ESXI 6.5U2 - Windows 10 only boots the first time

[Blasdeaki]

Hi all,

I have a Windows 10 virtual machine under ESXi 6.5U2 that works fine when booted for the first time. But once i turn it off, it doesn't boot into desktop anymore unless i reboot the host. Apparently, it doesn't matter if it's the first VM to be turned on (if i turn on a FreeNAS VM first, the W10 behaviour is the same, it turns on the first time, but then refuses to boot into desktop until the host is rebooted).

When i try to boot W10 for the 2nd time, i don't get any error messages, The "Recent tasks" tab on the host shows "Power On VM" as "Completed succesfully", but after a few seconds it turns off and does not go into W10 desktop.

Can anybody please help? Thanks in advance!

[a_p_]

What may contain useful hints in this case, is the vmware.log file that's located in the VM's folder.

André

[Blasdeaki]

Thanks for the reply. Here is the last log (picked it from the VM's "Monitor" tab, i'm guessing this is the one; if it's not, where can i find the right one?), i hope it sheds some light into the issue:

Moderator note: moved pasted log into an attachment.

[a_p_]

As a quick test, please change the VM's CPU settings from 8 vCPUs to e.g. 2 vCPUs to see whether this makes a difference.

André

[Blasdeaki]

Thanks again, André. I changed the number of vCPUs from 8 to 2 (in 1 socket, in both configurations), but still not booting to desktop. I attach (thanks to the moderator for the other one!) the log file for reference.

[Blasdeaki]

Hi all, i'm still having the problem, could anybody please help? Thanks in advance!