Win Server 2016 on Virtualization Station?

[ccclapp]

Can Windows Server 2016 be run in Virtualization Station? I am getting boot errors when trying to create win svr 2016 VM from Microsoft ISO.

Thanks

[dolbyman]

what nas ..how much ram...what firmware on nas ?

win server on a small Celeron and 1GB RAM might not be the most performant machine

[Trexx]

QTS version, VS Version, VM settings chosen, etc?

[ccclapp]

Thanks for the replies. I now have WinSvr2016 running fine in V.S. I initially tried to do too many things at once by trying to addach additional CD's and HDs to add VirtIO drivers for network and HD. After I did a simple install from MS ISO all went smoothly. Note, one cannot select Svr 2016 as OS (not listed as choice on V.S) so I picked Svr2012R2 as OS (but installed Svr2016)

[Trexx]

You probably could have also used Windows10 as they share the same kernel base.

[Henere]

Hi there, i ran into the same problem. Cant even install the Server 2016 on SATA or VIRTIO.

Missing drivers for VIRTIO and SCSI during installation. Only thing working is IDE which has the performance of a lagging granddmother.
I also tried to use the newest drivers from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers

Any hints for this case ?

Regards, Henere

TS 563 with 16GB of RAM - 4.3.3 installed

[Trexx]

Hi there, i ran into the same problem. Cant even install the Server 2016 on SATA or VIRTIO.

Missing drivers for VIRTIO and SCSI during installation. Only thing working is IDE which has the performance of a lagging granddmother.
I also tried to use the newest drivers from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers

Any hints for this case ?

Regards, Henere

TS 563 with 16GB of RAM - 4.3.3 installed

Follow the directions here:

viewtopic.php?f=318&t=130522&hilit=virtio

[lordav29]

I also have the same issue. I am not able to install or run Server 2016 virtual machine on SATA, SCSI and VIRTIO. It only works on IDE which is very slow. It appears drivers are missing for the other HDD platforms. It has been more than a year now I have been waiting for QNAP to come up with an update that will take care of this issue but it appears this is not currently on their radar. I will be very glad if anyone could help. Thanks

Below are the specs of my qnap:

Model: QNAP TVS 882
Raid: 5

CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz (4 cores, 8 threads)
CPU usage 9.0 %
Total memory 32 GB (31 GB usable)
Free memory 20 GB
Memory slot 1 (Channel A, DIMM 1) 8 GB (Crucial Technology)
Memory slot 2 (Channel A, DIMM 2) 8 GB (Crucial Technology)
Memory slot 3 (Channel B, DIMM 3) 8 GB (Crucial Technology)
Memory slot 4 (Channel B, DIMM 4) 8 GB (Crucial Technology)
CPU temperature 41°C / 105°F
System temperature 34°C / 93°F
M.2 SSD 1 controller temperature 38°C / 100°F
M.2 SSD 1 module temperature 32°C / 89°F
M.2 SSD 2 controller temperature 38°C / 100°F
M.2 SSD 2 module temperature 32°C / 89°F
SSD 1 temperature 41°C / 105°F
SSD 2 temperature 40°C / 104°F
Disk 1 temperature 49°C / 120°F
Disk 2 temperature 47°C / 116°F
Disk 3 temperature 45°C / 113°F
Disk 4 temperature 43°C / 109°F
Disk 5 temperature --°C / --°F
Disk 6 temperature --°C / --°F
CPU fan speed 1025 RPM
PSU 1 Status Ready
System fan 1 speed 1388 RPM
System fan 2 speed 1604 RPM

[Trexx]

You like need to follow the link I posted previously to download newer VirtIO drivers which will support Win2016. The directions for Win10 are basically the same that you would follow for Win2016. Also make sure the HDD controller caching mode is set to write-back (assuming your NAS is on a UPS) will also help performance (although adds slight risk for data corruption if VS/NAS crashes prior to destaging cache).