Horizon 7.2 - VM with NVMe Controller - Resets HDD Boot order

[AlexWhiteraft]

We want to utilize the new NVME virtual controller in our VMs' configuration as it boosts performance considerably. It works fine on the master image, however when we go and recompose the Linked Clone pool in Horizon View, it resets the boot order by adding a 20mb temp disk and it won't boot after that. Is there a way to avoid that nuisance? We tried adding bios.hddOrder = "nvme0:0" to the master image, but it disappears in the replica on the recompose.

Thank you.

[mhampto]

Is the VM with the master image configured per Using Virtual NVMe With ESXi 6.5 and virtual machine Hardware Version 13 (2147714) | VMware KB ?

[AlexWhiteraft]

Yes, I did everything according to the page above.

I was able to workaround this issue by adding these lines to the .vmx file:

bios.bootOrder = "hdd,ethernet0,cdrom"

bios.hddOrder = "nvme0:0,scsi0:0,scsi1:0"