VMware guest server taking a long time to finish boot stuck at Bringing up interface

Rebooted a server and saw some messages about VM communication interface showing errors

Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine
Switching to guest configuration: OK
Paravirtual SCSI module: OK
Guest memory manager: OK
VM communication interface: FAILED
VM communication interface socket family: FAILED
File system sync driver: OK
Guest operating system daemon: OK
FAILED

Long time at the message Bringing up interface eth0
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Updated VMware Tools VMware Tools does not start after updating the kernel

Had to changed the driver for network interface for the server to finish the boot sequence

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