EFI Related Error When Installing Audit Vault Server on VMware

Learn how to resolve EFI related error when installing Audit Vault Server on VMware.

Problem

The following possible errors are observed when attempting to install Audit Vault Server on VMware:

EFI Virtual disk (
0.0) ... unsuccessful.
EFI VMware Virtual SATA CDROM Drive (0.0) ... unsuccessful.
EFI Network ...

Solution

There are important prerequisites to be followed while installing Audit Vault Server on VMware:

• You must set VMX configuration parameter disk.EnableUUID to TRUE. This must be done to enable proper mounting of disks. Without this setting, the Audit Vault Server installation on VMware will fail.

• You must set your virtual machine to use EFI boot. In some versions of VMware this is done by selecting the VM Options tab, then expanding Boot Options, and then choose EFI in the Firmware field. You must disable secure boot. Do not select the checkbox Enable UEFI secure boot field.

  This EFI boot setting is required only for fresh installation of Audit Vault Server specifically when the disk size is more than 2TB. This setting is not required for upgrade.

Note: See Installing Audit Vault Server on VMware for complete information.