Reconfiguring an Item to add a second NIC on the same external network as an existing NIC

Hi there,

We have a simple IaaS Blueprint that provisions a VM with a single NIC, the network to provision to is specified using the VirtualMachine.Network0.Name property.  External Network Profiles are then used to control IP address allocation.

We now have a user requirement for a specific application to have a second NIC on that same network. If I attempt to reconfigure the provisioned VM to add a second NICon the same network as the first I get the error "You chose a name that is already in use. Chose a unique name".

vRA is 7.01

The question - is there a way to achieve this so that the additional NIC can be added through vRA and the correct IP address added from the pool?

Thanks,