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avabrent
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VMware Fusion 12.1.2 w/MacOS 11.5.2 (Big Sur) Host and Guest Boot Loop

I have a Big Sur VM running on a Big Sur host that is refusing to boot. 

 

It's worked previously and I'm not sure anything has changed and I'm not finding much in the VM log but I think this is the bit where it fails.

2021-08-31T08:18:55.254-05:00| vcpu-0| I005: Guest: About to do EFI boot: EFI VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive (0.0)
2021-08-31T08:18:55.257-05:00| vcpu-0| I005: CPU reset: soft (mode HV)
2021-08-31T08:18:55.257-05:00| vcpu-1| I005: CPU reset: soft (mode Interp)
2021-08-31T08:18:55.305-05:00| vcpu-0| I005: Chipset: The guest has requested that the virtual machine be hard reset.
2021-08-31T08:18:55.325-05:00| vcpu-0| I005: DEVICE: Resetting device 'ALL'.

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avabrent
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I ended up creating a new Big Sur VM and copying the disks over from the broken one and was able to get it to boot.

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