SCVMM2022 Hyper-V host provisioning fails on HPE proliant gen10 servers

Question

We struggle with bare metal provisioning on HPE Proliant servers, gen 10 on scvmm 2022.

In SCVMM we get the error: Error (21113)

Unable to configure disk on physical computer 39373638-3935-5A43-4A39-303830315842 as specified in the physical computer profile.

Recommended Action

Verify that the requested configuration for the physical disks can be supported by the hardware on the physical computer.

Tried logging into the server to see what happens and the first issue I notice is that the disk is set to offline for some reason. Try making it online again, but no luck with provisioning.

Looking through the winPE log file and theres something with carmineexception carmineerror 21113 and for some reason try to make boot partition E drive and System partition D drive. There is no way to configure that in VMM so not sure why it tries to do that. It's during the configuration of the disk that it fails

Answer 1

Hi,

If the disk is set to offline, it might be due to a variety of reasons such as disk health, connection issues, or configuration settings.

You could try running HPE SSA to check the status of the failed drive. Also, ensure that the replacement drives within an array are the same size or larger and are the same drive type, such as SAS, SATA, or SSD. If the drive appears after a power cycle, verify the drive firmware and update it if needed.

Additionally, consider adding a task to bring the disk online at the start of WinPE.

Answer 2

Hi,

I’m sorry to hear about the issues you’re experiencing with SCVMM 2022 on HPE Proliant Gen10 servers.

Here are steps that could assist in verifying the disk status:

SHIFT+F10

Type diskpart and press Enter to start the utility.

To list all the active drives, type list disk and press Enter.

Here are some commonly used DiskPart commands

Answer 3

I can see the disk with diskpart. Disk is disk 0, but it's offline. I can change it to online but since winpe needs a reboot to continue the disk will be placed in offline mode again.