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    Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v

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      vbjp
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      I started testing latest beta build of pfsense+ 23.01 on Hyper-v (server 2022)
      If I have vm console/display open in Hyper-v manager on vm boot it gets stuck on

      masks    0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff
      

      If vm console is closed it boots fine and console working.
      Reproduced on two different hosts.

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        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @vbjp
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        @vbjp No problem here on 23.01.b.20230106.0600.

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          vbjp @Bob.Dig
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          @bob-dig said in Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v:

          @vbjp No problem here on 23.01.b.20230106.0600.

          Steps to reproduce open hyper-v manager on server open vm display/console while not running start vm
          It will display vga resolution atc and freeze on masks line with high CPU usage.

          If you run vm without console open it starts and restarts just fine.

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            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @vbjp
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            @vbjp Yeah, I did this.

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              vbjp @Bob.Dig
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              @bob-dig
              Gen2 vm yes?

              Screenshot (2).png

              Frozen on this screen
              2 different hosts 2 different pfsense vm installs broken

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                Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @vbjp
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                @vbjp said in Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v:

                @bob-dig
                Gen2 vm yes?

                Yep. ZFS here too on WinServer2022.

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                  vbjp @Bob.Dig
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                  @bob-dig said in Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v:

                  @vbjp said in Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v:

                  @bob-dig
                  Gen2 vm yes?

                  Yep. ZFS here too on WinServer2022.

                  Strange after taking screenshot could not get vm to boot at all, even with console closed. rolled back to 22.05 snapshot, considering 22.05 really bad network performance on Hyper-v, will have to think something else.

                  Anyone have any ideas what could be the issue here?

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                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @vbjp
                    last edited by

                    @vbjp 22.05 "already" had the fix for the hyper-v networking problem (RSC).

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                      vbjp @Bob.Dig
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                      @bob-dig said in Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v:

                      @vbjp 22.05 "already" had the fix for the hyper-v networking problem (RSC).

                      Will test when I have more time.
                      Still there is some bug in 23.01 that making it fail boot on Hyper-v.
                      Not sure what is different with your setup.

                      I had crazy upgrade path to plus (partially because no isos) maybe that's messed something up.

                      Upgrade was 2.5>2.6>2.7dev then tried to upgrade to plus 23.01 as beta released but it failed. After upgrade from 2.7dev to 22.01 plus (no detect path to 23.01) vm jus boot cycles few times and shuts off. Then reinstalled 2.6 on top from iso an had to wait 24 hours as netgate seem to limit frequent upgrades from same Id. Then upgraded to 22.01>22.05 and finally 23.01 beta. It booted fine after upgrade and even had few reboots. But now it's failing.

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                        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @vbjp
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                        @vbjp One problem I have encountered lately is that I can not have MAC address spoofing enabled. It was once advised by MS to have that enabled but it made terrible problems here but not yours. Maybe have an eye on that too.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Moving from 2.7 to 22.01 is invalid. That is effectively a downgrade which is can cause problems.

                          It may be possible to upgrade from 2.7 once 23.01 is released since both are FreeBSD main (14) based.

                          I would expect that to work after reinstalling 2.6 though.

                          If you have issues pulling the certs too frequently you can open a ticket with us to reset it.

                          Steve

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                          • jimpJ
                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                            I can't replicate any problems on 23.01 RC using ZFS with Hyper-V here. Installs clean and boots fine afterward with UEFI.

                            VM was configured by following the recipe in the docs:

                            https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/virtualize-hyper-v.html

                            This is on a Windows 10 host (22H2)

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                              vbjp @jimp
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                              @jimp
                              Did fresh install of 2.6 and upgraded to latest 23.01 beta. Same problem. Reproducible everytime on my 2 systems running windows 2022 server.
                              Vm setup
                              Gen2 secure boot disabled
                              2gb ram (static), 1core. 2xnetwork adapters wan to nic SW and lan to private SW. 30gb drive plus DVD for install. Installed default 2.6 settings zfs etc. Min initial setup.

                              Screenshot (3).png

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                Does FreeBSD 14 install and boot correctly there?

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                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  Did you go from 2.6 to 22.01, then to 22.05, and then 23.01? Or straight from 22.01 to 23.01?

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                                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                    last edited by jimp

                                    I couldn't go from 22.01 to 23.01 directly, but going from 22.01 to 22.05 to 23.01 each step worked and boots UEFI and ZFS properly with a working console.

                                    I did this both by starting at 22.01 directly and by starting at 2.6, doing the plus upgrade to 22.01, then 22.05, then 23.01. Both paths succeeded, no problems encountered.

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                                      vbjp @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10
                                      Installed freebsd 14 on same host booted successfully. Rebooted few times no problems (vm settings basically same, just one network adapter)

                                      Screenshot (4).png

                                      Upgrade path for my pfsense was install 2.6ce from iso next get the id and register then upgrade to plus 22.01 then 22.05 then to beta 23.01.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                        We managed to replicate this locally and are investigating. So far it's not obvious what the difference is that triggers it.
                                        You might try installing as UFS, in our tests that boots fine which seems like a big clue!

                                        There's a bug open for it:
                                        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13895

                                        Steve

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                                          andrew_241
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                                          I'm having the same problem. In case it may be of help, here is a dump of my VMCX configuration file, with the server name and VMCX filename removed:

                                          [Server]: PS C:\> $tempVM = (Compare-VM -Copy -Path "{Path to .vmcx}" -GenerateNewID).VM
                                          [Server]: PS C:\> $tempVM | select *
                                          
                                          
                                          ParentCheckpointId                  :
                                          ParentCheckpointName                :
                                          VMName                              : pfSense Router and Firewall
                                          VMId                                : dcfe7a58-eadd-4d11-b5ec-ff674db02362
                                          CheckpointFileLocation              : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V
                                          ConfigurationLocation               : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V
                                          SmartPagingFileInUse                : False
                                          SmartPagingFilePath                 : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V
                                          SnapshotFileLocation                : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V
                                          AutomaticStartAction                : Start
                                          AutomaticStartDelay                 : 0
                                          AutomaticStopAction                 : ShutDown
                                          AutomaticCriticalErrorAction        : Pause
                                          AutomaticCriticalErrorActionTimeout : 30
                                          AutomaticCheckpointsEnabled         : False
                                          CPUUsage                            : 0
                                          MemoryAssigned                      : 0
                                          MemoryDemand                        : 0
                                          MemoryStatus                        :
                                          NumaAligned                         :
                                          NumaNodesCount                      :
                                          NumaSocketCount                     :
                                          Heartbeat                           :
                                          IntegrationServicesState            :
                                          IntegrationServicesVersion          : 0.0
                                          Uptime                              : 00:00:00
                                          OperationalStatus                   : {Ok}
                                          PrimaryOperationalStatus            : Ok
                                          SecondaryOperationalStatus          :
                                          StatusDescriptions                  : {Operating normally}
                                          PrimaryStatusDescription            : Operating normally
                                          SecondaryStatusDescription          :
                                          Status                              : Operating normally
                                          ReplicationHealth                   : Normal
                                          ReplicationMode                     : None
                                          ReplicationState                    : Disabled
                                          ResourceMeteringEnabled             : False
                                          CheckpointType                      : Production
                                          EnhancedSessionTransportType        : VMBus
                                          Groups                              :
                                          Version                             : 10.0
                                          VirtualMachineType                  : PlannedVirtualMachine
                                          VirtualMachineSubType               : Generation2
                                          Notes                               :
                                          State                               : Off
                                          ComPort1                            : VMComPort (Name = 'COM 1', VMName = 'pfSense Router and Firewall') [Id = 'Microso
                                                                                ft:DCFE7A58-EADD-4D11-B5EC-FF674DB02362\8E3A359F-559A-4B6A-98A9-1690A6100ED7\0',
                                                                                VMId = 'dcfe7a58-eadd-4d11-b5ec-ff674db02362']
                                          ComPort2                            : VMComPort (Name = 'COM 2', VMName = 'pfSense Router and Firewall') [Id = 'Microso
                                                                                ft:DCFE7A58-EADD-4D11-B5EC-FF674DB02362\8E3A359F-559A-4B6A-98A9-1690A6100ED7\1',
                                                                                VMId = 'dcfe7a58-eadd-4d11-b5ec-ff674db02362']
                                          DVDDrives                           : {DVD Drive on SCSI controller number 0 at location 1}
                                          FibreChannelHostBusAdapters         : {}
                                          FloppyDrive                         :
                                          HardDrives                          : {Hard Drive on SCSI controller number 0 at location 0}
                                          RemoteFxAdapter                     :
                                          VMIntegrationService                : {Guest Service Interface, Heartbeat, Key-Value Pair Exchange, Shutdown...}
                                          DynamicMemoryEnabled                : False
                                          MemoryMaximum                       : 1099511627776
                                          MemoryMinimum                       : 536870912
                                          MemoryStartup                       : 8589934592
                                          ProcessorCount                      : 8
                                          BatteryPassthroughEnabled           : False
                                          Generation                          : 2
                                          IsClustered                         : False
                                          ParentSnapshotId                    :
                                          ParentSnapshotName                  :
                                          Path                                : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V
                                          SizeOfSystemFiles                   : 45090
                                          GuestControlledCacheTypes           : False
                                          LowMemoryMappedIoSpace              : 134217728
                                          HighMemoryMappedIoSpace             : 536870912
                                          HighMemoryMappedIoBaseAddress       : 68182605824
                                          LockOnDisconnect                    : Off
                                          CreationTime                        : 1/25/2023 4:17:00 PM
                                          Id                                  : dcfe7a58-eadd-4d11-b5ec-ff674db02362
                                          Name                                : pfSense Router and Firewall
                                          NetworkAdapters                     : {Network Adapter, Network Adapter}
                                          CimSession                          : CimSession: .
                                          ComputerName                        : SERVER
                                          IsDeleted                           : False
                                          

                                          Perhaps someone can compare this output to theirs if they have a functioning install of the 23.01 beta in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2022.

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate @andrew_241
                                            last edited by jimp

                                            @andrew_241 said in Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v:

                                            Version : 10.0

                                            The only real difference I see is mine that work are version 11.0, not version 10.0.

                                            Can you stop the VM, and in the Hyper-V manager select Actions > Upgrade Configuration Version so it gets updated to 11.0?

                                            I don't know about Hyper-V but we see things like that all the time in ESX where newer FreeBSD versions will tickle some behavior that either needs a newer VM config version or newer OS selected.

                                            That may only be on Windows 11, though. My Windows 10 box is powered off at the moment so I can't double check that until tomorrow.

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