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    fstrim / discard to indicate released blocks to underlying zfs sparse zdev?

    I'm currently trying to determine if using the VIRTIO-SCSI adapter which can pass discard / fstrim commands to the underlying zdev storage is ensuring that unused blocks are not referenced during backups. I have successfully used in guest disk zeroing to reduce the size of the sparse file, but...
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    Windows 2008 R2 VM migrated from ESXi 5.1 just will not boot!

    SOLVED After adding another disk to the system, installing a side copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 and adding boot entries for both disks, I finally was able to see a bit more of what was going on.. Installing the second windows allowed me to press F8 during bootup so I could actually see why the...
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    Windows 2008 R2 VM migrated from ESXi 5.1 just will not boot!

    Nope, after a few minutes staring at a black screen I get internal-error on the status window. I can start the install process from iso with those settings, but am trying to access my already configured server environment. No idea whats happening. I would even do a in place upgrade except I...
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    Windows 2008 R2 VM migrated from ESXi 5.1 just will not boot!

    Done that, get an error about not a valid cpu definition.
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    Windows 2008 R2 VM migrated from ESXi 5.1 just will not boot!

    Hi, I've actually gone through every thread, tip and trick already. Nothing has worked, at the moment I'm inclined to think it has to do with the disk image being a dynamic partion and / or corruption.
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    Windows 2008 R2 VM migrated from ESXi 5.1 just will not boot!

    Hi there, having a huge issue with 2008 R2 server. Migrating from ESXi, exactly the same hardware. I'm just moving the disk image into a new Proxmox VM and trying to get into windows to redetect hardware. To start with, anytime I put a 64 bit cpu, it bluescreens before getting to desktop with...