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Tuesday, July 8, 2014 9:32 PM

Hello,

I'm currently doing some virtualization experiments on my new server hardware. The host hardware is:

IBM x3650 M4

x2 Xeon E5-2609

32GB RAM

x2 480 GB SSDs

Server OS: Windows server 2012

I'd like to test some legacy app virtualization. I've configured a VM and have installed Windows server 2003. The install is done via DVD. The issue at hand is that after the initial installation, the server fails to boot. The VM goes into a reboot loop and so far the only error logging I'm able to find is in the hosts event log. 

Log Name:      Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker-Admin
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker
Date:          7/8/2014 2:14:48 PM
Event ID:      18560
Task Category: None
Level:         Critical
Keywords:      
User:          NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\A0D20FA4-B27B-4B58-85C1-87D74B0ADD2D
Computer:      CCSTS1.cnet2k.cornerstonecredit.net
Description:
'LegacyTS' was reset because an unrecoverable error occurred on a virtual processor that caused a triple fault. If the problem persists, contact Product Support. (Virtual machine ID A0D20FA4-B27B-4B58-85C1-87D74B0ADD2D)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker" Guid="{51DDFA29-D5C8-4803-BE4B-2ECB715570FE}" />
    <EventID>18560</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>1</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-07-08T21:14:48.544007000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>159</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="1512" ThreadID="3536" />
    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker-Admin</Channel>
    <Computer>CCSTS1.cnet2k.cornerstonecredit.net</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-83-1-2698121124-1264104059-3615998341-769460811" />
  </System>
  <UserData>
    <VmlEventLog xmlns:auto-ns2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events" xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Virtualization/Events">
      <VmName>LegacyTS</VmName>
      <VmId>A0D20FA4-B27B-4B58-85C1-87D74B0ADD2D</VmId>
      <Rax>0x0</Rax>
      <Rbx>0x0</Rbx>
      <Rcx>0x0</Rcx>
      <Rdx>0x0</Rdx>
      <Rsp>0x804de00c</Rsp>
      <Rbp>0x0</Rbp>
      <Rsi>0x0</Rsi>
      <Rdi>0x0</Rdi>
      <R8>0x0</R8>
      <R9>0x0</R9>
      <R10>0x0</R10>
      <R11>0x0</R11>
      <R12>0x0</R12>
      <R13>0x0</R13>
      <R14>0x0</R14>
      <R15>0x0</R15>
      <Rip>0x80547c7c</Rip>
      <Rflags>0x10046</Rflags>
      <FpControlStatus>7F030000000000000000000000000000</FpControlStatus>
      <XmmControlStatus>0000000000000000801F0000FFFF0000</XmmControlStatus>
      <Cr0>0x8001003d</Cr0>
      <Cr2>0x804ddffc</Cr2>
      <Cr3>0xa02000</Cr3>
      <Cr4>0x20</Cr4>
      <Cr8>0xf</Cr8>
      <Xfem>0x1</Xfem>
      <Dr0>0x0</Dr0>
      <Dr1>0x0</Dr1>
      <Dr2>0x0</Dr2>
      <Dr3>0x0</Dr3>
      <Dr6>0xffff0ff0</Dr6>
      <Dr7>0x400</Dr7>
      <Es>0000000000000000FFFFFFFF2300F3C0</Es>
      <Cs>0000000000000000FFFFFFFF08009BC0</Cs>
      <Ss>0000000000000000FFFFFFFF100093C0</Ss>
      <Ds>0000000000000000FFFFFFFF2300F3C0</Ds>
      <Fs>00F0DFFF00000000FF1F0000300093C0</Fs>
      <Gs>0000000000000000FFFFFFFF00000000</Gs>
      <Ldtr>00000000000000000000000000000000</Ldtr>
      <Tr>90685580000000006800000050008B00</Tr>
      <Idtr>000000000000FF0700F4038000000000</Idtr>
      <Gdtr>000000000000FF0300F0038000000000</Gdtr>
      <Tsc>0x148e4294</Tsc>
      <ApicBase>0xfee00900</ApicBase>
      <SysenterCs>0x0</SysenterCs>
      <SysenterEip>0x0</SysenterEip>
      <SysenterEsp>0x0</SysenterEsp>
    </VmlEventLog>
  </UserData>
</Event>

My VM config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16" standalone="yes"?>
<configuration>
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    <ChannelInstanceGuid type="string">{E4E9CD0E-4BBF-4C1B-B655-715781690655}</ChannelInstanceGuid>
  </_24984ed0-bdad-4b90-82b2-5d59f874e91e_>
  <_7d80d3db-61ee-4879-8879-5609f1100ad0_>
    <address type="string">5353,00000000,00</address>
    <version type="integer">1</version>
  </_7d80d3db-61ee-4879-8879-5609f1100ad0_>
  <_83f8638b-8dca-4152-9eda-2ca8b33039b4_>
    <controller0>
      <drive0>
        <pathname type="string">E:\Hyper-V\VHD\LegacyTS.vhdx</pathname>
        <pool_id type="string"></pool_id>
        <type type="string">VHD</type>
      </drive0>
      <drive1>
        <pathname type="string"></pathname>
        <type type="string">NONE</type>
      </drive1>
    </controller0>
    <controller1>
      <drive0>
        <pathname type="string">SCSI\CDROM&amp;VEN_IBM_SATA&amp;PROD_DEVICE_81Y3681\4&amp;1864BF9E&amp;0&amp;010000</pathname>
        <pool_id type="string"></pool_id>
        <type type="string">ISO</type>
      </drive0>
      <drive1>
        <pathname type="string"></pathname>
        <type type="string">NONE</type>
      </drive1>
    </controller1>
    <version type="integer">5</version>
  </_83f8638b-8dca-4152-9eda-2ca8b33039b4_>
  <_8e3a359f-559a-4b6a-98a9-1690a6100ed7_>
    <port0>
      <connection type="string"></connection>
    </port0>
    <port1>
      <connection type="string"></connection>
    </port1>
    <version type="integer">2</version>
  </_8e3a359f-559a-4b6a-98a9-1690a6100ed7_>
  <_8f0d2762-0b00-4e04-af4f-19010527cb93_>
    <controller0>
      <drive0>
        <pathname type="string"></pathname>
        <type type="string">VFD</type>
      </drive0>
    </controller0>
    <version type="integer">1</version>
  </_8f0d2762-0b00-4e04-af4f-19010527cb93_>
  <_a80e9c62-750a-4a6b-9548-d46677e806be_>
    <ChannelInstanceGuid type="string">{23c9c636-93de-4aec-9bef-220766177a24}</ChannelInstanceGuid>
    <Connection>
      <AltPortName type="string">Dynamic Ethernet Switch Port</AltPortName>
      <AltSwitchName type="string">Intel(R) I350 Gigabit Network Connection - Virtual Switch</AltSwitchName>
      <AuthorizationScope type="string"></AuthorizationScope>
      <ChimneyOffloadWeight type="integer">0</ChimneyOffloadWeight>
      <Feature_C885BFD1-ABB7-418F-8163-9F379C9F7166>
        <DisplayName type="string"></DisplayName>
        <Flags type="integer">0</Flags>
        <Setting_97274751-A1EC-4DC2-941D-B7F9A1AED814>
          <Data type="bytes">AAIAAGQAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAA=
</Data>
          <Version type="integer">256</Version>
        </Setting_97274751-A1EC-4DC2-941D-B7F9A1AED814>
        <Settings>
          <Id type="string">97274751-A1EC-4DC2-941D-B7F9A1AED814</Id>
        </Settings>
      </Feature_C885BFD1-ABB7-418F-8163-9F379C9F7166>
      <Features>
        <Id type="string">C885BFD1-ABB7-418F-8163-9F379C9F7166</Id>
      </Features>
      <HostResources>
        <HostResource type="string">8758EB1A-9687-41FC-9319-AE867D46BA5C</HostResource>
      </HostResources>
      <PoolId type="string"></PoolId>
      <PreventIPSpoofing type="bool">False</PreventIPSpoofing>
      <TestReplicaPoolId type="string"></TestReplicaPoolId>
      <TestReplicaSwitchName type="string"></TestReplicaSwitchName>
    </Connection>
    <FriendlyName type="string">Network Adapter</FriendlyName>
    <IsConnected type="bool">True</IsConnected>
    <MacAddress type="string">00-15-5D-01-18-02</MacAddress>
    <MacAddressIsStatic type="bool">False</MacAddressIsStatic>
    <PortName type="string">E7F02418-A1EB-4FF9-84F8-BF461B2D00C6</PortName>
    <SwitchName type="string">8758EB1A-9687-41FC-9319-AE867D46BA5C</SwitchName>
    <VpciInstanceGuid type="string">{E9444985-111B-404A-82FE-48608A397676}</VpciInstanceGuid>
  </_a80e9c62-750a-4a6b-9548-d46677e806be_>
  <_ac6b8dc1-3257-4a70-b1b2-a9c9215659ad_>
    <base_board>
      <serial_number type="string">9595-3600-2199-6834-7686-3927-30</serial_number>
    </base_board>
    <bios_guid type="string">{B54BE7B5-05A4-4C4A-A2BD-D63272C7CCCD}</bios_guid>
    <bios_serial_number type="string">9595-3600-2199-6834-7686-3927-30</bios_serial_number>
    <boot>
      <device0 type="string">Optical</device0>
      <device1 type="string">HardDrive</device1>
      <device2 type="string">Network</device2>
      <device3 type="string">Floppy</device3>
    </boot>
    <chassis>
      <asset_tag type="string">8437-8592-0329-9603-9215-1886-12</asset_tag>
      <serial_number type="string">9595-3600-2199-6834-7686-3927-30</serial_number>
    </chassis>
    <num_lock type="bool">False</num_lock>
    <version type="integer">2</version>
  </_ac6b8dc1-3257-4a70-b1b2-a9c9215659ad_>
  <_db8b9818-b4bb-4725-b99d-b4612716b6b4_>
    <version type="integer">0</version>
  </_db8b9818-b4bb-4725-b99d-b4612716b6b4_>
  <global_settings>
    <devices>
      <allow_reduced_fc_redundancy type="bool">False</allow_reduced_fc_redundancy>
      <generation_id type="string">883d11122d9b7b2c521be0c045ef3760</generation_id>
      <storage_allow_full_scsi_command_set type="bool">False</storage_allow_full_scsi_command_set>
    </devices>
    <disk_merge_pending type="bool">False</disk_merge_pending>
    <metrics>
      <devicetype>
        <deviceinstance>
          <guid type="string">B637F346-6A0E-4DEC-AF52-BD70CB80A21D</guid>
          <metric>
            <enabled type="bool">False</enabled>
            <lastcomputedtime type="integer">0</lastcomputedtime>
            <peaktime type="integer">0</peaktime>
            <poolid type="string"></poolid>
            <resourcetypeid type="string">B637F347-6A0E-4DEC-AF52-BD70CB80A21D</resourcetypeid>
            <starttime type="integer">0</starttime>
            <typecode type="string">3F6F1051-C8FC-47EF-9821-C07240848748;0</typecode>
            <value type="integer">0</value>
          </metric>
        </deviceinstance>
        <guid type="string">B637F346-6A0E-4DEC-AF52-BD70CB80A21D</guid>
      </devicetype>
      <devicetype>
        <deviceinstance>
          <guid type="string">4764334D-E001-4176-82EE-5594EC9B530E</guid>
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            <enabled type="bool">False</enabled>
            <lastcomputedtime type="integer">0</lastcomputedtime>
            <peaktime type="integer">0</peaktime>
            <poolid type="string"></poolid>
            <resourcetypeid type="string">4764334E-E001-4176-82EE-5594EC9B530E</resourcetypeid>
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            <typecode type="string">394DCE66-458F-4895-AE56-41D7C9602A49</typecode>
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          </metric>
          <metric>
            <enabled type="bool">False</enabled>
            <lastcomputedtime type="integer">0</lastcomputedtime>
            <peaktime type="integer">0</peaktime>
            <poolid type="string"></poolid>
            <resourcetypeid type="string">4764334E-E001-4176-82EE-5594EC9B530E</resourcetypeid>
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            <typecode type="string">FF85EA46-9933-4436-BE5D-C96827399966</typecode>
            <value type="integer">0</value>
          </metric>
          <metric>
            <enabled type="bool">False</enabled>
            <lastcomputedtime type="integer">0</lastcomputedtime>
            <peaktime type="integer">0</peaktime>
            <poolid type="string"></poolid>
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        <guid type="string">4764334D-E001-4176-82EE-5594EC9B530E</guid>
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          <guid type="string">83F8638B-8DCA-4152-9EDA-2CA8B33039B4</guid>
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    <owner>
      <sid type="string">S-1-5-21-1940488291-1951097212-1584025624-1392</sid>
    </owner>
    <power>
      <host_shutdown>
        <action type="integer">1</action>
      </host_shutdown>
      <host_startup>
        <action type="integer">1</action>
      </host_startup>
    </power>
    <snapshots>
      <list>
        <size type="integer">0</size>
      </list>
    </snapshots>
    <unexpected_termination>
      <action type="integer">1</action>
    </unexpected_termination>
    <vhd_path_acled type="bool">True</vhd_path_acled>
  </global_settings>
  <manifest>
    <size type="integer">11</size>
    <vdev001>
      <device type="string">58f75a6d-d949-4320-99e1-a2a2576d581c</device>
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      <name type="string">Microsoft Synthetic Mouse</name>
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      <name type="string">Microsoft Synthetic Keyboard</name>
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    </vdev004>
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      <flags type="integer">1</flags>
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      <name type="string">Microsoft Key-Value Pair Exchange Component</name>
    </vdev005>
    <vdev006>
      <device type="string">9f8233ac-be49-4c79-8ee3-e7e1985b2077</device>
      <flags type="integer">1</flags>
      <instance type="string">9F8233AC-BE49-4C79-8EE3-E7E1985B2077</instance>
      <name type="string">Microsoft Shutdown Component</name>
    </vdev006>
    <vdev007>
      <device type="string">2497f4de-e9fa-4204-80e4-4b75c46419c0</device>
      <flags type="integer">1</flags>
      <instance type="string">2497F4DE-E9FA-4204-80E4-4B75C46419C0</instance>
      <name type="string">Microsoft Time Synchronization Component</name>
    </vdev007>
    <vdev008>
      <device type="string">5ced1297-4598-4915-a5fc-ad21bb4d02a4</device>
      <flags type="integer">1</flags>
      <instance type="string">5CED1297-4598-4915-A5FC-AD21BB4D02A4</instance>
      <name type="string">Microsoft VSS Component</name>
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    <vdev009>
      <device type="string">6c5addb9-a11a-4e8e-84cb-e6208201db63</device>
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      <name type="string">Microsoft RDV Component</name>
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    <vdev010>
      <device type="string">2fc216b0-d2e2-4967-9b6d-b8a5c9ca2778</device>
      <flags type="integer">1</flags>
      <instance type="string">A80E9C62-750A-4A6B-9548-D46677E806BE</instance>
      <name type="string">Synthetic Ethernet Port</name>
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    <vdev011>
      <device type="string">d422512d-2bf2-4752-809d-7b82b5fcb1b4</device>
      <flags type="integer">1</flags>
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      <name type="string">Synthetic SCSI Controller</name>
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  </manifest>
  <properties>
    <global_id type="string">B37E54CD-FFBB-44DA-8B7C-322B922EAD72</global_id>
    <highly_available type="bool">False</highly_available>
    <last_powered_off_time type="integer">130493284127496105</last_powered_off_time>
    <last_powered_on_time type="integer">130493284065876653</last_powered_on_time>
    <last_state_change_time type="integer">130493284127496105</last_state_change_time>
    <name type="string">LegacyTS</name>
    <notes type="string"></notes>
    <type_id type="string">Virtual Machines</type_id>
    <version type="integer">1024</version>
  </properties>
  <settings>
    <global>
      <logical_id type="string">B37E54CD-FFBB-44DA-8B7C-322B922EAD72</logical_id>
    </global>
    <memory>
      <bank>
        <dynamic_memory_enabled type="bool">True</dynamic_memory_enabled>
        <limit type="integer">1048576</limit>
        <priority type="integer">5000</priority>
        <reservation type="integer">512</reservation>
        <size type="integer">4096</size>
        <target_memory_buffer type="integer">20</target_memory_buffer>
      </bank>
      <vnuma>
        <max_size_per_node type="integer">14770</max_size_per_node>
      </vnuma>
    </memory>
    <processors>
      <count type="integer">1</count>
      <features>
        <limit type="bool">False</limit>
      </features>
      <limit type="integer">100000</limit>
      <limit_cpuid type="bool">False</limit_cpuid>
      <reservation type="integer">0</reservation>
      <vnuma>
        <count_per_node>
          <max type="integer">4</max>
        </count_per_node>
        <node_per_socket>
          <max type="integer">1</max>
        </node_per_socket>
      </vnuma>
      <weight type="integer">100</weight>
    </processors>
    <stopped_at_host_shutdown type="bool">False</stopped_at_host_shutdown>
    <vnuma>
      <enabled type="bool">False</enabled>
    </vnuma>
  </settings>
</configuration>

If its relevant, the host is not yet activated license wise. I downloaded the demo version so I could test my idea before making a purchase to go ahead with full implementation. 

As it stands right now I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this. Many searches on google have not turned up any helpful info. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

D

All replies (13)

Tuesday, July 8, 2014 9:35 PM

When creating the VM did you select Generation 1 or 2. If you selected Gen. 2, that would most likely be the issue.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014 9:39 PM

When creating the VM did you select Generation 1 or 2. If you selected Gen. 2, that would most likely be the issue.

I'm not familiar with VM generations. I don't remember seeing an option specifying either or when I did the VM setup. I'll run through it again and have a closer look. 

Tuesday, July 8, 2014 9:58 PM

From my reading it looked like using a .vhd instead of a .vhdx determines the generation. I managed to create a .vhd separate from the VM creation. Unfortunately that hasn't changed the outcome. The VM still goes into a reboot loop.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:42 AM

Hi ,

First , please refer to the supported guest OS of windows 2012 hyper-v :

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh831531.aspx

2003/R2 should be with sp2 and max 2 virtual processors .

"'LegacyTS' was reset because an unrecoverable error occurred on a virtual processor that caused a triple fault."

If the issue is not due to the above items , you can try to check the "CPU compatibility " in that VM settings for troubleshooting:

 Hope it helps

Best Regards

Elton Ji

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014 2:58 PM

VHD vs VHDX does not determine the generation.  Generation 2 only has synthetic devices and would not support server 2003.

How was the VM installed?  Was it a conversion of some type or a clean installation into a VM (using media)?

Elton got the other big point.

Brian Ehlert
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 6:02 PM

It was a clean install via DVD. Thanks for clarifying the generation issue. I'm going to step through Elton_Ji's suggestion to see if any of them give me a better outcome. 

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 7:05 PM

I may be outside the supported parameters here. My install DVD does not state that the install is SP2. I figured I could hop online and at least get an ISO with SP2 already applied. I manged to get an EVAL ISO with server 2003 R2 SP2. The issue now is that it will not boot. I've tried both mounting the image and also burning the image to DVD to then use on my VM host. Both of those methods get me a failed boot device message. Boy, last time i created a VM using Hyper-V it was really easy. Its seems odd to me to have this many issues. 

Oh and I should mention that I did also try the check box you referenced concerning the processor compatibility but that did not affect the outcome. 

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 8:00 PM

Are you using 2003 R2 SP2? 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794868(v=ws.10).aspx

Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 |

Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web |

1 or 2 vCPU

Brian Ehlert
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 11:57 PM

My gosh it is aggravating trying to find an ISO of "Windows Server R2 SP2". All i get is hits for the service pack its self. Do I need to go read up on slip streaming to get this done?

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 12:27 AM

Well, you are working with an OS that goes out of support in less than a year.  Microsoft is not likely to be encouraging people to use that version by providing an evaluation copy - they want people off that version.  So the assumption is that you already have the media if you have to have that version.

So, the recommendation is to not try to put up the legacy application but to get a later version and implement it on an operating system that will have support for more than a year.

What is the application?

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 4:18 PM

Its a custom built VB6 app. I need to try and keep it running for another year or two while I re-code the app in VB.net or something.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 4:25 PM

All I have is 2003 R2 SP2 - and I created a VM from scratch using that (x64) yesterday, and it installed and runs just swell.

I also see the media on MSDN, so I am guessing it is also available to enterprise agreement customers for download. 

Brian Ehlert
http://ITProctology.blogspot.com
Learn. Apply. Repeat.

Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:10 PM

Its sad i had to go this route but I decided to see what would happen if I put my Win2K3 install disk on a VMWare ESXi hyper-visor VM. Installs and runs just fine. I'm in no way familiar with VMWare products but if this gets the job at hand done, then so be it. 

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