I can, but my knowledge of esxi/vmware/vcenter is limited and my terminology may not be up to par.
I have a Dell R730xd running ESXi 6.7 and vCenter 7. There are three VM's running: Server 2012r2, Server 2016 and a Windows 7 x32 vm, along with vCenter. They all share the same virtual network, and I have only one physical network connection to the LAN.
The Windows 7 x32 vm is running some archaic software (GreatPlains 9.1) that the business owner still need to access and only runs in x32 via a DOS window. This VM also has several shared network folders.
The Server 2012r2 and Server 2016 run fine with no connectivity issues, and I can PING them with no drops or time outs, and terminal services run fine.
The Windows 7 x32 vm started having problems in early February of this year. Mind you, these VMs have been running fine for the last 3 years.
Pining the Windows 7 x32 vm from my workstation results in random "Request timed out." errors. Its very random. I can have a slew of good replies, then a block of time outs. When logged into the VM via Remote Desktop, I suffer multiple connection dropped, attempting to reconnect problems.
Curiously, if I log into my Server 2016 instance and ping the IP of the Windows 7 instance, I have no time outs. This tells me that the problem is the traffic going out of the VM to my LAN, but only with the Windows 7 vm.
I'm at a loss after many days trying to figure this out. My co-worker who is much more knowledgeable and experience with vmWare is also stumped.
I hope someone can point me in the right direction to fix this problem. Thank you.
