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doran_lum
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‎07-30-2018 01:09 AM

VMware Hypervisor failed to boot after update C220M4 to latest BIOS

With the recent update of our vCenter, there were a lot of storage errors. I spoke to VMware support and they mention the physical hypervisor does not have the latest BIOS.
Our VM boots from a USB thumbdrive.

After updating to the latest BIOS 3.0(4i), I encounter the error below.

How should I troubleshoot on this ?

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RickVerstegen
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‎07-30-2018 03:41 AM

Did you already tried to perform a cold boot of the server?

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SureshKumarMuth
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‎07-30-2018 04:13 AM

Looks like your ESXi OS related files are missing/corrupted in the USB, try booting with ESXi iso image and check if you can load the OS from CD. If you have all the configuration details of the host, you can go for re-installing the OS.

Generally, BIOS update should not corrupt the OS files in the drive. Not sure what went wrong.

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SupreetK
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‎07-30-2018 06:48 PM

You can try flashing the older firmware (only if its supported with your hardware). If it does not help, I'm afraid re-installing the ESXi is the only option you have.

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Supreet

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