Windows 2003 VM Fails boot after mbralign

[thom_anderson]

I have installed the latest set of Host utils on an Classic ESX 4.0 server. I have a vm that has 2 basic disks. Drive/Disk one is not aligned. I have followed the directions step by step and the mrbalign tools runs including all the automation of shutting down and powering up the vm. However no matter what I have tried the vm will not boot. I get "Operating system not found".

Am I missing something here? I thought Windows machines are fully corrected using the mbralign tools. I have also removed dick 2 and just tried this with the disk that was not aligned.

[ekashpureff · Accepted solution]

Thom -

You mention you're using the latest version of the Host Utilities Kit.

There's a known bug with the mbralign tool in the 5.2 HUK, you want to use the one included with the 5.1 version of the HUK.

I hope this response has been helpful to you.

At your service,

Eugene E. Kashpureff
ekashp@kashpureff.org
Senior Systems Architect / NetApp Certified Instructor
http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff

(P.S. I appreciate points for helpful or correct answers.)