EFI Boot Firmware

[pizzle85]

Is anyone out there currently deploying VMs through vRA and setting them to use EFI Boot Firmware? There doesn't seem to be a native property to set this. We deploy all our VMs using the SCCM and Kickstart blueprints so setting up a template and cloning is not an option. I was considering trying to find an event state at the right point to have vRO make the change but figured if someone out there is already doing it I would just use their method if adequate.

[pizzle85]

I as able to run a vRO script during the VM Created event that just executes:

var spec = new VcVirtualMachineConfigSpec();
spec.firmware = 'efi';
vCenterVm.reconfigVM_Task(spec);

This sets the boot methot to EFI just fine.

However the VM is not able to boot to the mounted boot media, it just sits at the "Press any key to boot from CD ROM..." screen until it times out, then attempts a network boot... If I watch the machine and press any key it boots to EFI and installs my OS.

Any suggestions?

[SdeJong269]

I am experiencing the same issue here :S Got the VM's to boot using EFI, but now I'm missing the very important "silently boot iso option"...

Press any key to boot from CD or DVD... when using EFI as boot