Windows 2012 VMs

[Drax]

I moved a working windows Server VM from one node to another. I used the backup and restore function. However the VM fails to boot. I have tried selecting the legacy boot but It doesn't seem to stay selected. All my linux vms have been moved with few issues. Is there something that I am missing in getting the restored VM to boot?

No windows haters please. Just respond if you have a suggestion solution. I would love to get this resolved ASAP.

 

[alexskysilk]

a good start would be here: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Guest_Boot_Problems

 

[Drax]

Tried that. Nothing there to help any other ideas?

 

[WhiteStarEOF]

Where does the issue occur? Does the VM itself fail to start, or does the OS fail to load within the VM?

 

[Drax]

The VM starts but the OS fails to load.

 

[maxprox]

compare every hardware and options of your VM. For me it is a main mistake to have for example a mounted ISO as CD-ROM witch doesn't exist or have the wrong storage pool, is the boot option correct? anything like this
Start the VM on the Terminal and have a look at the issue
regards,
maxprox

 

[Drax]

Hmm I thought the whole point of proxmox and VMs was that the VM was fully inclusive of all resources it needs? When I asked about moving VMs there was never a comment about any of this. Simply backup the VM, move it to the new node, then restore the vm. Not sure how I fix this.

 

[maxprox]

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Start the VM on the Terminal and have a look at the issue
regards,
maxprox

qm list
qm start vmid

post the output
If there is no output, there are no problems with the options