VM Engine (KVM)

For support configuring your own virtual machines, including assigning PCI/USB devices (such as graphics, sound, networking, etc.), and other tuning tweaks.

8054 topics in this forum

  1. VirtioFS Support Page 1 2 3 4 11

    By SimonF,
    • 261 replies
    • 53.4k views

  2. Performance Improvements in VMs by adjusting CPU pinning and assignment 1 2 3 4 14

    By dlandon,
    • 331 replies
    • 404.7k views

  3. Intel IGD (integrated graphics) Pass Through Support - March 2016 Update 1 2 3 4 7

    By jonp,
    • 169 replies
    • 275.6k views

  4. VM USB Passthrough Multiple Devices with the same Vendor/Product 1 2

    By kingfetty,
    • 34 replies
    • 70.8k views

  5. FAQ Feedback - for VM FAQ 1 2

    By RobJ,
    • 31 replies
    • 88k views

  6. VM FAQ

    By RobJ,
    • 21 replies
    • 131k views

  7. Hardware recommendations for unRAID servers with VM's 1 2

    By RobJ,
    • 31 replies
    • 86.1k views

  8. Simpler / Easier PCI Device Pass Through for NON-GPUs 1 2 3 4 5

    By jonp,
    • 102 replies
    • 168.1k views

  9. ***GUIDE*** Passing Through Network Controllers to unRAID 6 Virtual Machines

    Topic was moved to forum VMs

  10. ***GUIDE*** Passthrough Entire PCI USB Controller

    Topic was moved to forum VMs

  11. Ubuntu VM - cannot access shares

    By malaki86,
    • 3 replies
    • 48 views

  12. Tell me about backups

    By CowboyRedBeard,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views

  13. Windows 10 VM stuck loading after entering credentials

    By Jebberino84,
    • 5 replies
    • 94 views

  14. Can I use cloud-init to provision VMs?

    By Meowcat285,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.9k views

  15. [SOLVED] VM XML View - Expand Editor

    By shpitz461,
    • 2 replies
    • 107 views

  16. No audio in W11 VM

    By Jerlam,
    • 1 reply
    • 109 views

  17. gpu and usb controller not passing together to vm

    By delgadot2040,
    • 4 replies
    • 273 views

  18. Convert VM to new physical machine

    By malaki86,
    • 0 replies
    • 69 views

  19. No VNC option to run VM anymore

    By Jerlam,
    • 4 replies
    • 118 views

  20. Secondary VM not booting when cores overlap with primary VM

    By mackid1993,
    • 1 reply
    • 91 views

  21. Windows 10 VM random and periodically freezing

    By eds,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views

  22. VM Network Speed Bottleneck (10Gbps)

    By adb045,
    • 4 replies
    • 172 views

  23. Windows 11 VM Won't Boot - Other VMs Are Fine

    By napalmyourmom,
    • 1 reply
    • 450 views

  24. Game server stuttering

    By Noobster2000,
    • 0 replies
    • 103 views

  25. VMS audio is stuttering and popping

    By drtechnolust,
    • 0 replies
    • 86 views

  26. Cannot delete VM

    By XenoUniv3rse,
    • 2 replies
    • 98 views

  27. GPU Passthrough is EASY - Here's how 1 2

    By dopeytree,
    • 34 replies
    • 33.1k views

  28. Cannot get audio passthrough working

    By RossStreet,
    • 0 replies
    • 88 views

  29. VPN client on Ubuntu Desktop never connects

    By YDouble,
    • 1 reply
    • 177 views

  30. GPU passthrough in Ubuntu desktop 22.04 VM not recognized 1 2

    By JKunraid,
    • 28 replies
    • 767 views

  31. KVM, VNC and German @ character... oh my!

    By mplogas,
    • 1 reply
    • 101 views

  32. Passthrough of ConBee II Zigbee USB Gateway to Home Assistant Virtual Machine 1 2 3 4 5

    By danioj,
    • 106 replies
    • 37.7k views

  33. Problem, gpu passthrough

    By drmetro,
    • 0 replies
    • 68 views

  34. Starting multiple VM on boot in certain order with delays

    By chrisgtl,
    • 0 replies
    • 77 views

  35. Want to passthrough only gpu on unraid to win10 VM

    By drmetro,
    • 0 replies
    • 84 views

  36. CPU pinning

    By Noobster2000,
    • 0 replies
    • 105 views

  37. qemu-system-x86_64: VFIO_MAP_DMA failed: Invalid argument 1 2

    By darthkielbasa,
    • 36 replies
    • 6.4k views

  38. Windows VM in a DMZ

    By Taige,
    • 1 reply
    • 94 views

  39. Onboard Intel Wifi & UNRaid USB Reset Bug

    By OldManBeard,
    • 0 replies
    • 105 views

  40. Connecting UNRAID VM serial ports to 2 VMs on the same UNRAID server

    By E-ManN,
    • 6 replies
    • 207 views

  41. Cannot passthrough USB mouse to VM

    By steve1977,
    • 7 replies
    • 151 views

  42. Windows 11 VM problem

    By Stripe,
    • 0 replies
    • 139 views

  43. W11 VM inconsistent performance

    By Chris20xX,
    • 0 replies
    • 142 views

  44. WIN 10 VM "No signed device drivers were found"

    By EnemyLemon,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views

  45. VMs don't see the vdisk and can not start

    By kleinemeise,
    • 11 replies
    • 304 views

  46. Looking for help with "Libvirt Service failed to start."

    By kryonic,
    • 3 replies
    • 451 views

  47. Conbee usb passthrough to an Home assistant VM

    By ToastWithCheeze,
    • 6 replies
    • 4.4k views

  48. Gaming VM, CPU selection and 1% low FPS

    By mjorud,
    • 0 replies
    • 166 views

  49. QEMU Guest Agent install problems on pfsense in VM

    By Arbadacarba,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views

  50. Is there still a way to do Xen (Type I) virtualization ? Asking for Truenas VM.

    By blacklight,
    • 2 replies
    • 144 views