VM -> Windows 10

Conza · Mar 5, 2022

Hi team,

I have searched many threads and have not found a helpful answer. Breakdown: old PC turned into server. Has plex going, now looking to expand to Virtual machine... for windows 10. I have watched every video tutorial on youtube.

My issue: windows 10 crashes upon install. VNC connection is lost and then "failed to connect to server" post crash.

Motherboard make and model: Asus S1155 P8Z68-V-LE
CPU make and model: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Quad Core CPU
RAM quantity: 16GB
- Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB (2x4G) 1600mhz CL9 Kit... and
- Corsair 8GB (1x 8GB) DDR3 1600MHz Memory
- Have another 1 * 8 GB Corsair on the way, to make total 24GB.
Hard drives, quantity, model numbers, and RAID configuration, including boot drives:
- Disk Type:
  SSD
  
  Description: boot drive
  Model:
  WDC WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0
  
  Transfer Mode:
  Auto
  
  Adv. Power Management:
  DISABLED
  
  Acoustic Level:
  DISABLED
  
  Enable S.M.A.R.T.:
  true
- 2 * 12TB HDD, Seagate
  
  Model:
  ST12000VN0008-2PH103
  Transfer Mode:
  Auto
  Rotation Rate (RPM):
  7200
Have checked virtualisation is enabled.
Version: TrueNAS-12.0-U8
HaveWin10_21H2_English_x64.iso and virtio-win-0.1.215.iso.
Choose windows 10 Pro N.
VM setup:
Virtual CPUs:
2
Cores:
2
Threads:
1
Memory Size:
9.00 GiB
Boot Loader Type:
UEFI
Com Port:
/dev/nmdm1B
Description:
Secure
Shutdown Timeout:
90 seconds
1000 GB disk size. Virtio type of disk.
It boots, gets the start of windows install - I go through the process, but the VNC crashes just as it starts 'copying' over / installing windows. Or it crashes before then.
When I try to reconnect to the VNC, it says: "failed to connect to server"
It cannot connect again; so I have to stop it. When I do, get this error:
Error: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/job.py", line 367, in run
await self.future
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/job.py", line 405, in __run_body
rv = await self.middleware.run_in_thread(self.method, *([self] + args))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/utils/run_in_thread.py", line 10, in run_in_thread
return await self.loop.run_in_executor(self.run_in_thread_executor, functools.partial(method, *args, **kwargs))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 52, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/schema.py", line 979, in nf
return f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/plugins/vm.py", line 1629, in stop
vm.stop(vm_data['shutdown_timeout'])
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/plugins/vm.py", line 262, in stop
self.domain.shutdown()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 2912, in shutdown
raise libvirtError('virDomainShutdown() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: An error occurred, but the cause is unknown
Powering off, and turning back on the VM - I can then go through install process again but it crashes, same deal.

Any ideas? Would be greatly appreciated.

Conza · Mar 20, 2022

Still want to set this up. Have setup another Linux mate distro, and added a container (portainer) etc.
Where am I going wrong?

cih95 · Jul 8, 2022

Conza said:
Hi team,

I have searched many threads and have not found a helpful answer. Breakdown: old PC turned into server. Has plex going, now looking to expand to Virtual machine... for windows 10. I have watched every video tutorial on youtube.

My issue: windows 10 crashes upon install. VNC connection is lost and then "failed to connect to server" post crash.

Motherboard make and model: Asus S1155 P8Z68-V-LE

CPU make and model: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Quad Core CPU

RAM quantity: 16GB

Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB (2x4G) 1600mhz CL9 Kit... and

Corsair 8GB (1x 8GB) DDR3 1600MHz Memory

Have another 1 * 8 GB Corsair on the way, to make total 24GB.

Hard drives, quantity, model numbers, and RAID configuration, including boot drives:

Disk Type:
SSD

Description: boot drive
Model:
WDC WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0

Transfer Mode:
Auto

Adv. Power Management:
DISABLED

Acoustic Level:
DISABLED

Enable S.M.A.R.T.:
true

2 * 12TB HDD, Seagate
Model:
ST12000VN0008-2PH103

Transfer Mode:
Auto

Rotation Rate (RPM):
7200

Have checked virtualisation is enabled.

Version: TrueNAS-12.0-U8

HaveWin10_21H2_English_x64.iso and virtio-win-0.1.215.iso.

Choose windows 10 Pro N.

VM setup:

Virtual CPUs:
2
Cores:
2
Threads:
1
Memory Size:
9.00 GiB
Boot Loader Type:
UEFI
Com Port:
/dev/nmdm1B
Description:
Secure
Shutdown Timeout:
90 seconds

1000 GB disk size. Virtio type of disk.

It boots, gets the start of windows install - I go through the process, but the VNC crashes just as it starts 'copying' over / installing windows. Or it crashes before then.

When I try to reconnect to the VNC, it says: "failed to connect to server"

It cannot connect again; so I have to stop it. When I do, get this error:

Error: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/job.py", line 367, in run
await self.future
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/job.py", line 405, in __run_body
rv = await self.middleware.run_in_thread(self.method, *([self] + args))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/utils/run_in_thread.py", line 10, in run_in_thread
return await self.loop.run_in_executor(self.run_in_thread_executor, functools.partial(method, *args, **kwargs))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 52, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/schema.py", line 979, in nf
return f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/plugins/vm.py", line 1629, in stop
vm.stop(vm_data['shutdown_timeout'])
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/middlewared/plugins/vm.py", line 262, in stop
self.domain.shutdown()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 2912, in shutdown
raise libvirtError('virDomainShutdown() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: An error occurred, but the cause is unknown

Powering off, and turning back on the VM - I can then go through install process again but it crashes, same deal.

Any ideas? Would be greatly appreciated.

i have the same problem

Conza · Jul 8, 2022

I gave up ;o.

sretalla · Jul 8, 2022

Conza said:
Virtual CPUs:
2

Cores:
2

Threads:
1

That might be one of the problems... Windows prefers a single socket/CPU with some cores and threads.

Also:

Conza said:
Memory Size:
9.00 GiB

Might be too much if your additional RAM didn't yet arrive.

Conza said:
virtio-win-0.1.215.iso.

I note that there have been (very) many threads about problems with this... (example https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/win-10-virtual-machine-truenas.89116/post-677366)

Have you tried at least one other version of the virtio drivers where you have seen somebody reporting success in the forum (like the post I linked)?

farshidhss · Oct 24, 2022

This has nothing to do with the Windows. I have Ubuntu in my virtual machine and I get the exact same error.

Whattteva · Oct 24, 2022

I'm willing to bet all of you having the same problem don't have 32 GB of RAM.
I used to have the same problem also back when I had 16 GB of RAM. I now have 32 and no longer have this issue.

To OP:
9 GB of RAM for VM when your system only has a total of 16 GB??!?!!? That's bonkers, especially when TrueNAS min RAM requirements alone is ALREADY 16 GB of RAM.

I did figure out a work-around for the issue though.
Instead of the bhyve VNC, what you need to do, is just use the whatever the OS's native remote desktop (VNC for Linux, RDP for Windows).
Use the bhyve VNC just to set your VM up to that point and stop using it thereafter and you should stop seeing the crashes.

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2 * 12TB HDD, Seagate​

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Disk Type:

Description: boot drive

Model:

Transfer Mode:

Adv. Power Management:

Acoustic Level:

Enable S.M.A.R.T.:

Model:

Transfer Mode:

Rotation Rate (RPM):

Virtual CPUs:

Cores:

Threads:

Memory Size:

Boot Loader Type:

Com Port:

Description:

Shutdown Timeout:

Disk Type:

Description: boot drive

Model:

Transfer Mode:

Adv. Power Management:

Acoustic Level:

Enable S.M.A.R.T.:

2 * 12TB HDD, Seagate

Model:

Transfer Mode:

Rotation Rate (RPM):

Virtual CPUs:

Cores:

Threads:

Memory Size:

Boot Loader Type:

Com Port:

Description:

Shutdown Timeout:

Virtual CPUs:

Cores:

Threads:

Memory Size: