win10 pro VM, ASUS x99 deluxe, EVGA GTX960 & EVGA GT730 both 2GB GDDR5

[wambusel]

Hi,

 

setup is a ASUS x99 deluxe 3.1 with a 5930k, 32GB and EVGA GT730 2GB GDDR5 host adapter.

The win10 VM runs on a EVGA GTX960.

 

Installing seemed wonderful easy and first runs were problem free after a while problems surfaced when you have to reboot this VM or when you fire it up after a cold boot.

 

I do witness also sluggishness in the Start Menu, Programs do not start from in there always on first click.

 

It wants to reinstall win10 every time now. Only solution i found so far is to go Reapir Mode > Torubleshoot > Advanced Options > System Image Recovery > install the viostor Red Hat SCSI win10 driver cat file i also used during the initial Install > Cancel > Use a device > EFI Internal Shell > ctrl alt del the shell > voila Win10 Boot is found and it boots up.

 

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  <name>PLAYER1</name>
  <uuid>482ac381-70be-9742-6d24-0d8b8b5a7e02</uuid>
  <description>Player 1</description>
  <metadata>
    <vmtemplate name="Custom" icon="windows.png" os="windows"/>
  </metadata>
  <memory unit='KiB'>13107200</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>13107200</currentMemory>
  <memoryBacking>
    <nosharepages/>
    <locked/>
  </memoryBacking>
  <vcpu placement='static'>6</vcpu>
  <cputune>
    <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='2'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='3'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='4'/>
    <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='5'/>
  </cputune>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.3'>hvm</type>
    <loader type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF-pure-efi.fd</loader>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'>
    <topology sockets='1' cores='6' threads='1'/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='localtime'>
    <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
    <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/vdisks/PLAYER1/vdisk1.img'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/>
      <boot order='1'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/arrayVdisks/PLAYER1/vdisk2.img'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdd' bus='virtio'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk3'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/ISO/Windows10_pro.iso'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
      <readonly/>
      <boot order='2'/>
      <alias name='ide0-0-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/ISO/virtio-win-0.1.112.iso'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>
      <readonly/>
      <alias name='ide0-0-1'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
      <alias name='pci.0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
      <alias name='ide'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
      <alias name='virtio-serial0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:b2:0e:de'/>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <target dev='vnet0'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </console>
    <channel type='unix'>
      <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/PLAYER1.org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='connected'/>
      <alias name='channel0'/>
      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </channel>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1b' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <vendor id='0x0d8c'/>
        <product id='0x000c'/>
        <address bus='1' device='6'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev3'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <vendor id='0x046d'/>
        <product id='0xc229'/>
        <address bus='1' device='10'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev4'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <vendor id='0x046d'/>
        <product id='0xc228'/>
        <address bus='1' device='9'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev5'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <vendor id='0x09da'/>
        <product id='0x7882'/>
        <address bus='1' device='7'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev6'/>
    </hostdev>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <alias name='balloon0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
</domain>
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I read in another post someone having similar problems and that in the case the VM goes down which does happen rarely that the whole UNRAID goes down as well and only a hardware reset can be executed.

 

My other Problem:

I do own two of the GT730's and was aiming to install another VM but when the win Install reboots the screen stays black. It seems that these GT730 do not get correctly reset initialized when the VM gets stoped/force stoped  since they will always remain black except on a cold boot.

 

The only other thing i did was  symlinking my 950nvme in the array via go script.

Let me know if you need any other informations as i would like to run 2 VMs.

[hhs99]

I have a really similar setup to yours and it works just fine. Can you make sure you have all the drivers installed? I ran into lockups until I let windows 10 do a bunch of updates.

[dyzalewski]

Hi,

 

Sorry to bring this thread back up. I'm having the same issue with my GT730. Were you ever able to make your VM work with the mentioned card?

 

Thanks in advance.

[f3dora]

I do witness also sluggishness in the Start Menu, Programs do not start from in there always on first click.

 

Might be a problem with the USB controller. You can try to passthrough the entire controller to the VM.

 

Passthrough and Stub USB Controller Tutorial

 

Read the Warning!!! If you dont know how to find out on which usb controller your unraid usb flash drive is, send me private message.

 

It wants to reinstall win10 every time now.

 

You forgot to remove the virtual windows installation disk. Edit the Windows VM and remove the OS install ISO.

 

 

I read in another post someone having similar problems and that in the case the VM goes down which does happen rarely that the whole UNRAID goes down as well and only a hardware reset can be executed.

 

You can try to stub the GPU. Do the fix from the first question but instead of adding the USB controller add the GPU and its soundcard.

[RobJ]

 

This is off-topic, but wanted to say - Outstanding job!  Great work there, with the animated GIF!  Cute trick to provide a small teaching video.  I'm going to figure out how to do that, would be very useful at times.