Support replication of on-premises VMware VM with UEFI Secure Boot enabled

DEWITTE Damien 20 Reputation points
2023-12-05T09:57:16.37+00:00

Hello,

We are currently doing an ASR test from on-premises VMware vCenter to Azure and everything works well except for the fact that ASR doesn't seem to support the replication of VMware VM when UEFI secure boot is enabled (ASRMobilityServiceBootUEFISecureBootNotSupported).

 Is there anything about that in the roadmap ?

 Thank you.

 

Damien

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  1. SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
    2023-12-05T14:23:53.9666667+00:00

    Hello @DEWITTE Damien](/users/na/?userid=2a8f5b5f-606b-43d3-8192-d733d1c33a5e) Thank you for posting your question on Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to help!

    I see that you have VMware set up and you are performing ASR DR test from on-premises VMware vCenter to Azure. However, you are being greeted with an error "ASRMobilityServiceBootUEFISecureBootNotSupporte".

    If you would like to protect the VMware VM by ASR, you have to disable the Secure UEFI. Support matrix doc - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix

    Further Docs on what’s Secure Boot and how to disable/re-enable it:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/oem-secure-boot [learn.microsoft.com]
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/disabling-secure-boot#disable-secure-boot [learn.microsoft.com]
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/disabling-secure-boot#re-enable-secure-boot [learn.microsoft.com]

    Regarding your question "Is there anything about that in the roadmap ?" I shall get back to you on that once I hear back from the product team.

    Update:

    We plan to remove this block in early 2024. No definite timeliness to share on the public forum.

    Please send us an email at AzCommunity @ Microsoft dot com with subject: Attn: Sadiqh Ahmed with your subscription ID and a link to this forum thread for context along with the following details:

    Customer name

    Number of VMs you plan to use ASR on and

    Number of VMs blocked?

    Hope this answers your question. Please reply if you have any questions!


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