Failover machine running Windows 2008R2 doesn't boot on the Google Cloud Platform.

Failover machine running Windows 2008R2 doesn't boot on Google Cloud Platform

Challenge

A Windows 2008R2 failover machine doesn't boot on the GCP cloud.

Solution

Failover machines need certain packages pre-installed on their systems in order to operate on target clouds :
Please note that a Windows 2008R2 machine requires this security update  to boot on Google Cloud Platform.

The update description is available at KB3033929
To view the security advisory, go to the following Microsoft website.