[SOLVED] VM is not bootable after disk device changing from sata to scsi

[mikiz]

Hi everybody,

I migrated Vmware vm to proxmox using proxmox import tool.When vm were imported, disk device were sata i change it to scsi but vm is not bootable.Vm is windows server 2016. But i change disk device sata again vm can be bootable.What do i miss?

Note:I reordered the boot order.

Thanks

 

[SteveITS]

There’s a process to detect/install the SCSI controller driver.

Post in thread 'change guest hard drive from sata to scsi'

Mar 21, 2022

Hmm, just tested it again in a Win11 VM.

1. Installed all driver from the VirtIO ISO by running the "virtio-gt-win-x64" installer.
2. Attached a new disk with SCSI bus. Wait for it to be detected within Disk Management, and it also showed up in the device manager.
3. I shut down the VM.
4. Remove the temporary disk
5. Detach the main disk. Edit it and configure it at SCSI.
6. Then adapt the boot order in the VM options to boot from scsi0 first.
7. Boot the VM.

Works here. Did you do it exactly like this?

I did not test it with some PCI devices passed through though! Not sure...

• aaron

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[mikiz]

There’s a process to detect/install the SCSI controller driver.

Post in thread 'change guest hard drive from sata to scsi'

Mar 21, 2022

Hmm, just tested it again in a Win11 VM.

1. Installed all driver from the VirtIO ISO by running the "virtio-gt-win-x64" installer.
2. Attached a new disk with SCSI bus. Wait for it to be detected within Disk Management, and it also showed up in the device manager.
3. I shut down the VM.
4. Remove the temporary disk
5. Detach the main disk. Edit it and configure it at SCSI.
6. Then adapt the boot order in the VM options to boot from scsi0 first.
7. Boot the VM.

Works here. Did you do it exactly like this?

I did not test it with some PCI devices passed through though! Not sure...

• aaron

• 

Thank you

I tried to change disk device before installing virtio driver. After installing works perfectly.

 

[mikiz]

But i have a problem.After changing to scsi some application based windows services is not starting on the vm.This can be about the changing to scsi?

 

[SteveITS]

Windows doesn’t install the driver until it sees the controller, which happens after boot.

Re services, we didn’t have such problems. If Windows boots I doubt service problems are related to the disk controller used.