We have just implemented a new monitoring tool that is experiencing latency issues monitoring vCenter. One possible solution is to change the nic drivers from e1000 to vmxnet3 so i just wanted to ask the community if this would cause any known issues? We currently run vSphere 4.1, ESX 4.1, VM Version 7 and the guest os is Windows 2008R2 SP1.
My plan to achieve this is as follows so would appreciate any comments as to whether it is viable.
1. Note the ip config, network label and esx host for both the vcenter and sql servers
2. use vSphere client to connect to the hosts hosting the two VM's
3. stop and disable the virtual center services
4. stop and disable the SQL services
5. Uninstall the existing E1000 nics in windows
6. Power down the vm's
7. Add a new NIC using the vmxnet3 driver and configured on the correct network
8. logon to the VM's console directly connected to the ESX hosting the VM's
9. Configure the IP settings
10 enable and restart SQL services
11. enable and restart the vCenter services
Any advise would be much appreciated.
