Issue after replicating VMware VM to other storage/host

[berendschotanus]

Hi,

I tried to use Veeam B&R (version 12.1.2.172) Enterprise Plus to replicate a Linux VM to other storage and ESXi host.
But when I boot the VM, it starts in Boot Manager only.

I also tried it with creating a new Windows Server 2022 VM and replicated it the same way, but it also starts in Boot Manager menu.

Anyone else has this experience with replicating VM's?
I used this same method before with an older version of B&R and that worked perfectly.

Regards,
Berend Schotanus

[Mildur]

Hi Berend

I'm not aware of any known issues like this with Veeam replication.

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Thank you for understanding,
Fabian

[Gostev]

Veeam replication creates bit-identical copies of VM images and this technology is very mature (available since V1 actually). So if these images do not boot in the target site then most likely there's a storage-level corruption or some other hardware issue resulting in silent data corruption. Our support should be able to nail it down so you could open a support case with your hardware vendor.

Alternatively, there could be something about VMs themselves (their configuration) that is unsupported by Veeam. Like physical RDM or in-guest iSCSI mounted disks usage perhaps?

Either way, a bug in Veeam replication is extremely unlikely... with high probability, it is some environment-specific issue that should therefore be diagnosed by our Customer Support team first before it makes sense to discuss on these forums.

Thanks