Jondar

Hi, Been an Unraid user for a while now. Generally had no problems with it. I recently built a new server and migrated over to it. Never server has an optical drive, which I'd like to passthrough to a Windows 11 VM. Using other posts on this forum, I managed to get the XML required to add to the VM's XML and successfully passthough the optical drive to the VM. Everything works as expected: I can read optical discs, etc. ... until I reboot the server. I'm using code like this: <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='scsi' managed='no'> <source> <adapter name='scsi_hostX'/> <address bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </source> <readonly/> <alias name='hostdev0'/> <address type='drive' controller='1' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </hostdev> My problem is that after a server reboot, my VM (which is set to auto-start) refuses to start. When I enter GUI mode and try to start the VM, I see error messages indicating that they can't find device on scsi_hostX. It seems that the X.0.0.0 number of my optical drive changes every server reboot, so I have to manually check for the correct number, and edit the XML accordingly. Then the VM starts. Of course, since I want this VM to auto-start after a server reboot (it's my daily driver VM), this is annoyingly inconvenient having to manually edit things. Is there a way to make the number "stick"? Or maybe an alternative way to specify a drive for passthough --> maybe something with /dev/disk/by-id like passing through a hard drive? If there's a need for full XML, etc. Let me know and I'll be happy to provide. Thanks in advance for your time and help! ~Jondar