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Title
VM is left in a unbootable state after LAN-Free restore -
Description
You perform a LAN-Free restore that reports successful, but when the VM is powered on no operating system is found.
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Cause
The issue is related to how VDDK 5.0 deals with disk a that are not presented correctly for LAN-Free restore to work. Luns that are presented as read only, or disk in disk management listed as offline on the physical vRanger machine are present.
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Resolution
To correct the issue you need to verify the LUN is not set to read only, or that the disk is not set to offline in disk management.
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Additional Information
VDDK 5.0 does not verify that disk are online or that LUN is presented as read/write. This leads to a successful job, but is a false positive with the virtual machine not being able to be booted. The article listed below provides more information in regards to issue with VDDK 5.0 explaining the problem in detail.
VMware KB article for review: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2010428