Fresh install PFsense VM hangs after config file restore
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I've installed PFsense 2.4.1 to a new VM and there were no problems during install. However when restoring the config file from an older PFsense VM (2.3.4-RELEASE-p1) the system hangs and the config is not restored. This is with ESX 6.5 U1.
What logs do I need to submit to diagnose this? Thanks.
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Please provide more information like screenshots, logs or anything that can help us diagnose.
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Right. What is on the console when it fails?
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Can you upgrade your 2.3.4 to 2.4.1 and then move the config file?
I am always very hesitant to move an older version's config file to a new version because it may create issues like the one you're experiencing.
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I'd reinstall the VM and try again.
BTW - How much resources are you giving it?
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Right. What is on the console when it fails?
It just shows the message about the admin logging onto the web interface from a remote IP. It sits there indefinitely.
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How about a screen shot? Generally when you restore a configuration and it breaks the console you are restoring a configuration that has invalid console settings for the new device such as VGA when the hardware has a serial console and serial when the hardware has a VGA console.
On a VM there should be VGA output until the point the console changes though.
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How big is your xml file? i know i had problems when i had the rrd information in there..
the other time i had problems was with add on packages that were no longer supported. an idea is to delete those from your backup file before importing.
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How about a screen shot? Generally when you restore a configuration and it breaks the console you are restoring a configuration that has invalid console settings for the new device such as VGA when the hardware has a serial console and serial when the hardware has a VGA console.
On a VM there should be VGA output until the point the console changes though.
This happened while attempting to migrate from a 2.3 VM to a 2.4 VM. No console change. Which is weird because when I migrated from serial console hardware to a VM, the migration with a config file worked fine.
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This appears to be a VM compatibility issue. When installing PFsense 2.4.1 to dedicated hardware the restore works (3 attempts out of 3 succeeded). When restoring to a VM (ESX 6.5 U1) the restore attempts (0 out of 6) are successful.
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Whats the difference in resources available to the physical machine and the VM?
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Whats the difference in resources available to the physical machine and the VM?
The physical is Netgate ADI. The VM has way more resources.
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You have still not provided any console output from the VM host.
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You have still not provided any console output from the VM host.
The console only shows the message about the admin logging in from a remote IP address. I have mitigated the issue by using physical hardware instead of a VM. When installing PFsense 2.4.1 to dedicated hardware the restore works (3 attempts out of 3 succeeded). When restoring to a VM (ESX 6.5 U1) the restore attempts (0 out of 6) are successful. Thanks!
