When removing a VM from inventory and adding it back (vSphere 5.0), The NIC loses connection to the port group (the network label is blank for the VM under "edit settings" for the VM)
I'm aware that selecting "I copied it" generates a new UUID and MAC, but the dv port group policy is set to "ACCEPT" MAC address changes. so really the NIC should still be connected and the VM should know what network label to use through the VMX. changing the MAC from the OS perspective is out of scope here as I'm asking merely about the VM...
why does this happen? any KB from VMWare? I could not find any....