I'm attempting to install OpenVMS 9.2.1 on a ESX 7.0 U3 guest and have been unable to boot into the actual installer.
Physical server is a Dell R520, I've run the CPU check script and it passed with the following results;
OpenVMS 9.x compatibility quick-check
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Summary:
Your CPU appears to be compatible with OpenVMS 9.2 and up.
Detailed info:
Vendor ID : GenuineIntel
CPU name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2470 v2 @ 2.40GHz
Necessary for OpenVMS 9.x:
Intel or AMD CPU : Yes
SSE 4.1 : Yes
XSAVE : Yes
TSC : Yes
APIC : Yes
MTRR : Yes
Optional for OpenVMS 9.x:
PCID : Yes
X2APIC : Yes
FSGSBASE : Yes
MD_CLEAR : Yes
XSAVEOPT : --
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Booting...
%VMS_BOOTMGR-I-INSTALL, Booting an OpenVMS Installation Kit...
100%
%%%%%%%%%%% VSI OpenVMS (tm) x86-64 %%%%%%%%%%%
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GRAPHICAL OUTPUT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
USE A TERMINAL UTILITY FOR ACCESS
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VSI Primary Kernel SYSBOOT May 16 2023 13:21:17
%SYSBOOT-I-VMTYPE, Booting as a VMware (tm) Guest
VMS Software, Inc. OpenVMS (TM) x86_64 Operating System, V9.2-1
Copyright 2023 VMS Software, Inc.
MDS Mitigation active, variant verw(MD_CLEAR)
%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #1 has joined the active set.
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%SYSINIT-I-TIME, setting the system time
%SYSINIT-I-SYSDISK, checking status of system disk
%SYSINIT-I-STACONFIG, STACONFIG finished
%SYSINIT-I-INIT, initializing the XQP
%SYSINIT-I-CLUSTER, cluster/lock manager initialization
%SYSINIT-I-SHADOW, shadow driver initialization
%SYSINIT-I-DEFINE, defining system logical names
%SYSINIT-I-MOUNT, mounting the system disk
%SYSINIT-I-TIME, setting the system time
%SYSINIT-I-FILCACHE, deallocating the primitive file cache
%SYSINIT-I-DEFINE, defining SYS$TOPSYS
%SYSINIT-I-MEMCONNECTING, connecting to memory disk
%SYSINIT-I-MEMCONNECTED, connected to memory disk
%SYSINIT-I-MEMDISK, using device LDM8163:
%SYSINIT-I-CREPRC, creating the STARTUP process
%SYSINIT-I-FINISH, SYSINIT process execution completed
I've been trying various guest settings for weeks but always the same result, any help in resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Shane.