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    Latest pfsense+ 23.01 beta freezes on Hyper-v

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    • Bob.DigB
      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
          last edited by Bob.Dig

          @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.DigB
              Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @vbjp
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              @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.DigB
                  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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                            • jimpJ
                              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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                                        andrew_241 @jimp
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                                        @jimp

                                        For Windows Server 2022, the maximum configuration version is 10.0. I typed this in in PowerShell:

                                        [Server]: PS C:\> Update-VMVersion "pfSense Router and Firewall"
                                        
                                        Confirm
                                        Are you sure you want to perform this action?
                                        Performing a configuration version update of "pfSense Router and Firewall" will prevent it from being migrated to or
                                        imported on previous versions of Windows. This operation is not reversible.
                                        
                                        [Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
                                        WARNING: No update was performed for the virtual machine "pfSense Router and Firewall" because its configuration
                                        version is already at the maximum level supported by this server.  For clustered servers, the maximum supported
                                        configuration version can be limited by the cluster functional level.
                                        
                                        
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                                        • Bob.DigB
                                          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @andrew_241
                                          last edited by Bob.Dig

                                          @andrew_241 10 working fine here.

                                          Interesting.
                                          Maybe MS is just doing MS things and it depends on the age of your Windows Installation and what not... I have problems running a service in a debian VM in Hyper-V, I always have to boot it twice.

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                                            vbjp @Bob.Dig
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                                            @bob-dig
                                            Only consumer version Hyper-v on win 11 support version 11 Windows server even 2022 is on version 10. Enterprise is always slow with latest versions. Server 2019 is stuck on 9.

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