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Hi
I am having a problem with connecting to one of my VMs. The bootdiagnostic stuck at the following screen.
I could not find anything related to this issue. Tryied redeploy and reapply, NIC resets etc. No luck. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
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Hi Emil Tsvetkov,
Could you please share the following details:
What is your VM type, OS image, VM size and region where the VM is deployed.
Hi,
Sorry, I should have provided this information . This is a Windows Datacenter 2022 [small disk], gen V2, x64, with size B16sv2, region West EU.
Best regards
Emil
Hi Emil Tsvetkov,
Your Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Gen 2 VM (B16sv2, West EU) being stuck on the boot diagnostic screen is likely caused by the Windows Boot Manager waiting for user input due to a boot configuration flag being enabled. This results in the VM pausing at a boot menu prompt and not proceeding automatically.
As you have already tried redeploying, NIC resets, and applying fixes without success, focusing on boot configuration data adjustments via serial console or offline disk repair is the recommended path.
Use Azure Serial Console to Access the VM: Access the Azure Serial Console for your VM to get a text-based command line interface. Once connected, you can interact with the boot configuration directly on the VM.
Modify Boot Configuration Data (BCD) to Speed Up Boot: Reduce the timeout for the boot menu (default is 30 seconds) to a smaller value or remove the displaybootmenu flag altogether to bypass the boot menu prompt.
If Serial Console Access Is Not Available: Detach the OS disk from the affected VM then Attach it to a healthy recovery VM as a data disk. Use the recovery VM to edit the BCD store offline or repair the disk.
If you have any further queries, let me know. If the information is helpful, please click on Upvote.
Hi,
Sorry, I should have provided this information . This is a Windows Datacenter 2022 [small disk], gen V2, x64, with size B16sv2, region West EU.
Best regards
Emil