Stuck at EFI boot during reboot of VM

Tahsin

Well-Known Member
Mar 24, 2018
49
5
48
36
I have been having issue with this for a while with VMs. Whenever, the VM restarts and it gets stuck on Proxmox EFI boot screen as seen below. Doesn't matter if it is Windows 10 or 11. I haven't tried a linux distro on a vm yet.

boot.jpg

I have to do a reset for it to boot normally. This happens only when it restarts, but not all the time.

The usual info
proxmox-ve: 7.2-1 (running kernel: 5.15.35-1-pve)
pve-manager: 7.2-7 (running version: 7.2-7/d0dd0e85)
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.2-6
pve-kernel-helper: 7.2-6
pve-kernel-5.13: 7.1-9
pve-kernel-5.11: 7.0-10
pve-kernel-5.15.39-1-pve: 5.15.39-1
pve-kernel-5.15.35-2-pve: 5.15.35-5
pve-kernel-5.15.35-1-pve: 5.15.35-3
pve-kernel-5.13.19-6-pve: 5.13.19-15
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
pve-kernel-5.11.22-7-pve: 5.11.22-12
ceph-fuse: 14.2.21-1
corosync: 3.1.5-pve2
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown: not correctly installed
ifupdown2: 3.1.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.24-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.2
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.3.1-1
libpve-access-control: 7.2-4
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.2-2
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.1-2
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.1-3
libpve-storage-perl: 7.2-7
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 5.0.0-3
lxcfs: 4.0.12-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.3.0-3
openvswitch-switch: not correctly installed
proxmox-backup-client: 2.2.5-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.2.5-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.5.1
pve-cluster: 7.2-2
pve-container: 4.2-2
pve-docs: 7.2-2
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20210831-2
pve-firewall: 4.2-5
pve-firmware: 3.5-1
pve-ha-manager: 3.4.0
pve-i18n: 2.7-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 6.2.0-11
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.2-3
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.7.1~bpo11+1
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.4-pve1
agent: 1
balloon: 8192
bios: ovmf
boot: order=ide2;scsi0
cores: 2
cpu: host
efidisk0: local-zfs:vm-105-disk-0,efitype=4m,pre-enrolled-keys=1,size=1M
hostpci0: 0000:00:02.0,mdev=i915-GVTg_V5_4,pcie=1
ide2: none,media=cdrom
machine: pc-q35-6.2
memory: 10240
name: Security
net0: virtio=02:0C:DE:B9:80:91,bridge=vmbr1,queues=2
net1: virtio=02:0C:DE:71:59:e0,bridge=vmbr2,queues=2
numa: 0
onboot: 1
ostype: win11
scsi0: local-zfs:vm-105-disk-1,discard=on,iothread=1,replicate=0,size=128G,ssd=1
scsi1: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD40PURZ-85TTDY0_WD-WCC7K3DCRCVK,backup=0,replicate=0,size=3907018584K
scsihw: virtio-scsi-single
smbios1: uuid=98e7ebdf-ff97-4767-981a-42b972762062
sockets: 1
tablet: 1
tpmstate0: local-zfs:vm-105-disk-2,size=4M,version=v2.0
vga: virtio-gl,memory=512
vmgenid: 821b4081-8d6d-41cf-84cc-df27513c184f
 
Last edited:
Hi,
this sounds like it might be one of the issues mentioned in this mega-thread. Unfortunately, we're still searching for the cause of these issues.

Does it always get stuck in the same place (before the spinning circles show up)?
Can you remember when the issues started and if yes, can you correlate it with a certain update?
Were the VMs freshly created or imported from somewhere else (via disk import/backup)?
 
Hi,
this sounds like it might be one of the issues mentioned in this mega-thread. Unfortunately, we're still searching for the cause of these issues.

Does it always get stuck in the same place (before the spinning circles show up)?
Can you remember when the issues started and if yes, can you correlate it with a certain update?
Were the VMs freshly created or imported from somewhere else (via disk import/backup)?
Does it always get stuck in the same place (before the spinning circles show up)? Yes. Primarily when the VM is restarting. Rarely from cold start.
Can you remember when the issues started and if yes, can you correlate it with a certain update? I had this issue since V6 that I can remember. I rarely ran Windows VMs in Proxmox.
Were the VMs freshly created or imported from somewhere else (via disk import/backup)? Clean install in proxmox.
 
Hi, i have the same Problem... Windows Server 2022 sometimes stuck at boot before the circle appears. Is there any solution?

Bildschirmfoto 2023-09-29 um 16.03.36.png
 

About

The Proxmox community has been around for many years and offers help and support for Proxmox VE, Proxmox Backup Server, and Proxmox Mail Gateway.
We think our community is one of the best thanks to people like you!

Get your subscription!

The Proxmox team works very hard to make sure you are running the best software and getting stable updates and security enhancements, as well as quick enterprise support. Tens of thousands of happy customers have a Proxmox subscription. Get yours easily in our online shop.

Buy now!