topic Palo alto 8. - keep booting after migrating to ESXi6.7 in General Topics

topic Palo alto 8. - keep booting after migrating to ESXi6.7 in General Topics https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/palo-alto-8-keep-booting-after-migrating-to-esxi6-7/m-p/452733#M101294 <P>Hi Palo alto 8.- was installed EVE--NG at wmware Workstation. and it worked very well. But after migrating to ESXi 6.7, it keeps booting without stopping. </P><P>Please see the below error message. </P><P><BR />Booting from Hard Disk...<BR />Welcome to the PanOS Bootloader.</P><P><BR />Hit any key to stop autoboot...<BR />Enter 'maint' for boot menu.<BR />Booting PANOS (sysroot0) after 5 seconds...</P><P>Entry:<BR />Booting 'PANOS (sysroot0)'</P><P>root (hd0,1)<BR />Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83<BR />kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda2 init=/sbin/init_single_core console=ttyS<BR />0,9600n8 console=tty0 quiet alternate_root=/dev/vda2 alternate_root=/dev/xvda2<BR />hugepages=0<BR />[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3c00, size=0x393b50]<BR />SeaBIOS (version rel-1.11.1-0-g0551a4be2c-prebuilt.qemu-project.org)<BR />Machine UUID 49cd976d-fdc8-4db9-8a0d-44c785374260</P><P><BR />iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:03.0 C980 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+BFF913B0+BFEF13B0 C980</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:04.0 CA80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CA80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:05.0 CB80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CB80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:06.0 CC80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CC80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:07.0 CD80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CD80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:08.0 CE80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CE80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:09.0 CF80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CF80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:0A.0 D080 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 D080</P><P> </P><P>Booting from Hard Disk...<BR />Welcome to the PanOS Bootloader.</P><P><BR />Hit any key to stop autoboot...<BR />Enter 'maint' for boot menu.<BR />Booting PANOS (sysroot0) after 5 seconds...</P><P>Entry:<BR />Booting 'PANOS (sysroot0)'</P><P>root (hd0,1)<BR />Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83<BR />kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda2 init=/sbin/init_single_core console=ttyS<BR />0,9600n8 console=tty0 quiet alternate_root=/dev/vda2 alternate_root=/dev/xvda2<BR />hugepages=0<BR />[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3c00, size=0x393b50]<BR />SeaBIOS (version rel-1.11.1-0-g0551a4be2c-prebuilt.qemu-project.org)<BR />Machine UUID 49cd976d-fdc8-4db9-8a0d-44c785374260</P><P><BR />iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:03.0 C980 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+BFF913B0+BFEF13B0 C980</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:04.0 CA80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CA80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:05.0 CB80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CB80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:06.0 CC80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CC80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:07.0 CD80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CD80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:08.0 CE80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CE80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:09.0 CF80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CF80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:0A.0 D080 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 D080</P><P> </P><P>Booting from Hard Disk...<BR />Welcome to the PanOS Bootloader.</P><P><BR />Hit any key to stop autoboot...<BR />Enter 'maint' for boot menu.<BR />Booting PANOS (sysroot0) after 5 seconds...</P><P>Entry:</P> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 23:23:23 GMT PAFrank 2021-12-12T23:23:23Z Palo alto 8. - keep booting after migrating to ESXi6.7 https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/palo-alto-8-keep-booting-after-migrating-to-esxi6-7/m-p/452733#M101294 <P>Hi Palo alto 8.- was installed EVE--NG at wmware Workstation. and it worked very well. But after migrating to ESXi 6.7, it keeps booting without stopping. </P><P>Please see the below error message. </P><P><BR />Booting from Hard Disk...<BR />Welcome to the PanOS Bootloader.</P><P><BR />Hit any key to stop autoboot...<BR />Enter 'maint' for boot menu.<BR />Booting PANOS (sysroot0) after 5 seconds...</P><P>Entry:<BR />Booting 'PANOS (sysroot0)'</P><P>root (hd0,1)<BR />Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83<BR />kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda2 init=/sbin/init_single_core console=ttyS<BR />0,9600n8 console=tty0 quiet alternate_root=/dev/vda2 alternate_root=/dev/xvda2<BR />hugepages=0<BR />[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3c00, size=0x393b50]<BR />SeaBIOS (version rel-1.11.1-0-g0551a4be2c-prebuilt.qemu-project.org)<BR />Machine UUID 49cd976d-fdc8-4db9-8a0d-44c785374260</P><P><BR />iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:03.0 C980 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+BFF913B0+BFEF13B0 C980</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:04.0 CA80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CA80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:05.0 CB80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CB80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:06.0 CC80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CC80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:07.0 CD80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CD80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:08.0 CE80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CE80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:09.0 CF80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CF80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:0A.0 D080 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 D080</P><P> </P><P>Booting from Hard Disk...<BR />Welcome to the PanOS Bootloader.</P><P><BR />Hit any key to stop autoboot...<BR />Enter 'maint' for boot menu.<BR />Booting PANOS (sysroot0) after 5 seconds...</P><P>Entry:<BR />Booting 'PANOS (sysroot0)'</P><P>root (hd0,1)<BR />Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83<BR />kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda2 init=/sbin/init_single_core console=ttyS<BR />0,9600n8 console=tty0 quiet alternate_root=/dev/vda2 alternate_root=/dev/xvda2<BR />hugepages=0<BR />[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3c00, size=0x393b50]<BR />SeaBIOS (version rel-1.11.1-0-g0551a4be2c-prebuilt.qemu-project.org)<BR />Machine UUID 49cd976d-fdc8-4db9-8a0d-44c785374260</P><P><BR />iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:03.0 C980 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+BFF913B0+BFEF13B0 C980</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:04.0 CA80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CA80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:05.0 CB80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CB80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:06.0 CC80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CC80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:07.0 CD80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CD80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:08.0 CE80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CE80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:09.0 CF80 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 CF80</P><P> </P><P> </P><P>iPXE (<A href="http://ipxe.org" target="_blank">http://ipxe.org</A>) 00:0A.0 D080 PCI2.10 PnP PMM BFF913B0 BFEF13B0 D080</P><P> </P><P>Booting from Hard Disk...<BR />Welcome to the PanOS Bootloader.</P><P><BR />Hit any key to stop autoboot...<BR />Enter 'maint' for boot menu.<BR />Booting PANOS (sysroot0) after 5 seconds...</P><P>Entry:</P> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 23:23:23 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/palo-alto-8-keep-booting-after-migrating-to-esxi6-7/m-p/452733#M101294 PAFrank 2021-12-12T23:23:23Z Re: Palo alto 8. - keep booting after migrating to ESXi6.7 https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/palo-alto-8-keep-booting-after-migrating-to-esxi6-7/m-p/452780#M101298 <P>Thank you for the post <a href="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/179687">@PAFrank</a></P><P> </P><P>This looks like compatibility issue. For ESXi 6.7 the minimum supported PAN-OS version is 8.1: <A href="https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/compatibility-matrix/vm-series-firewalls/vms-series-hypervisor-support.html" target="_blank">https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/compatibility-matrix/vm-series-firewalls/vms-series-hypervisor-support.html</A></P><P> </P><P>Is version you are running 8.0 or 8.1?</P><P> </P><P>Kind Regards</P><P>Pavel</P> Mon, 13 Dec 2021 03:50:14 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/palo-alto-8-keep-booting-after-migrating-to-esxi6-7/m-p/452780#M101298 PavelK 2021-12-13T03:50:14Z Re: Palo alto 8. - keep booting after migrating to ESXi6.7 https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/palo-alto-8-keep-booting-after-migrating-to-esxi6-7/m-p/453254#M101334 <P>Thank you PavelK for your nice explanation. </P><P>The version is 8.1.x. I forgot what is the x.</P><P>Then , based on the document you mentioned above, I tried  version 8.1.3.  it can work, but it is vey unstable. </P><P>Is the latest version better, such as 9.x ?</P><P>Thank you</P> Tue, 14 Dec 2021 22:40:58 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/palo-alto-8-keep-booting-after-migrating-to-esxi6-7/m-p/453254#M101334 PAFrank 2021-12-14T22:40:58Z Re: Palo alto 8. - keep booting after migrating to ESXi6.7 https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/palo-alto-8-keep-booting-after-migrating-to-esxi6-7/m-p/453453#M101358 <P>Thank you for reply <a href="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/179687">@PAFrank</a></P><P> </P><P>Yes, I would recommend to move to version 9.1.X.</P><P> </P><P>Kind Regards</P><P>Pavel</P> Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:03:10 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/palo-alto-8-keep-booting-after-migrating-to-esxi6-7/m-p/453453#M101358 PavelK 2021-12-15T22:03:10Z