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Q: Can I change the BIOS boot type on an ESXi 5.0 Server after installation?
Changing the BIOS boot type from Legacy BIOS to UEFI after installing VMware ESXi 5.0 can cause the host to fail to boot.
Greg Shields
March 21, 2012
1 Min Read
A:According to the VMware Knowledge Base article "Installing ESXi 5.0 best practices," changing the BIOS boot type afterinstallation isn't supported. Per the article, changing the BIOS boot type from Legacy BIOS to UEFI after installing ESXi 5.0 can cause the host tofail to boot with the following error message: "Not a VMware boot bank. Changing the host boot type between legacy BIOS and UEFI is not supported afteryou install ESXi 5.0."
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