Tremorguy Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Hi All, I've been looking around the forums, however I didn't see or find an answer I was looking for, so decided to create this post. I really like UNRAID and will be using it in the future for my home server. However it's going to be at least a year before I buy all the hardware/UNRAID license. In the meantime I would like to test UNRAID in Hyper-V. My questions are: 1) Can I get UNRAID working in hyper-V (I think thats a yes) 2) If I can get UNRAID working in Hyper-V, can I get the trial version activated using a USB stick with a GUID? 3) Once the trial has ended, can I start all over again and use the same USB stick I loaded UNRAID on to boot UNRAID again/start the trial again? 4) If I can't use UNRAID trial again, then if I purchase UNRAID and keep using that purchased version again and again in Hyper-V, would that work. I would like to create 4 virtual disks for the array also. Thanks, Tremorguy Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 34 minutes ago, Tremorguy said: Hi All, I've been looking around the forums, however I didn't see or find an answer I was looking for, so decided to create this post. I really like UNRAID and will be using it in the future for my home server. However it's going to be at least a year before I buy all the hardware/UNRAID license. In the meantime I would like to test UNRAID in Hyper-V. My questions are: 1) Can I get UNRAID working in hyper-V (I think thats a yes) 2) If I can get UNRAID working in Hyper-V, can I get the trial version activated using a USB stick with a GUID? 3) Once the trial has ended, can I start all over again and use the same USB stick I loaded UNRAID on to boot UNRAID again/start the trial again? 4) If I can't use UNRAID trial again, then if I purchase UNRAID and keep using that purchased version again and again in Hyper-V, would that work. I would like to create 4 virtual disks for the array also. Thanks, Tremorguy it is a requirement to be able to run UnRaid successfully that the USB drive contains the UnRaid licence is passed through including its GUID, and I am not sure that is possible with Hyper-V? It certainly used to be a problem. Quote Link to comment
tjb_altf4 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, itimpi said: it is a requirement to be able to run UnRaid successfully that the USB drive contains the UnRaid licence is passed through including its GUID, and I am not sure that is possible with Hyper-V? It certainly used to be a problem. Still an outstanding issue with USB passthrough on Hyper-V, impacted some colleagues last week. They just went with VirtualBox. VMWare player is another option too. Quote Link to comment
Tremorguy Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, tjb_altf4 said: Still an outstanding issue with USB passthrough on Hyper-V, impacted some colleagues last week. They just went with VirtualBox. VMWare player is another option too. Using VirtualBox is totally fine also, the main thing is really reinstalling a trial after it's ended or if I should purchase a license and then use Virtualbox for the testing. Quote Link to comment
tjb_altf4 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Tremorguy said: Using VirtualBox is totally fine also, the main thing is really reinstalling a trial after it's ended or if I should purchase a license and then use Virtualbox for the testing. You won't be able to reset the trial with a reinstall, but you can extend the trial if you need more time to decide. Quote Link to comment
IMTheNachoMan Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 So it isn't possible to create a disk in Hyper-V, copy the contents of the Unraid files to it, and use that? Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, IMTheNachoMan said: So it isn't possible to create a disk in Hyper-V, copy the contents of the Unraid files to it, and use that? Unraid must find its license and the flash drive GUID it was registered to. Quote Link to comment
IMTheNachoMan Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 3 hours ago, trurl said: flash drive GUID I guess it isn't possible to emulate that in Hyper-V. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
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