Unable to initialize TPM storage over iSCSI - TrueNAS over iSCSI

Lorne Guse boomshankerx at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 25 05:36:57 CEST 2025


When I try to start a windows VM with q35 / OVMF (UEFI) and the TPM and EFI disks configured as iSCSI LUN on TrueNAS I'm getting this error:

TrueNAS [INFO] : Connected
TrueNAS [INFO] : Authenticated
/bin/swtpm exit with status 256:
TASK ERROR: start failed: command 'swtpm_setup --tpmstate file://iscsi://10.11.11.1/iqn.2005-01.com.techgsolutions:proxmox/16 --createek --create-ek-cert --create-platform-cert --lock-nvram --config /etc/swtpm_setup.conf --runas 0 --not-overwrite --tpm2 --ecc' failed: exit code 1

Does this mean that TPM cannot be stored on an iSCSI LUN?


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Lorne Guse


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