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    Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device

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    • J
      JasGot @JaredBusch
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      @JaredBusch Is the VM Gen1 or Gen2?

      Look on the Summary tab at the bottom of Hyper-V Manager when the VM Server is highlighted.

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        Obsolesce @JasGot
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        @JasGot said in Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device:

        @JaredBusch Is the VM Gen1 or Gen2?

        Look on the Summary tab at the bottom of Hyper-V Manager when the VM Server is highlighted.

        You can easily see it's Gen2 by the settings window in his screenshot.

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          JasGot @Obsolesce
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          @Obsolesce Where? Can you circle it?

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            Obsolesce @JasGot
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            @JasGot said in Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device:

            @Obsolesce Where? Can you circle it?

            Go create a gen1 VM, look at the settings, then look at Jared's screenshot. It'll be 1000% clear.

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              JaredBusch @Obsolesce
              last edited by JaredBusch

              @Obsolesce said in Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device:

              @JaredBusch

              Does deleting the DVD drive, applying that, then adding it again get it listed?

              It did not add it to the list.

              But when I first click New DVD drive, the Firmware changes to say boot entry changes pending.
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              but nothing is changed in the end.
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              • dbeatoD
                dbeato @JaredBusch
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                @JaredBusch Can you add an additional SCSI Controller and then add the DVD Drive to that new controller on the VM?

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                  JaredBusch @dbeato
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                  @dbeato said in Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device:

                  @JaredBusch Can you add an additional SCSI Controller and then add the DVD Drive to that new controller on the VM?

                  I'll try it when the restore finishes.

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                    Obsolesce @JaredBusch
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                    @JaredBusch said in Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device:

                    @Obsolesce said in Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device:

                    @JaredBusch

                    Does deleting the DVD drive, applying that, then adding it again get it listed?

                    It did not add it to the list.

                    But when I first click New DVD drive, the Firmware changes to say boot entry changes pending.
                    517ffd75-542e-44ab-9d16-240511659c01-image.png

                    but nothing is changed in the end.
                    ae9b34e5-7bb9-417f-96b0-3a04bd043f6c-image.png

                    Very weird.

                    Do you have enough free space to duplicate the disk and attach it to a new VM? Not sure if that'll work, might be worth testing with a test VM and disk with same OS.

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                      JaredBusch @dbeato
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                      @dbeato said in Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device:

                      @JaredBusch Can you add an additional SCSI Controller and then add the DVD Drive to that new controller on the VM?

                      No luck.
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                      • RojoLocoR
                        RojoLoco @JaredBusch
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                        @JaredBusch clicking "apply" after adding the boot device should commit those changes. I click apply after each setting I change on any VM.

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @Obsolesce
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                          @Obsolesce said in Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device:

                          Very weird.

                          Do you have enough free space to duplicate the disk and attach it to a new VM? Not sure if that'll work, might be worth testing with a test VM and disk with same OS.

                          Not at the moment. In a couple months, after they move from Exchange 2013 on prem to Exchange Online I will have all the space I need for workload changes.

                          But a couple months does not help me know. I was hoping ot boot to gparted to see what is says about the underlying disk (see my other thread).

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @RojoLoco
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                            @RojoLoco said in Hyper-V 2012R2 unable to add boot device:

                            @JaredBusch clicking "apply" after adding the boot device should commit those changes. I click apply after each setting I change on any VM.

                            Yes, new device, change, wtf ever all apply, but there is never anything added to the boot order.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch
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                              Found the problem......
                              Down in this thread.
                              https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/cedea9ad-8b3d-4abb-9c36-08aa7eeb7ddb/cannot-change-generation-2-vms-boot-order

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch
                                last edited by JaredBusch

                                And I ran that fucking mofcomp fix years ago on this server.

                                https://mangolassi.it/topic/16751/windows-10-hyper-v-manager-unable-to-connect-to-server-2012-r2

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                                  JaredBusch
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                                  I'll be spinning up a new Nextcloud instance and simply manually migrating users to it I think.

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