Boot from VHD with exisiting vhd

I'm trying to set up booting from VHD from an existing vhd and have 2 questions.
(1.)
What I did was running a disk2vhd on the exisiting Dell laptop install. What I want to do now is being able to boot from this VHD alongside my real physical install with a dual boot configuration. So one normal install on a physical disk and a second boot option
pointing to the vhd (created with the disk2vhd).
I found a bunch of articles describing how to set up boot from vhd starting from scratch. But how should I configure a second boot option pointing to the vhd that I want to boot? I tried modyfying the BCD file using BCDedit but the vhd won't boot. When I
boot the same vhd in a hyper-v VM it starts just fine. Should I do any additional steps for that to work? ANy article that you know of that describes this scenario?
(2.) A second question about hibernation. When I have booting from 2 different vhds set up is it possible to put vhd1 in hibernation, reboot and choose to boot from vhd2, put that one in hibernation and switch back to vhd1 after a reboot? Anyone ever tried
that?
Any help is appreciated.

no need to start several topic. I already replied here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/0514aa0e-4513-4686-82d6-e186541b515a
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Welcome to this Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to learn and ask questions about Cisco UCS Troubleshooting Boot from SAN with FC and iSCSI with Vishal Mehta and Manuel Velasco.
The current industry trend is to use SAN (FC/FCoE/iSCSI) for booting operating systems instead of using local storage.
Boot from SAN offers many benefits, including:
Server without local storage can run cooler and use the extra space for other components.
Redeployment of servers caused by hardware failures becomes easier with boot from SAN servers.
SAN storage allows the administrator to use storage more efficiently.
Boot from SAN offers reliability because the user can access the boot disk through multiple paths, which protects the disk from being a single point of failure.
Cisco UCS takes away much of the complexity with its service profiles and associated boot policies to make boot from SAN deployment an easy task.
Vishal Mehta is a customer support engineer for Cisco’s Data Center Server Virtualization TAC team based in San Jose, California. He has been working in the TAC for the past three years with a primary focus on data center technologies such as Cisco Nexus 5000, Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus 1000v, and virtualization. He has presented at Cisco Live in Orlando 2013 and will present at Cisco Live Milan 2014 (BRKCOM-3003, BRKDCT-3444, and LABDCT-2333). He holds a master’s degree from Rutgers University in electrical and computer engineering and has CCIE certification (number 37139) in routing and switching and service provider.
Manuel Velasco is a customer support engineer for Cisco’s Data Center Server Virtualization TAC team based in San Jose, California. He has been working in the TAC for the past three years with a primary focus on data center technologies such as Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus 1000v, and virtualization. Manuel holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) and VMware VCP and CCNA certifications.
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Hello Evan
Thank you for asking this question. Most common TAC cases that we have seen on Boot-from-SAN failures are due to misconfiguration.
So our methodology is to verify configuration and troubleshoot from server to storage switches to storage array.
Before diving into troubleshooting, make sure there is clear understanding of this topology. This is very vital with any troubleshooting scenario. Know what devices you have and how they are connected, how many paths are connected, Switch/NPV mode and so on.
Always try to troubleshoot one path at a time and verify that the setup is in complaint with the SW/HW interop matrix tested by Cisco.
Step 1: Check at server
a. make sure to have uniform firmware version across all components of UCS
b. Verify if VSAN is created and FC uplinks are configured correctly. VSANs/FCoE-vlan should be unique per fabric
c. Verify at service profile level for configuration of vHBAs - vHBA per Fabric should have unique VSAN number
Note down the WWPN of your vhba. This will be needed in step 2 for zoning on the SAN switch and step 3 for LUN masking on the storage array.
d. verify if Boot Policy of the service profile is configured to Boot From SAN - the Boot Order and its parameters such as Lun ID and WWN are extremely important
e. finally at UCS CLI - verify the flogi of vHBAs (for NPV mode, command is (from nxos) – show npv flogi-table)
Step 2: Check at Storage Switch
a. Verify the mode (by default UCS is in FC end-host mode, so storage switch has to be in NPIV mode; unless UCS is in FC Switch mode)
b. Verify the switch port connecting to UCS is UP as an F-Port and is configured for correct VSAN
c. Check if both the initiator (Server) and the target (Storage) are logged into the fabric switch (command for MDS/N5k - show flogi database vsan X)
d. Once confirmed that initiator and target devices are logged into the fabric, query the name server to see if they have registered themselves correctly. (command - show fcns database vsan X)
e. Most important configuration to check on Storage Switch is the zoning
Zoning is basically access control for our initiator to targets. Most common design is to configure one zone per initiator and target.
Zoning will require you to configure a zone, put that zone into your current zonset, then ACTIVATE it. (command - show zoneset active vsan X)
Step 3: Check at Storage Array
When the Storage array logs into the SAN fabric, it queries the name server to see which devices it can communicate.
LUN masking is crucial step on Storage Array which gives particular host (server) access to specific LUN
Assuming that both the storage and initiator have FLOGI’d into the fabric and the zoning is correct (as per Step 1 & 2)
Following needs to be verified at Storage Array level
a. Are the wwpn of the initiators (vhba of the hosts) visible on the storage array?
b. If above is yes then Is LUN Masking applied?
c. What LUN number is presented to the host - this is the number that we see in Lun ID on the 'Boot Order' of Step 1
Below document has details and troubleshooting outputs:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/115764-ucs-san-tshoot-00.html
Hope this answers your question.
Thanks,
Vishal

I purchased an unclaimed luggage at the airport that had a mid 2010 13" MB-Pro -- It comes up to a boot screen with snow leopard or Windows -- I tried to boot from Optical with Lion install -- it woon't won't boot from the optical drive, help

It won't go to taget disk mode -- I took the drive out and used disk utility to re-partition and format - now I get the folder with a question mark and it still won't boot from optical or usb or go to target disk mode -- I haven't tried installing lion on the disk while it is out and then putting it back in the machine --
according to the serial number, it is still under apple care but since I don't know the person that used to own it I can't get it transferred to me -- or will apple do that since I bought it in an auction?

Ok so I've done what you said and this is what it's come back ....
I don't know that these are the errors , but they're the things which don't look right ...
Throughout the shut down there is a recurring line ;
It says ;
Com.apple.launchd 1 0x100600e70.anonymous.unmount 301 PID still valid
Then there are 2 more which I think are related ;
Com.apple.securityd 29 PID job has I overstayed its welcome , forcing removal.
Then the same with fseventd 48 and diskarbitrationd 13
Oh and on Launchd1 : System : stray anonymous job at shut down : PID 301 PPID13 PGID 13 unmount...
Then the last process says "about to call: reboot (RB_AUTOBOOT).
Continuing...
And stops ...
Hope this means something to you ... Thanks again for your help so far :-)

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Hi
during the boot up process, do you see the wwpn of the target showing that the VIC can talk to the storage?
Reboot the server in question, when you see the option to get into bios press F2, ssh to the primary fabrics a run the following commands
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connect
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lunlist
(provide output of last command)
lunmap
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1. When the iMac is starting up with the Option key depressed, the bootable 10.4.11 appears normally and can be selected. But when I click on the circle below the bootable icon, the computer freezes.
2. When I have the iMac running and try to change the startup volume via the Preferences, the bootable icons are present but are not active.
Is there a setting on the iMac I need to reset? Or, is it not possible to boot from the 10.4.11 external?
Specs:
MacBook Pro Processor - 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, Memory - 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
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The answer is dependent upon what version of OS your machines came with (and the install disks are machine/build specific) - no Mac can boot from a system older than what was supplied with the machine. So, if your MBP originally came with 10.4.x and you upgraded it since, it can still be booted from the earlier version. If your iMac came with 10.6.3 for instance, it can only be booted with 10.6.3 or later.

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I took the drive out and hooked it up to a drive dock I have connected to my Mac Mini. I used disk utility and repartitioned the drive to one partition. Now when I option boot I no longer see the ssd, only the cd.
I tried booting from and external cd drive I have. It would start. I can hear the cd spinning up but after 2 mins or so it stops and nothing happens. Same as the internal dvd.
I put the old hdd back in and thought I'd try the boards to see if anyone else has any ideas.
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Try this first:
Reset SMC - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Reset Pram - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
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I have a Thinkpad A30 , Pentium 3 933 MHZ, 256 MB, and I would like to know if it's possible to boot from USB. I have an external HDD with windows XP installed (a clone from the internal HDD which doesn't work well anymore). In bios are all sort of options, like booting from network , booting from CD, from HDD, and from removable drive. But I didn't succeed to boot from that external HDD. It keeps saying : no operating system , or something.

Welcome to the forum!
Sadly said, older notebooks with USB 1.1 ports often don't tend to really support the booting from an external USB hdd drive.
Maybe things look a little bit different with a good cardbus USB 2.0 port card, but I can't tell you if those will then support for sure the booting from an USB hdd. - BTW, did you performed your tryouts with a mostly A30 actual BIOS-version?
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Hi,
I got recently a Cube with a dual 1,7 Ghz PowerLogix and a superdrive, I had to replace the dead drive with my old 10.3.9 drive pulled from my old Cube.
I noticed two problems:
- Every time I boot after a night of rest, my display remains black, so I have to reboot to get my display functions normaly.
- My other problem, I can't boot from the superdrive: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-815A
Firmware revision : DZG7 / MMC-3
But I can burn CD's and DVD's, I have noticed this superdrive does not accept all sort of DVD's
Thanx a lot for your help

I got recently a Cube with a dual 1,7 Ghz PowerLogix and a superdrive, I had to replace the dead drive with my old 10.3.9 drive pulled from my old Cube.
I noticed two problems:
- Every time I boot after a night of rest, my display remains black, so I have to reboot to get my display functions normaly.
- My other problem, I can't boot from the superdrive: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-815A
Firmware revision : DZG7 / MMC-3
But I can burn CD's and DVD's, I have noticed this superdrive does not accept all sort of DVD's
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Problem booting from CD with K8N Neo plat.

I have just put the system together and it powers on ok and allows access to the bios. The problem I'm having is with booting from CD. I have set the CD as a boot device. When I restart the computer with a bootable CD in(windows XP) I get a screen saying:
Verify DMI pool data...........
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On my old computer which used a K7T 266 pro2(I think) motherboard when I set it to boot from cd it said press any key to boot from CD. This one doesn't, it just has the above info on screen and then eventually starts to boot after minutes of waiting. This as you can image is pretty annoying. I have tried it with 2 cd drives both on different ide channels and the problem is the same on both. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I believe the "Strike any key to boot off the CD" message actually comes from XP not the BIOS. If I put a bootable CD into my system which is not XP it just boots off of it with no choice whatsoever.
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Had a running MBP 17 Early 2011 Thunderbolt with OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD 115GB drive.
Installed Windows 7 via bootcamp. I have done this multiple times before and every time I need to format the bootcamp partition before installing. I think this time I actually deleted the partition and then selected the freespace to install. This worked fine for the most part but I wasn't able to boot the boot camp partition using vmware fusion.
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I have already set up an RMA with OWC to send back the drive but considering the order of events, I feel as though it isn't a hardware issue but can't seem to figure out how to fix it. I can always send it back in but figured I would check this community forum and see if anyone could offer some guideance/assistence before doing so.
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Haha yeah, I posted right before. The thing I'm wondering now: Does this mean that a Mac that came with Lion cannot be downgraded to Snow Leopard? Well, I'll save it for another question if I ever cross that bridge.
Limnos wrote:
Just so we know, this is the original OS disc that came with this computer? Even if you're trying to use a retail installer disc I am not sure those came out the the sufficient sub-version required to boot the computer (I think it needs at least 10.5.7 but don't have the specifics of your model).
Edit: I guess I'm a slow typist.

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I have a MBP 15" core 2 duo 3,1, OS 10.6.8. I am getting sudden instant shutdowns without warning signs.
It has been suggested to me that this is a hard drive on the way out.
I've cloned the internal drive to an external drive Firewire 800 connected.
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I've tried booting from the clean install but am still experiencing sudden shutdowns.
My question is if the internal drive mounts but then experiences problems while I am booted into my fresh install on the external drive can that cause a shutdown? I had assumed that this would not be the case but now am not so sure.

Well it seems to be a hardware issue of some sort, it's likely not software related as it occurs on the externals even with a fresh install.
It could be the internal drive, but you won't know until you disconnect it and boot from the externals.
If it's something else, at least you got a clone off.
Try a hardware test
https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509
Try resetting your SMC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Heck your PRAM too
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/26871.html
That's the best we can do from here, you'll have to open her up and place pressure on things to make sure they are snug and a secure connection, perhaps disconnect the internal hard drive cable and see if your problem continue.
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I had a really weird problem that might be something like you're experiencing. I was trying to get Tiger onto a "Yikes" PCI G4, and it would not boot up with the Tiger disk.I did everything I could come up with, and no luck. I spent a good bit of time here and over at macosx.com, and no one could figure it out. I finally just re-installed 10.2.8 on a partition, and for some unknown reason, the computer booted with the Tiger disk, and I was able to install. I let the people on the boards know it, but didn't go back to tell them what happened the next day. When I tried to restart, it would only boot into OS9. If I tried to force Tiger (like by choosing it as start-up) it would go to a black screen. Anyway, it ended up no go. If you'd like to go through all the things I did, here's the link to that thread:
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