PROBLEM
Boot from Backup fails with "Error creating disk Function not implemented"
CAUSE
The datastore being booted to is NFS, which is not supported.
SOLUTION
Attempt the boot from backup operation to a VMFS datastore instead of an NFS one.
Articles in this section
- How to perform a Cross Platform Restore
- How to set up Offsite Copies to a Backblaze Cloud Storage Account
- Upgrading VMs to V9
- ESXi 8.0 U2 CBT Corruption
- How to control the number of Threads for Offsite Backups (Cloud)
- Best Practices for setting up VM Backup
- A Hyper-V VM stuck in a “Backing up” state
- Impacted performance for backup, replication and restore jobs when using NBD/NBDSSL transport mode on ESXi 7.x hosts
- How to perform a VM restore to an ESXi (6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0) host which is managed by an unavailable vCenter server
- Recommendations for backing up and restoring the vCenter Server Appliance