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ESXi Virtual Machine Fails to Start After BMR From a Physical Machine

Symptom

I perform a BMR using the recovery points of a physical machine to an ESXi virtual machine. The physical machine uses an older BIOS. The BMR is successful but the ESXi VM does not start successfully.

Solution

Modify the SCSI Controller Type of the target ESXi VM, and submit the BMR job again.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the ESX Server.
2. Right-click the target ESXi VM, and select Edit Settings.
3. From the Hardware tab, select SCSI controller 0, and click the Change Type button.

   The Change SCSI Controller Type dialog opens.

4. Select LSI Logic SAS and save the settings.
5. Submit a BMR job to this VM.

The virtual machine starts successfully after the BMR job.