Workaround:
To work around this issue if you do not want to upgrade, use any one of these options:
- Add the vmxnet3.rev.30 = FALSE parameter in the vmx file of virtual machine:
- Power off the virtual machine
- Edit the vmx file and add the below parameter:
vmxnet3.rev.30 = FALSE
* Editing files on an ESXi host using vi (1020302) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1020302
- Power on the virtual machine
- If you do not want to power off the virtual machine, disable the receive data ring for each VMXNET3 vNIC on the VM by running this command:
ethtool -G ethX rx-mini 0
Note: Replace ethX with virtual machine's interface name.