Vagrant Cisco Nexus 9000v VERR_NEM_VM_CREATE_FAILED

Eric Marquez · ‎08-16-2021

I'm having a problem getting Vagrant to run the Cisco Nexus 9000v. I keep encountering an error message VERR_NEM_VM_CREATE_FAILED. I have tried using a number of online guide to help me run the box image, but I keep encountering this message.

❯ vagrant --version
Vagrant 2.2.18

❯ .\VBoxManage.exe --version
6.1.26r145957

❯ vagrant box add --name n9000v .\nexus9300v.9.3.6.box
==> box: Box file was not detected as metadata. Adding it directly...
==> box: Adding box 'n9000v' (v0) for provider:
    box: Unpacking necessary files from: file://C:/Users/emarq/Downloads/nexus9300v.9.3.6.box
    box:
==> box: Successfully added box 'n9000v' (v0) for 'virtualbox'!

❯ vagrant box list 
n9000v (virtualbox, 0)

❯ vagrant init n9000v
A `Vagrantfile` has been placed in this directory. You are now
ready to `vagrant up` your first virtual environment! Please read
the comments in the Vagrantfile as well as documentation on
`vagrantup.com` for more information on using Vagrant.

❯ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Importing base box 'n9000v'...
==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> default: Setting the name of the VM: Downloads_default_1629139071642_96722
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
    default: Adapter 1: nat
==> default: Forwarding ports...
    default: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["startvm", "1ba40cc4-6178-42a1-9dca-ed81e0562a3a", "--type", "headless"]

Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to get device handle and/or partition ID for 00000000013c6780 (hPartitionDevice=0000000000000ae5, Last=0xc0000002/1) (VERR_NEM_VM_CREATE_FAILED)
VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole

I checked online of similar errors and ensured that Hyper-V was disabled. I ran the following commands.

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
DISM /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V
shutdown -s -t 2

Here are the VM details that are configured

❯ .\VBoxManage.exe showvminfo 34f56212-3eaf-4bcc-a60c-ea65436281d6
Name:                        Downloads_default_1629139163084_56395
Groups:                      /
Guest OS:                    Other Linux (64-bit)
UUID:                        34f56212-3eaf-4bcc-a60c-ea65436281d6
Config file:                 C:\Users\emarq\VirtualBox VMs\Downloads_default_1629139163084_56395\Downloads_default_1629139163084_56395.vbox
Snapshot folder:             C:\Users\emarq\VirtualBox VMs\Downloads_default_1629139163084_56395\Snapshots
Log folder:                  C:\Users\emarq\VirtualBox VMs\Downloads_default_1629139163084_56395\Logs
Hardware UUID:               34f56212-3eaf-4bcc-a60c-ea65436281d6
Memory size:                 4096MB
Page Fusion:                 disabled
VRAM size:                   12MB
CPU exec cap:                100%
HPET:                        disabled
CPUProfile:                  host
Chipset:                     piix3
Firmware:                    EFI
Number of CPUs:              2
PAE:                         enabled
Long Mode:                   enabled
Triple Fault Reset:          disabled
APIC:                        enabled
X2APIC:                      disabled
Nested VT-x/AMD-V:           disabled
CPUID Portability Level:     0
CPUID overrides:             None
Boot menu mode:              message and menu
Boot Device 1:               HardDisk
Boot Device 2:               DVD
Boot Device 3:               Not Assigned
Boot Device 4:               Not Assigned
ACPI:                        enabled
IOAPIC:                      enabled
BIOS APIC mode:              APIC
Time offset:                 0ms
BIOS NVRAM File:             C:\Users\emarq\VirtualBox VMs\Downloads_default_1629139163084_56395\Downloads_default_1629139163084_56395.nvram
RTC:                         UTC
Hardware Virtualization:     enabled
Nested Paging:               enabled
Large Pages:                 enabled
VT-x VPID:                   enabled
VT-x Unrestricted Exec.:     enabled
Paravirt. Provider:          Default
Effective Paravirt. Prov.:   KVM
State:                       powered off (since 2021-08-16T19:08:31.729000000)
Graphics Controller:         VBoxVGA
Monitor count:               1
3D Acceleration:             disabled
2D Video Acceleration:       disabled
Teleporter Enabled:          disabled
Teleporter Port:             0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled:             disabled
Allow Tracing to Access VM:  disabled
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled:           disabled
Autostart Delay:             0
Default Frontend:
VM process priority:         default
Storage Controller Name (0):            SATA
Storage Controller Type (0):            IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  30
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
SATA (0, 0): C:\Users\emarq\VirtualBox VMs\Downloads_default_1629139163084_56395\box-disk1.vmdk (UUID: e4c90c34-b45c-4604-b0ad-a97ef40d959d)
SATA (1, 0): Empty
NIC 1:                       MAC: 0800276CEEAA, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 1 Settings:  MTU: 0, Socket (send: 64, receive: 64), TCP Window (send:64, receive: 64)
NIC 1 Rule(0):   name = ssh, protocol = tcp, host ip = 127.0.0.1, host port = 2222, guest ip = , guest port = 22
NIC 2:                       disabled
NIC 3:                       disabled
NIC 4:                       disabled
NIC 5:                       disabled
NIC 6:                       disabled
NIC 7:                       disabled
NIC 8:                       disabled
Pointing Device:             USB Tablet
Keyboard Device:             PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:                      I/O base: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4, attached to tcp (server) '\\.\pipe\COM6\', 16550A
UART 2:                      disabled
UART 3:                      disabled
UART 4:                      disabled
LPT 1:                       disabled
LPT 2:                       disabled
Audio:                       disabled
Audio playback:              enabled
Audio capture:               enabled
Clipboard Mode:              disabled
Drag and drop Mode:          disabled
VRDE:                        disabled
OHCI USB:                    enabled
EHCI USB:                    disabled
xHCI USB:                    disabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:

Name: 'vagrant', Host path: '\\?\C:\Users\emarq\Downloads' (machine mapping), writable

Capturing:                   active
Capture audio:               not active
Capture screens:             0
Capture file:                C:\Users\emarq\VirtualBox VMs\edev_1629139153683_56688\edev_1629139153683_56688.webm
Capture dimensions:          1024x768
Capture rate:                512kbps
Capture FPS:                 25kbps
Capture options:             vc_enabled=true,ac_enabled=false,ac_profile=med

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size: 0MB