simple ESXi/vCenter/SRM/VRM setup with default default single VM Network

Hi all,

To expound on the title. I had VMs prior to installing SRM/VRM that were able to ping their gateway as evidenced that I am able to access my vCenter ; SRM (windows) ; VSM appliances.

My setup are as follows:

ESXi 6.5u2 appliance

vCenter 6.5u2 appliance

SRM 6.5.1 (Stite Recovery Manager)

VRM 6.5.1.2717 (vSphere Replication Manager) appliance

I was able even to simulate a failover of VMs (but without IPs)

However, the VMs i created after those that utilizing the same VM Network cannot anymore ping their gateway both via vCenter and ESXi.

Wonder where will i start checking here?