Hello

 

First post and first question from a brand new Unraid user.

 

So far very impressed with the OS and I am currently testing/trialling 6.12.3 on some very old bits and pieces I have here as I ponder a wholesale move from a Windows Server 2019 File Server/NAS layout (using DrivePool) to Unraid.

 

I have setup 6.12.3 and have a healthy array, NVMe cache drive and am getting familiar with shares, users and most of the basics.

 

One REALLY big item on the checklist for a potential full scale move to Unraid is my VM test bed - which to this point has all been Hyper-V. I use MDT/NLIte to create my custom Windows ISOs, publish the boot disks to the WDS service (WIndows Server) and then create a fresh VM using Network Boot (PXE) to install fresh VMs as needed. 

 

Seems super easy to create a Windows 10 VM within Unraid - but how do I get it to favor network boot and config it to see my existing WDS Server on the LAN? I have been hacking through the Win 10/11 templates and see Network Source, Network Model and Boot Order - but it is not clear what to do with these items or what settings to make for a PXE scenario.

 

Any tips from the field would be appreciated. Be gentle with me

 

Cheers

 

Sonic

 

 

 

Update

 

Managed to get this working.

 

After much trial and error - I found that when I add a new Win 10 (or 11) VM , choose my config and click Start - I am immediately dropped into a terminal window and after exiting that - I see the Boot Manager menu AND a handy PXE boot item - which takes me where I need to go. One item solved.

 

Next up was navigating all the errors I was getting with the Win VM - seems that it is much easier to ensure the CDROM and Storage drivers are all set to SATA before beginning this journey. Once I fixed those two items up AND ensured there was no driver ISO loaded in the virtual CD ROM drive - the MDT Task sequence and the several restarts that are required are not interrupted by "inaccessible" boot devices.

 

Cheers

 

Sonic.