TheExplorographer Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I am upgrading my GPU in my unraid server from a 1080ti to a 2080ti. How do I go about doing this so my VM behaves? I think last time I upgraded I had to re-install my VM. I would like to avoid that if possible. Any ideas from the boards GURUS? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
ptmurphy Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 I had a similar question a few days ago in this thread... I haven't received any replies, so tomorrow I am going to proceed with the upgrade. I will report back here with any problems I run into and pointers based on my experience. Quote Link to comment
Solution ptmurphy Posted February 7, 2022 Solution Share Posted February 7, 2022 I did the upgrade, it was fairly simple. I took the following steps, and it wasn't too bad. After swapping the video card, I did have a bit of trouble getting my machine to boot from the USB drive initially, but that was another issue. 1. I backed up my VM image file, vm XML setting file, and my Unraid USB stick to be safe 2. Removed Nvidia drivers from the VM 3. Shutdown VM 4. Shut down Server and swap out video card 5. Edit VM setup to pass through RTX 3060 Ti and its corresponding sound card 6. Reinstall Nvidia drivers on VM When you boot into the VM for the first time, you will probably be stuck at a low resolution and get error 43 in device manager (assuming your VM is Windows) until you do step 6 and reinstall your video drivers from Nvidia. That is all it was for me. Everything went well and all is working as expected. Hope that helps... 1 Quote Link to comment
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