can't boot VM guest. stuck at EFI

[Brett Simpson]

I just started on a new job and am not familiar with the VM product at all. I am experiencing an issue with a guest that's running Windows Server. Apparently, an HBA was replaced on the host and now the guest won't boot. Where can I look to get an idea on the issue. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Torsten.]

Check from host if the LAN device is still the same and if the vswitch assigned to the guest still exists.

[Brett Simpson]

Torsten, the HBA was for storage. The LAN hasn't changed. Are there log files on the host that pertain to guest machines?

[Michael Leu · Accepted solution]

Which HP-UX and HPVM version are you running on the host?

Perhaps there is some useful info in this file
/var/opt/hpvm/guests//log

On the host, try these commands
hpvmstatus -P
hpvmdevmgmt -l gdev | grep

You can follow the boot-up of the VM with
hpvmconsole -P

[Michael Leu]

And as Steven Schweda would wisely say, providing the the actual output is more helpful than vague descriptions of the problem... :-)

[Brett Simpson]

Problem is fixed. We'd lost the HBA path that pointed to the boot device. We added the alternate path and was able to boot. Thanks for your assistance.

[Brett Simpson]

Once we the alternate path of the boot device, we were able to start the guest.