[SOLVED] Migration ESXI to Proxmox => No bootable device

[malkiefer]

Hi,

I migrate a VM from ESXI to Proxmox with these steps:

qm importovf 100 SVDCBAY002.ovf PURELVM

Then I edit the CPU settings:

qm set 100 --cpu x86-64-v2-AES --scsihw virtio-scsi-single

I added a network card, detached the disk and readded it with IDE as BUS.
I still get the "No bootable device" error.

100.conf

root@PROX-WIN-01:~/DC# cat /etc/pve/qemu-server/100.conf
boot: order=ide0
cores: 4
cpu: x86-64-v2-AES
ide0: PURELVM:vm-100-disk-0,cache=writeback,discard=on,size=90G,ssd=1
ide2: local-btrfs:iso/virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom,size=612812K
memory: 8192
name: SVDCBAY002
net0: virtio=BC:24:11:B7:AA:36,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,tag=101
scsihw: virtio-scsi-single
smbios1: uuid=4337ea0f-0c03-4687-8c96-9538161bfc8d
vmgenid: 747f0f80-53ee-4238-a2a8-aea6886a5ee0

pveversion -v

proxmox-ve: 8.2.0 (running kernel: 6.8.8-3-pve)
pve-manager: 8.2.4 (running version: 8.2.4/faa83925c9641325)
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.1.0
proxmox-kernel-6.8: 6.8.8-3
proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-3-pve-signed: 6.8.8-3
proxmox-kernel-6.8.4-2-pve-signed: 6.8.4-2
ceph-fuse: 17.2.7-pve3
corosync: 3.1.7-pve3
criu: 3.17.1-2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown2: 3.2.0-1+pmx9
ksm-control-daemon: 1.5-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-4
libknet1: 1.28-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.5.1
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.4.1
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.3
libpve-access-control: 8.1.4
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.2
libpve-cluster-api-perl: 8.0.7
libpve-cluster-perl: 8.0.7
libpve-common-perl: 8.2.1
libpve-guest-common-perl: 5.1.3
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.1.0
libpve-network-perl: 0.9.8
libpve-rs-perl: 0.8.9
libpve-storage-perl: 8.2.3
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 6.0.0-1
lxcfs: 6.0.0-pve2
novnc-pve: 1.4.0-3
proxmox-backup-client: 3.2.7-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.2.7-1
proxmox-firewall: 0.4.2
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.1.0
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.2.3
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.6
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.2.3
pve-cluster: 8.0.7
pve-container: 5.1.12
pve-docs: 8.2.2
pve-edk2-firmware: 4.2023.08-4
pve-esxi-import-tools: 0.7.1
pve-firewall: 5.0.7
pve-firmware: 3.13-1
pve-ha-manager: 4.0.5
pve-i18n: 3.2.2
pve-qemu-kvm: 9.0.0-6
pve-xtermjs: 5.3.0-3
qemu-server: 8.2.2
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: 3.3.0
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.2.4-pve1

 

[jsterr]

Hello, did you try to change from ide to sata aswell? Please try and post again, after booting successfully youll need to temporarily add a virtio-scsi disk, install the driver in windows, poweroff, remove the temporary disk and switch the bootdisk from sata to scsi0 and boot again.

 

[malkiefer]

Same behavior:

boot: order=scsi0
cores: 4
cpu: x86-64-v2-AES
ide2: local-btrfs:iso/virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom,size=612812K
memory: 8192
name: SVDCBAY002
net0: virtio=BC:24:11:B7:AA:36,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,tag=101
scsi0: PURELVM:vm-100-disk-0,cache=writeback,discard=on,iothread=1,size=90G,ssd=1
scsihw: virtio-scsi-single
smbios1: uuid=4337ea0f-0c03-4687-8c96-9538161bfc8d
vmgenid: 747f0f80-53ee-4238-a2a8-aea6886a5ee0

 

[jsterr]

Same behavior:

boot: order=scsi0
cores: 4
cpu: x86-64-v2-AES
ide2: local-btrfs:iso/virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom,size=612812K
memory: 8192
name: SVDCBAY002
net0: virtio=BC:24:11:B7:AA:36,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,tag=101
scsi0: PURELVM:vm-100-disk-0,cache=writeback,discard=on,iothread=1,size=90G,ssd=1
scsihw: virtio-scsi-single
smbios1: uuid=4337ea0f-0c03-4687-8c96-9538161bfc8d
vmgenid: 747f0f80-53ee-4238-a2a8-aea6886a5ee0

You do not have sata enabled. try to boot with sata0: PURELVM:vm-100-disk-0,cache=writeback,discard=on,iothread=1,size=90G,ssd=1
Make sure this works, if this works, process with my instructions above.

 

[malkiefer]

Same thing:

root@PROX-WIN-01:~# cat /etc/pve/qemu-server/100.conf
boot: 
cores: 4
cpu: x86-64-v2-AES
ide2: local-btrfs:iso/virtio-win.iso,media=cdrom,size=612812K
memory: 8192
name: SVDCBAY002
net0: virtio=BC:24:11:B7:AA:36,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,tag=101
onboot: 1
sata0: PURELVM:vm-100-disk-0,cache=writeback,discard=on,size=90G,ssd=1
scsihw: virtio-scsi-single
smbios1: uuid=4337ea0f-0c03-4687-8c96-9538161bfc8d
vmgenid: 747f0f80-53ee-4238-a2a8-aea6886a5ee0

 

[jsterr]

Was this a legacy (bios) vm or uefi? If uefi try: qm set 100 --bios ovmf

 

[malkiefer]

Thanks so much, you make my day.
The last thing fix it.