IndianX Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Hi, I would like to use Unraid in Hyper-V on my Windows 1 1 Pro (Ryzen). The data is only for home use. I know it is not recommended but I would like to set it up as a VM. However, I was not able to install Unraid as VM in Hyper-V. Is this even possible? I heard about usb stick passthrough but I am unable to set any usb i have tried to set it the usb offline but the options is not available in computer management. Created iso from the usb with imgburn but the installation stops at labeled unraid device not found. I have also hba card which i would like to pass thru. I could not find on the net how to do that. Any help would be appreciated, Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I moved your post to the correct subforum, hopefully someone here will have an answer. Virtualizing Unraid as a guest isn't supported, but this subforum is a place for people who get it working to collaborate. That said, I don't remember seeing anyone successfully running under Hyper-V. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I never succeeded in getting Unraid to run under Hyper-V as I could never find a way to pass the flash drive through to the VM as is needed for Unraid to boot successfully and recognize a licence key. if I now need to run Unraid in a VM on my Windows system I use VirtualBox. Quote Link to comment
IndianX Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) Thank you very much. I will try VirtualBox. Do you have guide/tutorial how to set it up ? I am currently using TrueNAS I like but I miss the feature where I can miss and match or just add another drive to increase the space on the dataset. Thank you Edited October 17, 2023 by uniform-earring2279 Quote Link to comment
IndianX Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) On 10/17/2023 at 5:34 AM, itimpi said: I never succeeded in getting Unraid to run under Hyper-V as I could never find a way to pass the flash drive through to the VM as is needed for Unraid to boot successfully and recognize a licence key. if I now need to run Unraid in a VM on my Windows system I use VirtualBox. Thank you for the suggestions. I have setup Unraid in VirtualBox on a Windows 11 Pro Ryzen 7 machine. Also when I try to format any drive the VM goes into pause in Virtualbox. What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to enable the S.M.A.R.T feature on the drives in UNRAID or will that not work? Thanks. Edited October 23, 2023 by uniform-earring2279 Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 8 minutes ago, uniform-earring2279 said: Is there a way to enable the S.M.A.R.T feature on the drives in UNRAID or will that not work? No idea I am afraid. Not sure if you can pass through the controller rather than individual drives in VirtualBox which I think would be required to get SMART info. Quote Link to comment
IndianX Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 Thank, Also when I try to format any drive the VM goes into pause in Virtualbox. What am I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 23 minutes ago, uniform-earring2279 said: Thank, Also when I try to format any drive the VM goes into pause in Virtualbox. What am I doing wrong? No idea - I have no trouble formatting the drives on my system. It might be worth looking into the VirtualBox logs to see if that gives a clue. Quote Link to comment
IndianX Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 Thanks. I tried to find the recommended size for UnraidVM.vhd. I have it set to 2 GB as I created the iso from the usb stick. Maybe it is to small. Quote Link to comment
IndianX Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) Figured it out. I had to enable Use Host I/O Cache under controller: SATA in Virtualbox HBA card i bought https://www.ebay.com/itm/125443426997 2x 18TB Seagate However but i am unable to format the HDD which I passed thru from the HBA controller. Every time I try to format it it says. I can format the other hard drive. Its brand new and I tested it. Its health and has no errors. Edited October 27, 2023 by IndianX Quote Link to comment
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