Unraid 6.11.1 - virtiofs with Windows 10 VM

[bwnautilus]

Please pardon my lack of knowledge but I access Unraid shares from my Win10 VM using the file share path directly (\\<unraid_hostname>\<share>) instead of mounting as a windows drive.  Would there be any benefit to me upgrading to 6.11.1 and using the new virtiofs driver?

 

Thanks in advance

Edited October 20, 2022 by bwnautilus

[SimonF]

1 hour ago, bwnautilus said:

Please pardon my lack of knowledge but I access Unraid shares from my Win10 VM using the file share path directly (\\<unraid_hostname>\<share>) instead of mounting as a windows drive.  Would there be any benefit to me upgrading to 6.11.1 and using the new virtiofs driver?

 

Thanks in advance

Performance,  but I would stay with shares at present until we solve the freezing issue.

[johnsanc]

Just a quick update, the 225 drivers do NOT resolve the permissions issues if the Virtio-FS service is restarted or started manually. It must still be set to automatic to work properly.

[jlw_4049]

I could not get two shares working

[iZeus83]

On 10/21/2022 at 7:39 PM, jlw_4049 said:

I could not get two shares working

 

Hi,

Me too, I tried this method virtio but not success, only see one share.

[unraidersofthelostark]

I can confirm the issue persists if the service is manually started/restarted/or set to delayed start. I was also unsuccessful getting multiple shares passed through. However now that I have the /user folder passed through I'm backing up 40TB for $70/year  

[Skulldigger]

On 1/4/2023 at 7:32 PM, unraidersofthelostark said:

I can confirm the issue persists if the service is manually started/restarted/or set to delayed start. I was also unsuccessful getting multiple shares passed through. However now that I have the /user folder passed through I'm backing up 40TB for $70/year  

 

No issues with Backblaze freezing up when scanning drive?

[sage2050]

I can't get even one share to work, and I can see my array on the network but my windows VM says it cant access it.

 

edit: i got one mounted now. didn't have the service running

Edited February 21, 2023 by sage2050

[Nodiaque]

Hello, is it stable now? I'm on 6.11.5 trying to mount a share in my windows 10 vm and when I try to start virtio-fs, the service says it cannot be started.

[Aegisnir]

Anyone figure out the permission issues yet?  I am running a win11 VM and I can access my virtiofs mount with winFsp.   the services are set to start automatically.  I can create a folder in any existing location whether that is at the root level or within existing subfolders of the mounted drive but once inside this new folder, I cannot create anything as permissions break.  Permissions also reveal that user "S-1-5-0" has full control and "Everyone" has Read & Execute.

[Corneloues]

Just set up my first Windows VM using VirtIO-FS

 

I only appear to be able to access one share at a time. I can access any share I like as long as it's only 1!

 

I changed to order, deleted, re-added, but it appears whatever the last share in the VM config, is the one that the VM sees.

 

I've checked in Device Manager, and I'm seeing a VirtIO FS system device for each share I've added.

 

I've tried uninstalling, re-installing. Adding/removing shares, but no joy.

And I have added the dependency for VirtioFsSvc to WinFSP.Launcher, as per SpaceInvaderOne's video.

Am I missing something?