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  1. Is there a way to build the install ISO on something other than MacOS?
  2. Using SeaBIOS,you can change it in the XML by using <boot order='1'/> <boot order='2'/> etc. If you're using OVMF, you can change it at boot time like you would on an actual PC BIOS. I cant remember if its 'del' 'esc or 'F2', but one of them will invoke the boot menu and there's an option to change the boot order.
  3. Literally any PCIe card would work... cheap and cheerful Geforce GT710's can be had on ebay for very cheap.
  4. No L3 cache is reported for me either, but my performance is fine. Ok... There's a point of diminishing returns when it comes to assigning CPU cores to a VM. Id drop it down to 8, (4 hyperthreaded). you're using IDE for your vdisk. This will be the main reason for your poor performance, change this to VIRTIO. (this will most likely mean reinstalling windows). Any reason you chose IDE? you'll need to point the windows 10 installer at the virtio driver disk to install the storage driver for the disk to be detected in the windows install. Id start a fresh, assign less CPUs, use VIRTIO and you should see a significant performance increase.
  5. That patch seems to be part of QEMU 2.8, If its something you want to see sooner rather than later id request it in the feature requests part of the forum. Its only on v2.7 even on the 6.3 rc6 release. I cant see that being the main reason for poor performance though... I have the same CPU as you and have good performance in all my VMs.... Post your XML with details of any passed through hardware so people can offer some advice on potential changes.
  6. Sorry, i read your post wrong and thought you were passing the 560Ti through to the VM. I'll respond with some suggestions after your write up.
  7. 1. Have you stubbed your 560Ti? 2. Is the default graphics in your BIOS set to something other than the 560Ti? (it needs to be). 3. have you tried using SeaBIOS instead of OVMF? 3. Post your VM XML, IOMMU group info (Tools>System Devices) and syslinux config. A fresh pair of eyes might be able to spot a small typo
  8. Is there a way to make the installer ISO on linux or windows? can someone link me...
  9. when passing through the nvme, it would appear as a storage device the same way as it would in a normal PC installing bare metal. If that requires a driver to be detected, it'll be the case here too. What are the exact issues you're having?
  10. FYI, The latest DEV build of LibreElec contains an updated NVIDIA driver (375.20), which added support for the 1050 and 1050 Ti... http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=298462&pid=2473200#pid2473200
  11. ARM Visualization could maybe open the door for an Android TV VM too... hmm!
  12. It may be worth posting on the development forum for libreelec requesting that a newer nvidia driver is integrated into the build to support the new cards. They've moved onto kodi 18 builds now: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=298462 You'll get a better response if you manage to pull the logs from kodi and post them at the same time... not sure if that would be possible if you cant boot though. you might still be able to SSH into the VM assuming it initialises network and starts the SSH service before trying to load XORG... you could possibly flip it to use VNC so it boots to possibly grab the logs (not sure if they'd be fresh after the reboot though), or to try and install the latest binary drivers by hand... if theres instructions in the openelec forums, it would be the same process for libreelec.
  13. Thank you for your suggestions. I will reboot the server and try a latest build. I was using the pre-packaged template 7.0.1. I guess if I use a newer image I need to create a linux VM? Correct. There's a guide here to install not using the template. The guide is for openELEC but the steps are the same: https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=44683.0
  14. I found that libreElec\openElec didnt ever shutdown the GPU properly, so I had to reboot the server to get any output again after making any changes. With the 1050ti being a pretty recent card, are you using a build of LibreElec with newer drivers? Dev builds for libreElec are here: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=298462
  15. if you're using nvidia, you should be good out of the box. if you do need to go down the path of specifying a ROM as part of your XML, id create a bootable usb where you can do this from the command line, then copy it to your sever, add it to the xml later down the line. I pass through an NVIDIA GPU to my VM fine without any noticable performance hit
  16. If you stub the PCIe, it wont show in unassigned devices (which is what you want, if you want to pass through the entire device). I wouldnt bother with the cache pool. If i undetstand it correctly, it'll run at the speed of the slowest drive, and when you're mixing SSDs and NVME, thats going to be quite the difference! Personally I have 1 SSD for my cache, and a couple of SSDs outside of the array for use with a few different VMs, then my NVME passed through to my main workstation VM.
  17. Couple of things around the NVME drive.... if you're passing through the entire NVME, you'll need to use a newer version of the OVMF BIOS which isn't currently bundled with unraid if you want to use it as a boot device. Also, depending on your motherboard, you might not be getting the full x4 PCIe lanes assigned to your NVME drive. so maybe consider a PCIe add-on if you're not happy with performance or you cant pass it through because of IOMMU group issues. Theyre pretty cheap: http://amzn.to/2gHROoj I do it like this: Stub the device in the syslinux configuration, download ovmf firmware from here https://www.kraxel.org/repos/jenkins/edk2/, stick it on your cache drive and reference it in your XML rather than using the default values: <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-2.7'>hvm</type> <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/mnt/user/VMData/Windows10VM/OVMF-pure-efi.fd</loader> <nvram>/mnt/user/VMData/Windows10VM/OVMF_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> So my BIOS lives in /mnt/user/VMData/Windows10VM/ PCIe passthrough for my NVME is pretty standard: IOMMU group 41 81:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller [144d:a802] (rev 01) <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x81' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev3'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> Also post install, install the correct driver for your NVME device. Windows10 attempted to update mine using the 'Windows Surface NVME controller' driver and it cripples the performance. Not sure if its related to my specific NVME device or if it doesnt play nice with VMs... either way, its bad. Have fun! PS, remember that editing your VM in the GUI after making the BIOS changes in the XML will wipe the changes out and mean you cant boot your VM...
  18. As a last hope you could report this to your motherboard manufacturers support... there's been times in the past where they've released custom BIOS's to deal with these issues. Although don't hold your breath!
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  23. A table showing CPU thread pairs and current CPU assignment to VMs would be useful on the VM template screen, to make CPU assignment easier. Similar to how in the docker template you have a list of already assigned ports.
  24. Ive recently done a server rebuild and come to the point I want to reinstall this plex docker... is it still necessary to set up the temp\transcode folder to reside in memory so it doesnt fill up the docker image and have faster read\write when transcoding? if so, what variables and settings need to change? Thanks all