QuantumNinjaTerd

This is day 15 of me struggling to make a Windows 10 VM work on Unraid 6.10.3 and now 6.9.2 out of pure desperation. So far I've tried every "miracle solution" I've managed to find on these forums. But at this point I'm getting really tempted to just go back to a simple bare metal gaming PC. The steps I go through to make this VM: Set the following VM settings: CPU Mode Host passthrough cores 1/13-6/18 24576MB RAM Q35-6.2 OVMF 3.0qemu XHCI SATA SATA 1400GB (on 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe SSD) qcow 6800xt with multifunction XML fix, don't add the ROM file since I've read that it's not necessary for 6800XT 6800xt HDMI/DP navi21/23 sound Passthrough PCIe Delock 2xUSB-C 10Gbps card I also have both the AMD GPU, AMD GPU sound and the PCIe USB card bound to vfio at boot. Problem 1: On booting the VM it never manages to get past the Shell, so then I encounter Problem 2. Problem 2: when trying to boot from the correct device in the OVMF Shell, my Varmillo keyboard never works but my wasd87 does, how? After having selected the correct bootmedium I select the w10 storage driver in the windows installer and install Windows 10 Pro. It installs just fine. It boots. I make an account. I log in. I install the newest VirtIO drivers. I reboot, because at this point, why not? Upon reboot Windows Update sometimes automatically installs the driver Advanced Micro Devices Inc. - Display - 30.0.13023.4001. Problem 3: Halfway through this driver install it always makes my screen go black and never goes back on. I reboot the machine, log in and Windows Update is installing a big cumulative update for w10 21h2. THE Problem 4: When I reboot this time, the update starts installing, upon the VM rebooting though Unraid crashes and automatticaly reboots again. From this point it's 50/50 chance of Unraid crashing when I boot the VM. I have come across all of the following problems and tried the respective solutions: -pcie_no_flr=1022:149c,1022:1487 (https://forums.unraid.net/topic/91319-solved-vm-start-upshutdown-crashes-unraid/) -multifunction GPU XML fix for the VM for my 6800XT (spaceinvader video) -GPU BAR 0 error when passing through (https://forums.unraid.net/topic/99478-solved-gpu-passthrough-issue-bar-0-cant-reserve/ In my system devices I also have an ITE RGB LED Controller from my motherboard under the same USB controller as my Unraid Flash, I already tried placing it under a different IOMMU group but it still falls under the same [1022:149c]. Could this RGB LED controller be causing unraid crashing when windows booting? Unraid Diagnostics and windows10 VM XML are attached. unstorinator-diagnostics-20220810-2316.zip W10PROVM.xml

So after a while I'm managing to answer my own questions, success? 1 and 2: Expect SAM and all other similar features that require bare metal and/or the CPU to talk to the GPU like in a normal PC to not work, so that would be the performance you'd lose compared to a normal bare metal machine. 3: I guess i don't see why it wouldn't work with just 1 storage and 1 parity drive, but I still added one more 8TB storage drive. 4: still don't have an answer for this one. 5: yes, Unraid just looks at the HDD serial numbers to know which one is which and it pretty much "just works" when the HDD's are put into a new machine (gotta still have the Unraid USB drive with the original config of course)

Hi, I'm looking to turn my gaming pc and parts of my second pc/media server into an unraid server which should, among other things, host my new gaming pc instance. Unraid build goals: Gaming PC Cloud storage Backup for photos/documents/iPhone/iPad/other pc's Plex or Jellyfin Server Password manager Docker containers and VM's (ubiquiti controller, minecraft server, ...) Current specs for unraid build: Ryzen 5900X 12core 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4-3600 CL17 Gigabyte X570 aorus elite Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB 2TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS NVMe SSD 2x 8TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro 960GB PNY CS960 SATA SSD My questions: How much if any gaming performance should I expect to loose passing through my 6800XT to a VM? Any chance features like AMD SmartAccess Memory will still work with the special GPU drivers in the VM? To start out, can I have just a single 8TB storage drive and a single 8TB parity drive or do I need multiple storage drives in the pool to start? I'm considering getting an 11th gen Intel NUC (NUC11TNHv5002) next to the unraid build to run the Plex/Jellyfin server just for the transcoding capabilities. Most of my movies I have are 4K HEVC 10bit HDR, will (a part of) my 5900X be able to handle transcoding these without making a ton of noise/taking forever or is the NUC a valid idea? Is it at all possible to, at a later point with new hardware, just move the storage pool together with the unraid usb stick to a new PC without much hassle or does that require a complete wipe of the storage pool? Long term storage expansion isn't on the roadmap or a concern of mine since most of my storage is Plex media and it's not really expanding ATM. Any suggestions or feedback is greatly appreciated 🤓