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  • 1.  2008 Windows Server does not start

    Posted Aug 07, 2019 09:55 AM

    Hi All,

    Need your suggestions on the issue, 2008 server VM does not start and hanging at below screen, all other 2008 VM's running fine, with the same vmware tools. Rebooted couple of times still the same issue.

    can we suspect any OS level patches issue? Please provide your valid solutions.



  • 2.  RE: 2008 Windows Server does not start

    Posted Aug 07, 2019 10:28 AM

    is it reachable by network and accessible through remote desktop ?

    did you tried the web interface instead of VMRC ?



  • 3.  RE: 2008 Windows Server does not start

    Posted Aug 07, 2019 05:00 PM

    Yes able to ping the server,

    Unable to RDP the machine and both webconsole and VMRC same state.



  • 4.  RE: 2008 Windows Server does not start

    Posted Aug 07, 2019 05:28 PM

    Sounds like it's not a VMware-related issue. You should probably try a Microsoft-focused forum instead.



  • 5.  RE: 2008 Windows Server does not start

    Posted Aug 07, 2019 10:18 PM

    Sure, will go in that direction. Thanks for all the support.



  • 6.  RE: 2008 Windows Server does not start

    Posted Aug 07, 2019 06:12 PM

    Proceed like you would do it on a physical machine.

    Boot into recovery mode and first of all run a chkdsk with /x /f /r /v against the Windows-partition



  • 7.  RE: 2008 Windows Server does not start

    Posted Aug 07, 2019 10:18 PM

    Thank you for the solution, working on that will post you the updates.



  • 8.  RE: 2008 Windows Server does not start

    Posted Aug 12, 2019 10:12 PM

    Hi,

    1. Try rebooting VM in Last Known Good Configuration.

    2. If it boots OK, do a normal boot to make sure VM is OK now.

    3. If this doesn't help, boot in Safe Mode only.

    4. If VM boots into safe mode, re-start VM gracefully from inside VM.

    5. Let VM boot through normal process. It should work if I think I know what it is.

    Good Luck. :-)