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I passed-through my graphics card to a VM but now i cant see the unRAID console on my monitor. Why is this? This is normal and to be expected. It only occurs when you pass-through the GPU that unRAID uses to display console (Primary). You can still access the server by the web interface, telnet or ssh so really isn't a problem for most. On reboot of the server, the console will return until that GPU is used in a VM again. This does not occur if you pass-through a GPU that isn't used to display the unRAID console.

I haven't tried Bluetooth, but I did try 2.4GHZ wireless from 15ft, and it just wasn't reliable (even though the specs said it should be fine). I ended up buying a 50ft ACTIVE extension usb cable (to pass it through the walls) from PrimeCables (cdn company that also resells a bunch of monoprice stuff), and USB works great. Only caveat is it couldn't power an external drive. I've bought a powered hub to see if that helps, but haven't received it yet. As for HDMI, I spent hours researching all the options, and in the end went with 50ft PASSIVE HDMI cable. I considered cat6 hdmi, various active hdmi solutions, and ended up going with this cable because it was cheap ($20cdn), and was overwhelmingly positively reviewed. Tested and works without issue! Hope that helps! Do you know if these work with a usb hub. My server is about 15-20 ft away from my desk. At the moment i have a standard usb 3.0 ext cable that is connected to a powered usb 3.0 hub. The hub doesnt work well when connected to the server this way if i have more than 2 items plugged in. However if I connect it directly to server i dont get this problem. I see the 3.0 active repeaters are alot more expensive than the 2.0 so was hoping someone might know?

I have a VM with custom xml edits. Is there a way to use the GUI to make changes without loosing the custom edits? Unfortunately with the unRAID VM manager you must be careful. You can view things in the VM manager, but any changes made with the GUI will remove custom xml edits. There is a way around that. This is to use virt-manager as an alternative VM manager for use with your custom edited VMs. Things to watch - ** VM Guide - How to connect virt-manager to unRAID to help manage your VMs by gridrunner forum post - http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=53443.0

I dont have onboard graphics. Can I pass-through my GPU in the primary slot 1? Yes you can pass-through a GPU in your primary slot when you dont have onboard graphics. Nvidia cards need to have the rom file passed through to the VM for this to work. Things to read - ** VM forum guide by hupster http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=43644.msg452464#msg452464 Things to watch - ** VM Guide - How to passthrough an nvidia gpu as primary gpu in unRAID by gridrunner forum link

Why cant I get a network connection or the wrong IP in my VM? Scenario 1 Windows VMs If you have a problem with a windows vm then it is probably because windows needs to have virtio drivers (the same drivers that you used when installing the VM) installed for the network adaptor. Scenario 2 All VMs If you are getting an unexpected IP address in your VM and cant see it in your local network, then you may not have the network type set as a NAT bridge (virbr0). That will mean the VM is not visible on the local LAN. The check this toggle the advanced tab. Then check that the network type is set to 'br0' Scenario 3 OS X VMs OS x needs to have the network adaptor type set to <model type='e1000-82545em'/> in order to be compatible with the OS. If you find that you network was working fine one day and not the next. Have you been editing the xml of the vm? Because as well as having the correct type, it must be assigned the address below. <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> This is because OSX fails to detect network link unless we manually move the network card to a separate hardware IRQ line away from the AHCI/SATA controller.

Why cant I update my windows 10 VM? If you have problems with installing a windows update. Then set the amount of vcpus to '1' before you update. After the update is complete, you can then put the vcpu count back to the original amount. ** forum link http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=52486.msg504109#msg504109

Whilst installing Windows 7 VM I'm getting stuck at the "Starting Windows" screen ? When installing Windows 7 it is best to set the vnc video driver, graphics type to 'cirrus' You will not see this option until you togle the advanced view Then you will see the option to change graphics type ** forum link http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=53346.msg512381#msg512381

There is not a template for Mac OS. Can I create a Mac OS VM? Things to watch - forum post for the above topic

What kind of performance can I expect from a VM ? Things to read - **Article - Gaming on a NAS? You better believe it! Limetech website http://lime-technology.com/gaming-on-a-nas-you-better-believe-it/ Things to watch - ** VM benchmark/demo - 3 Gamers, 1 mATX Motherboard, 1 CPU and various benchmarks. by gridrunner forum link http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=53169.0 ** VM benchmark/demo -Physical vs. Virtual Machine - 3D Mark Benchmark Comparison by jonp

Can I convert my VMWare virtual machine to run on unRAID ? Things to watch - ** VM Guide- Pre built Win10 VM and Convert VMWare to KVM on unRAID by jonp

Can I convert my existing physical computer to a unRAID VM? Things to read - ** VM Guide Physical to Virtual Machine Conversion -- Offical Limetech guide for physical machine conversion http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/UnRAID_6/VM_Management#Physical_to_Virtual_Machine_Conversion

How do I get started using unRAID VMs ? Things to read - ** VM Basics, A brief synopsis of KVM, HVM, and VFIO by Jonp http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=38689 ** VM, Guide/Manual,UnRAID 6/VM Management -- Offical Limetech guide to VM management http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/UnRAID_6/VM_Management#Using_Virtual_Machines Things to watch - ** VM Guide - An introduction to unRAID VMS in unRAID 6.2.3 and what to do first. by gridrunner Thread http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=53573.0 ** VM Guide - Enabling VM management in unRAID 6 by jonp

Hi this is how i did it and got icon into it aswell 1. open textedit and set for plain text then put the following into it #!/bin/bash virt-manager --no-fork 2. save file as name 'vm' (make sure you uncheck if no file extension given use txt) 3. make file executable by running this command in terminal chmod +x <filename and location> for example chmod +x /Users/ed/Desktop/vm 4. now move file to applications/utilities 5. open automator from applications choose run shell script and enter Open /Applications/utilities/terminal.app /Applications/Utilities/vm 6. save as type application and call vm again. 7. change icon. I have put a link to the files i use here . https://www.dropbox.com/s/xf5a323pivjskkk/vm%20manager%20osx%20dock%20files.zip?dl=0 Inside you will find a file called vm manager icon. Now goto the vm.app you just made with automator. right click it and goto get info. In top left side of the box you will see a small icon there. drag the vmmanager icon over that to replace it. 8. Move the vm.app to your applications folder then drag it to the dock and you will have it in dock with correct icon

Kode54 . Thanks so much all working for me now. Im so happy I wanted this on osx for a long time. Its the latest 1.4.0 version aswell! :) When i ran brew edit virt-manager i didnt even have to change anything as 2.4.0 was already there. So this must have been recently updated. Just had to install xquartz then virt-manager virt-viewer And works perfectly with the --no-fork switch

Wow, thanks, Kode54. Excellent information. I will try setting up that way. I have tried using the homebrew-virt-manager on osx but never got it worKing. I would really like to have it in osx. When I've got some time I will go back to trying. But I am on Sierra now unfortunately. So it seems there will be more hurdles now than previously

Yes, QED is meant to be faster I think. Virt-manager 1.0 started supporting snapshots in 2014 but I don't think virt-manager supports QED for snapshots but I'm not sure, though.

Hi, Guys. I have made a video about how to connect virt-manager to your unRAID server to help manage and edit your VMs. I find it very useful for editing VMS with custom edits to prevent the custom edits being deleted. It's great for adding a GPU to an OS X VM or editing say a windows VM with a ROM file passed through for the GPU. If you use qcow2 format for disks you can also use snapshots with it. How to connect virt-manager to unRAID to help manage your VMs

That's good I hope you have better luck with that GPU. What a good idea to attach a mouse before installation! I have never thought of doing that I just fought my way through the vnc mouse installation trying to convince myself its kinda fun!

sorry you will need to open the video in youtube website, then the files are linked in the video description. (click on "show more" in descrition and you will see them) .

Thanks gridrunner! I'll try that tonight! I appreciate you looking into it for me! I thought I found everything there was on this issue, but I didn't find that thread! I tried the verde.kext fix last night that I mentioned previously, but it didn't do anything . Though the instructions said to put it in the 10.10 folder... Now I realize those folders must be the osx version, so 10.10 would not have worked for Sierra anyways... A couple of questions: Once I've dumped the kext in the correct efi folder, do I need to do anything else (Run Kext Utility etc etc), or do I just unmount the EFI partition and reboot? Finally, if I update my install, does this need to be repeated again, or will it stick? Thanks so much for the help! I'm so close to getting this working and ditching my bare steel PC and Mac (And justifying the monster server humming away in my basement! ;p) Yes if you put in the folder thats all you need to do. Most people put the essential kexts in the clover in efi. They should stick there if you reinstall or upgrade. Some people say that some kexts dont work in clover and they have to put them in /System/Library/Extensions but i have only put mine in clover

I have no experience with that card but have a look at this post here it may be worth a try. https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/radeon-hd-7750-xfx-glitchy-after-10-10-3-update.161511/ You will have to manually add the kext to the clover folder in the efi partition. efi/clover/kexts/other

There is no loss i can notice whilst playing but i will be able to do some benchmark comparisions at the weekend. I will post the results here.

Hi glad you like the vids Yes i normally have the 6450 as the primary card for unRAID which i use for osx vms and openelec. I have run them for long periods of time without issue with the 6450 in seabios and ovmf vms. I have only used the 1070 as primary this last week but have had the vm on for a day or 2 just idle without shutting it down and was stable all that time, I gamed for about 1.5 hours during that time but nothing significant. I have never had probs with restarting vms except a few "one off occasions" if there has been a crash on vm then sometimes i have had to restart server. I would say it may be your rx380x having some issues. Maybe dump its rom and pass it through. Even though its not nvidia, passing the rom file can be very helpful with gpu problems.

Hi there Peter, I dont think its necessary to specify that. Looking at the below from https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html by default i think rombar is on anyway. rom The rom element is used to change how a PCI device's ROM is presented to the guest. The optional bar attribute can be set to "on" or "off", and determines whether or not the device's ROM will be visible in the guest's memory map. (In PCI documentation, the "rombar" setting controls the presence of the Base Address Register for the ROM). If no rom bar is specified, the qemu default will be used (older versions of qemu used a default of "off", while newer qemus have a default of "on"). Since 0.9.7 (QEMU and KVM only). The optional file attribute contains an absolute path to a binary file to be presented to the guest as the device's ROM BIOS. This can be useful, for example, to provide a PXE boot ROM for a virtual function of an sr-iov capable ethernet device (which has no boot ROMs for the VFs). Since 0.9.10 (QEMU and KVM only).

Hi Guys i have made a video tutorial on how to pass through an nvidia gpu as the primary or only gpu in the server. This guide is based off hupsters great work on dumping the bios of the gpu. Hope you find it useful ! How to pass through an NVIDIA GPU as primary or only gpu in unRAID Here are some bios dumps from various Nvidia gpus GTX 5 Series evga 550ti 1GB https://www.dropbox.com/s/bbctm266ujctj4f/EVGA.GTX550ti.1024.110225.dump?dl=0 If using this please read here first http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=52960.msg535568#msg535568 GTX 7 Series msi 7 50ti Twinfrozer https://www.dropbox.com/s/6cntzfu54qv2359/msi750titwinfrozer.dump?dl=0 evga GTX 760sc thanks to 1812) https://www.dropbox.com/s/yulm5ijodwko7jg/evgagtx760sc.dump?dl=0 GTX 9 Series gigabyte gtx960_2G https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6kvtdd5zxlmz02/Gigabytegtx960_GVN960IXOC_2GD.dump?dl=0 evga gtx970 SC https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2q89beqxjsehzz/evgagtx970sc.dump?dl=0 gigabyte gtx 970 https://www.dropbox.com/s/2iqoigtayh7pr5d/gigabyteGTX970.dump?dl=0 GTX 10 Series GTX 1050 Ti ZOTAC OC (thanks to darianf ) https://www.dropbox.com/s/8hxvgub2vxdq657/zotac1050tioc4g.dump?dl=0 GTX 1060 mini 3g Zotac(thanks to darianf ) https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6yhwl0kzksghcn/zotac1060mini3g.dump?dl=0 GTX1060_6gb EVGA (thanks to Brandur) https://www.dropbox.com/s/lyjczmwva573gx4/EVGA-GTX1060_6GB.dump?dl=0 GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6g (thanks to @Lavoslav ) https://www.dropbox.com/s/6plqualklw8eptn/GV-N1060WF2OC-6GD.rom?dl=0 GTX1070 MSI founders edition https://www.dropbox.com/s/gtm917g5nnagpy6/msifoundersedition1070.dump?dl=0 GTX 1070 MSI seahawk . https://www.dropbox.com/s/8u4ryfqexh6ag0i/msiseahawk1070.dump?dl=0 GTX 1080 founders (thanks to heratic) https://www.dropbox.com/s/1f9ridkcmdrklv6/GTX1080FE.dump?dl=0 GTX 1080TI EVGA founders edition (thanks to heratic) . https://www.dropbox.com/s/f2xe3yi3c65kad7/1080ti.rom?dl=0 If anyone who has dumped their gpu bios could you please post here so we can get a collection on the site to help others as techpowerup bios doesnt work for us, nor to bios files dumped by gpuz How to edit a vbios from techpowerup using a hex editor @Matoking has written a script which will hex edit the vbios for you automatically for you. Please note he says it hasn't been tested extensively and warns this is used at your own risk https://github.com/Matoking/NVIDIA-vBIOS-VFIO-Patcher