ESXi recovery woes
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I'm guessing that there is more of a hardware change when migrating from an ESXi 5.1 host to a 5.5 host than when migrating from 5.1 to 5.1. When I first boot into the restored VM on 5.5 I get "Microsoft Windows: You must restart your computer to apply these changes", which I don't get with 5.1 - I assume that's Windows adjusting to the new hardware?
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@Carnival-Boy likely it is, Windows is saying "hey I'm on new hardware"
Which means it's an issue with the drivers between the versions of ESXi 5.1 and 5.5 as the VM never sees the physical hardware.
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I have had to reactivate windows when upgrading VMWare versions like that. I cannot tell you if it was every time or not, but it was more than once.
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Why would you say it's a driver issue? I suppose it could be, but the vendor already told you the DISK HASH is probably different, so you now know your problem.
If backing up a 5.5 and restoring back onto a 5.5 still fails, then the only option you have (currently) is to do what the vendor said, backup the DB separately and the restore in the prescribed fashion.
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@Dashrender said in ESXi recovery woes:
If backing up a 5.5 and restoring back onto a 5.5 still fails, then the only option you have (currently) is to do what the vendor said, backup the DB separately and the restore in the prescribed fashion.
I think you're right.
