Windows 2016 VM running SQL Server 2016 - the wait operation timed out

Hello, All;

I have ESXi 6.5, with 2 Windows 2016 VM's

One runs IIS and DNS (Website runs on this one)

One runs 2016 SQL Server.

Each has 2 CPU's and 8GB Ram assigned.

This is a SQL Server related issues, that MAY be a VMWare related cause.

This is the error I am receiving in my asp.net website.

system.componentmodel.win32exception the wait operation timed out

Lands on the

Conn.Open()

I have tried all other SQL Server related resolutions to this error, but to no avail.

I read over on serverfault.com that, (At least in their case), was
"not enough memory allocation on the Hyper-V VM"

So, could this be the same issue with the VMWare VM?

If so, how would I fix this issue?

Thanks

Wayne