Re: Re[2]: Migrate from real server to virtual

[Rodney W. Grimes]

>  --- Original message ---
>  From: "Peter Grehan" 
>  Date: 27 February 2018, 20:40:52
>   
> 
> 
> > > But I think the bigger problem is that this is an MBR disk
> > > with Windows 7 in it, I
> > > do not believe that bhyve can run Windows 7 at this time.

So let me correct that statement with the new information.
I do not believe that bhyve can run an MBR Windows 7 install
at this time, as that would indicated the install is not UEFI
bootable, and we can only boot Windows 7 64 bit in EFI mode.

> > 
> > Bhyve has been able to run Win7 since 2015, though x64 only and in 
> > UEFI mode.
> > 
> 
> Yes, Windows 7 is from the same "brunch" as Windows 2008. And I
> think my problem is that hardware server has been installed
> without UEFI, just in Legacy mode.
> So, in this situation it is unable run this server in Bihyve with UEFI.
> 
> Am I right?

Yes, I do believe that is the correct conclusion to your current situation.
The other part that could be at issue here is if this is a 32bit or 64bit
version of windows.  As Peter stated only 64 bit windows in UEFI mode.

It might be possible to create a shim drive that has the Windows UEFI boot
code on it, and set that shim drive up to load the copy of windows from
your image file.

This would be a experiment that might lead to a booting VM.
It may also be possible to remove the legacy bootmgr files
from the disk0.img and add the needed uefi files, I gave
some commands in a prior email that would allow you to mount
this disk on the FreeBSD system to facilitate this type of
work.

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Re: Re[2]: Migrate from real server to virtual

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> 
> ? 
> 
>  --- Original message ---
> From: "Rodney W. Grimes" 
> Date: 26 February 2018, 16:17:44
> 
>  
> > > Hi, colleagues.
> > > 
> > > There is a server running with Windows Server 2008 R2 and I am attempting 
> > > launch this server in virtual environment as a back up. But there is one 
> > > big problem - I can not shutdown this server.
> > > My first step was creating a VHD image with help of Disk2vhd. Then a 
> > > converted this image from VHD to raw image with qemu.
> > > I don't know boot setting of BIOS.
> > > 
> > > With this command I am unable to start the server.
> > > 
> > > bhyve -c 2 -s 0,hostbridge -s 3,ahci-hd,/vm/img/disk1.raw -s 
> > > 4,ahci-cd,/VM/distro/null.iso -s 10,virtio-net,tap1 -s 
> > > 20,fbuf,tcp=192.168.0.254:5900,w=800,h=600,wait -s 21,lpc -l 
> > > bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd -m 6G -H -w windows2
> > > 
> > > Boot Filed. UEFI Hard Drive
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > 
> > You mention how you start it, what are you using to try and stop it?
>   
> Ctrl+C then bhyvectl --vm windows2 --destroy

Ok, thats to clean up after a crashed VM, not the way to shutdown
a running system.

> > Also what version of FreeBSD are you running as a host?
> 
> FreeBSD 11.1-STABLE r329364

Thanks, wanted to make sure this was a 10.x system.

> > Are you saying you can not connect to the vnc on 192.168.0.254:5900
> > and tell windows to shutdown?
> 
> I can connect to the 192.168.0.254:5900, but error is displayed:   Boot 
> Filed. UEFI Hard Drive

Boot Failed?   So windows never started.
Your not having a shutdown problem your having a start up failure.  

What is the output of:
file /vm/img/disk1.raw
file /VM/distro/null.iso

And do you really have /vm and /VM?  Or is that a typo?


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