VMXNET3 Drivers Missing From Recovery Media for Server 2022 vSphere VM
| KB ID: | 4506 |
| Product: | Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3.1 | 6.3.2 | 6.3.3 | 13 | 13.1 |
| Published: | 2023-10-26 |
| Last Modified: | 2023-11-01 |
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Challenge
When attempting to perform a Bare Metal Restore on a vSphere VM using Veeam Recovery Media, which was created from a vSphere VM running Server 2022, the network adapter drivers fail to load. This issue persists despite having the 'Include hardware drivers from this computer' option enabled.
Note: This issue often appears in scenarios where VMXNET3 network adapters are used.
Cause
The exact cause remains under investigation and will be resolved in a future version.
Solution
To work around this issue:
- Recreate the Veeam Recovery Media
- On the Recovery Media tab of the Recovery Media creation wizard, select the option to "Include the following additional storage and network hardware drivers."
- Add the VMware Drivers folder:
- Perform the Bare Metal Restore again using the newly created Recovery Media.
- During the Bare Metal Restore, on the 'Backup Location' tab, load the manually inserted NIC drivers:
- Click 'Load Driver'.
- Select the Ethernet Controller.
- Browse to the driver's location on the recovery media and select the driver:
VMXNET3 — X:\Drivers\Drivers\vmxnet3\Win8\vmxnet3.inf - Perform the same for any other devices that may be missing their VMware driver.
- Proceed with the restore.
More Information
If Veeam Backup & Replication is also installed in the environment, another option is to perform Instant Recovery to VMware vSphere.
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