windows server 2019 std - spinning dots on load

Justin Foster 6 Reputation points
2022-05-17T20:42:30.673+00:00

I have 2 windows server 2019 std VM's running in VMware that after a reboot will not finish loading. I am stuck a black screen with white spinning dots.

I can connect to both servers via powershell and run commands. I can manage both via server manager from another server. In both cases services are running including MSSQL 2016. The SQL instance is functional.

However I cannot RDP or console into either server. Both are stuck at the white spinning dots. One has been at like this for over a week.

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A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
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  1. Emanuel Pentea 1 Reputation point
    2022-10-07T07:59:59.187+00:00

    Hello!

    I have a different behavior of this issue: after hanging for about 30 minutes, Windows Server 2019 boots like nothing happened. During those spinning dots, I can ping the vm but I can't do anything else. I tried to look in Group Policy and nothing seems off. The VM is part of a group policy in an organization. It is annoying that every time we have an issue that requires reboot we need to wait 30+ minutes before doing anything else. I should mentions this VM has more that 180 virtual disks attached to it - could this have an impact?

    Thank you!

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