Migrate from real server to virtual

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 --- Original message ---
From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg at pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net>
Date: 26 February 2018, 16:17:44

 
> > Hi, colleagues.
> > 
> > There is a server running with Windows Server 2008 R2 and I am attempting launch this server in virtual environment as a back up. But there is one big problem - I can not shutdown this server.
> > My first step was creating a VHD image with help of Disk2vhd. Then a converted this image from VHD to raw image with qemu.
> > I don't know boot setting of BIOS.
> > 
> > With this command I am unable to start the server.
> > 
> > bhyve -c 2 -s 0,hostbridge -s 3,ahci-hd,/vm/img/disk1.raw -s 4,ahci-cd,/VM/distro/null.iso -s 10,virtio-net,tap1 -s 20,fbuf,tcp=192.168.0.254:5900,w=800,h=600,wait -s 21,lpc -l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd -m 6G -H -w windows2
> > 
> > Boot Filed. UEFI Hard Drive
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> You mention how you start it, what are you using to try and stop it?
  
Ctrl+C then bhyvectl --vm windows2 --destroy

> Also what version of FreeBSD are you running as a host?

FreeBSD 11.1-STABLE r329364


> Are you saying you can not connect to the vnc on 192.168.0.254:5900
> and tell windows to shutdown?

I can connect to the 192.168.0.254:5900, but error is displayed:   Boot Filed. UEFI Hard Drive


> Or are you saying you connect to that vnc and even though you told
> windows to shutdown it fails to do so?
> 
> Sorry for all the questions, and no answer,
> but it is not clear exactly what your problem is.
> 
> -- 
> Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org