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VMXNet3 drives for PE

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So I imagine most of you do your reference builds (and test builds) in virtual machines..... if your running Hyper-V - this "just works".....

Today I had a client who mandated the use of VMXNet3 in their VMware 5.1 environment, instead of E1000 - which we usually ask for (and get) - "that's fine, ill just import the driver" I thought....

Navigated to C:program filesVMwareVMware Tools.... nup, not there anymore

Mounted the VMware Tools CD - nup, no there anymore either....

Google..... lists the 2 above locations.... awesome - that's no help.

Anyhoo - after a quick search - C:Program filesCommon filesVMwareDrivers..... doesn't seem to be documented anywhere.... and am also not sure if its only a VMware 5.1 thing... but hey - just in case someone else runs into the same whackiness...

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Mike Celone · September 11, 2013

Thanks! I did the same thing as you. it seems in ESXi 5.1 the location of the drive has been moved. I wish VMware would just document this stuff somewhere.