Management Center Virtual Appliance does not boot in ESXi 6.5

Products

• Management Center

Issue/Introduction

The Management Center OVF does not install correctly on vSphere 6.5. vSphere 6.5 sets the boot option to BIOS, instead of the correct setting for the Management Center OVF: EFI/UEFI.

Resolution

To workaround this problem, use the vSphere client to deploy the OVF, but change the Boot Options setting to EFI before starting the VM.

• Open the vSphere client.
• Deploy the Management Center OVF.
• Right click the Management Center VM and select Edit Settings. Note: Do not power on the VM yet.

• Select VM Options.
• Select Boot Options, then EFI.

Refer to the VMware vSphere 6.5 Release Notes for more information:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-65-releasenotes.html#vmissues.