After restoring a VM to a ESXi 6.7 U2 host using the VMware plugin, the VM will boot via "BIOS" rather than "EFI" mode (4032776)

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After restoring a VM to a ESXi 6.7 U2 host using the VMware plugin, the VM will boot via "BIOS" rather than "EFI" mode
Description

When successfully restoring a VM to a ESXi 6.7 U2 host using the VMware plugin, the VM will boot via "BIOS" rather than "EFI" mode.
Cause

This is a known product defect: DNVMWARE-2002.
Resolution

- Restore the VM as normal.
- In the VM settings, under VM Options tab we can manually select the boot option to be "EFI" instead of "BIOS".
- Power On VM, it will boot up successfully.
Defect ID

DNVMWARE-2002

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