Unbootable VHD backups
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@Schmidty86 You might need to go into BIOS and check to see if this now missing device is still listed, and disable it if it is.
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@DustinB how do you get into the bios of a vm that wont even post? That also would only account for fixing one of the two VM's even if it did fix the problem.
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@Schmidty86 Try disabling the boot devices under advanced
https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/8357/i-cannot-enter-the-vm-boot-menu/2
then you'll have more time to see what the options are to get into BIOS.
It might even be as simple as tapping the Shift Key while the VM starts.... I don't have to do it often enough to commit to memory, but you can definitely get into BIOS on a VM that "isn't posting". You've technically made it past post, and are failing due to a missing boot device.
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@DustinB You cannot disable all the boot devices in xoa.
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Got into the boot but, change what now?
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@Schmidty86 I dont see your disk at all listed, only PXE (network booting) and then the MISC device (which is the questionable item).
The internal Shell isn't relevant to this conversation.
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said in Unbootable VHD backups:
@Schmidty86 I dont see your disk at all listed, only PXE (network booting) and then the MISC device (which is the questionable item).
The internal Shell isn't relevant to this conversation.
As a side thought, re-enable the DISK under advanced and then reboot into BIOS and see if the disk is listed.
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still nothing. and i do have the vhd attached.
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@Schmidty86 That disk appears to be a secondary disk, is this just a "data volume" and not a boot volume (looking at XO where it shows xvdb)?
Hrm as to the fact that it still shows it as a misc disk.... I'm at a loss.
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@DustinB To my knowledge this is the bootable volume. all the other backups in the parent folder are just differential backups that are much much smaller.
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@DustinB Also when i look at the VHD in 7zip i can clearly see that it has a boot sector.
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@Schmidty86 Try to detach the disk and reattach, it should be xvda in order to be bootable
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@AtaxyaNetwork Sadly I've done this multiple times as well with no luck of it turning into that format.
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@AtaxyaNetwork said in Unbootable VHD backups:
@Schmidty86 Try to detach the disk and reattach, it should be xvda in order to be bootable
That's what I was thinking as well, but obviously something is off with this VM.
@Schmidty86 is the old host still online? If so you might be able to perform a Live Migration or a replication job to copy it from the old host to the new.
