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.

8050 topics in this forum

  1. VirtioFS Support Page 1 2 3 4 11

    By SimonF,
    • 261 replies
    • 53.3k views

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

    By dlandon,
    • 331 replies
    • 404.6k views

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

    By jonp,
    • 169 replies
    • 275.5k 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
    • 87.9k views

  6. VM FAQ

    By RobJ,
    • 21 replies
    • 130.9k 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
    • 168k 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. No audio in W11 VM

    By Jerlam,
    • 0 replies
    • 14 views

  12. No VNC option to run VM anymore

    By Jerlam,
    • 4 replies
    • 56 views

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

    By mackid1993,
    • 1 reply
    • 60 views

  14. Windows 10 VM random and periodically freezing

    By eds,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views

  15. VM Network Speed Bottleneck (10Gbps)

    By adb045,
    • 4 replies
    • 162 views

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

    By napalmyourmom,
    • 1 reply
    • 440 views

  17. VM XML View - Expand Editor

    By shpitz461,
    • 0 replies
    • 60 views

  18. Game server stuttering

    By Noobster2000,
    • 0 replies
    • 93 views

  19. VMS audio is stuttering and popping

    By drtechnolust,
    • 0 replies
    • 67 views

  20. Cannot delete VM

    By XenoUniv3rse,
    • 2 replies
    • 90 views

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

    By dopeytree,
    • 34 replies
    • 33k views

  22. Cannot get audio passthrough working

    By RossStreet,
    • 0 replies
    • 79 views

  23. VPN client on Ubuntu Desktop never connects

    By YDouble,
    • 1 reply
    • 170 views

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

    By JKunraid,
    • 28 replies
    • 732 views

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

    By mplogas,
    • 1 reply
    • 92 views

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

    By danioj,
    • 106 replies
    • 37.6k views

  27. Problem, gpu passthrough

    By drmetro,
    • 0 replies
    • 63 views

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

    By chrisgtl,
    • 0 replies
    • 72 views

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

    By drmetro,
    • 0 replies
    • 77 views

  30. CPU pinning

    By Noobster2000,
    • 0 replies
    • 99 views

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

    By darthkielbasa,
    • 36 replies
    • 6.4k views

  32. Windows VM in a DMZ

    By Taige,
    • 1 reply
    • 87 views

  33. Onboard Intel Wifi & UNRaid USB Reset Bug

    By OldManBeard,
    • 0 replies
    • 98 views

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

    By E-ManN,
    • 6 replies
    • 200 views

  35. Cannot passthrough USB mouse to VM

    By steve1977,
    • 7 replies
    • 145 views

  36. Windows 11 VM problem

    By Stripe,
    • 0 replies
    • 130 views

  37. W11 VM inconsistent performance

    By Chris20xX,
    • 0 replies
    • 135 views

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

    By EnemyLemon,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views

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

    By kleinemeise,
    • 11 replies
    • 295 views

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

    By kryonic,
    • 3 replies
    • 445 views

  41. Conbee usb passthrough to an Home assistant VM

    By ToastWithCheeze,
    • 6 replies
    • 4.4k views

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

    By mjorud,
    • 0 replies
    • 156 views

  43. QEMU Guest Agent install problems on pfsense in VM

    By Arbadacarba,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views

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

    By blacklight,
    • 2 replies
    • 139 views

  45. Mac OS Big Sur GPU Passthrough stucked on Apple Logo

    By chis34,
    • 2 replies
    • 585 views

  46. Windows 11 VM network issue

    By Taige,
    • 2 replies
    • 128 views

  47. using macOS to access GUI. VNC does not recognize SHIFT, CMD, CTRL, or OPT/ALT keys

    By ec052002,
    • 0 replies
    • 108 views

  48. HomeAssistant OS - Bluetooth Adapter Passthrough

    By steff94,
    • 0 replies
    • 112 views

  49. unRAID OS server is using ALL threads because of VM to which I gave only 2 threads

    By gurubyte,
    • 0 replies
    • 125 views

  50. Cannot remove a VM!

    By NLS,
    • 2 replies
    • 453 views