Server 2012 R2, EFI and vSphere 5.1 = Hang during OSD

I'm currently testing Server 2012 R2 deployment via SCCM 2012, on a VMware Virtual Machine.

I've run into an issue where if the VM firmware is set to EFI instead of Legacy BIOS the machine hangs during the Task Seqeunce - the OS image is downloaded and written to disk, the machine reboots to continue with the TS and then hangs at the blue Windows logo, never to progress any further - screenshot here, same issue with Windows 8:

http://www.cb-net.co.uk/microsoft-articles/34-configmgr/2078-configmgr-windows-8-uefi-and-vmware-esxi-5

ESXi platform is version 5.1, Virtual Machine Hardware Version is 9 - tested with version 8 as well.

Has anyone got this working successfully?

Thanks, Chris

February 11th, 2014 10:44pm

Have you tested with ESXi 5.5 ?

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February 12th, 2014 4:54am

Have you tested with ESXi 5.5 ?


Unfortunately I don't have this option until later this year.
February 12th, 2014 8:28am

Hi,

Have you checked the log file smsts.log ?

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February 24th, 2014 2:22am

What NIC are you using on the VM?

August 4th, 2015 1:16am

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