A server administrator reports that a virtual machine has displayed the following message twice in the past 12 months: No boot device found Which virtual machine boot option should the administrator c

Failed Boot Recovery is a vSphere VM boot option that monitors for recurring boot failures and automatically triggers a recovery action - such as resetting the VM or entering BIOS setup - after the VM fails to find a boot device. This option directly addresses the recurring 'No boot device found' condition by automating the response, eliminating the need for repeated manual administrator intervention.

Force BIOS Setup causes the VM to enter BIOS configuration on the next power-on cycle for manual changes, but does not provide any automated recovery mechanism for recurring boot device failures.

Boot Delay adds a configurable wait time before the VM begins its boot sequence to allow devices to initialize, but does not take any corrective action when a boot device cannot be found.

Network Boot Retry is specific to PXE or network-based boot attempts and does not address general local boot device failures reported by a disk-based VM.