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Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
Is there a way to create an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a VM? I want to be able to use Parallels on my mac with an install of of 6.10.8 so I can test software installs without risk. I tried just downloading the .img files and Parallels doesn't like them. Has anyone got this working? If so, do you have an image file you can share?
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
t sounds like you failed to attach the boot drive, which emulates the internal flash of a real ReadyNAS, to the VM per the instructions in that article.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
I've tried this multiple times now. I think I'm following the directions exactly but it still fails with the same error. I have created two SATA ports: SATA Port 0: ReadyNASOS-6.6.0-x86_64.vmdk (Normal, 112MB)
SATA Port 1: ReadyNAS OS VM_1.vhd (Normal, 5GB)
I've also tried creating two .vhd's 5GB each
I've also tried creating a VDI instead of a VHD because in the example pictures the extension for the data drive is .vdi
The instructions mention the minimum disk size should be 5GB, and the .vmdk is only 112MB, perhaps it's too small? I couldn't figure out how to expand that disk to 5GB to test though.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
Can't seem to edit my reply, but I wanted to add that the boot drive emulates the flash memory in a real NAS, so it's smaller. Since the OS partition is 4GB, and swap is 512K, you are really going to want a bigger data drive than 5GB.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
I installed again from scratch and I'm not using UEFI now. I'm attaching screen shots. The screen shots you tried to attach didn't come through, perhaps you could re-upload? I'm also attaching the errors I get as well. Basically I get the:
NMI Watchdog: BUG: soft lockup CPU#0 stuck for 22secs!
Basically, I was sure to UN-check "Enable EFI" in the "System" setting. I also set my data disk to 10GB. All the same result...
I also tried selecting "linux" and "debian 8 jessie" and "Other Liniux 64bit" in "General", all same result.
The screen shots show my VM configs as well as boot errors.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
Okay, I'm fairly confident at this point I have the VM configured correctly, perhaps it's the .vmdk image? I tried the 6.2.4 image as well with the same result. I see you used a different image ending in "flash". Does anyone have an alternate image I could try?
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
You need to access the GUI, complete the set-up (including assigning a new Admin password), and update just like a real NAS. How you access it depends on how you set up LAN port(s). If you used "Bridged" or "Generic Driver", then it should have an IP address assigned by DHCP and reachable from any PC on your network. If you used "Host Only", then it is assigned an IP only accessible from the host computer, which will also now have a "port" configured on that network. RAIDar will show you the address(es). I have assigned one of each. You can assign more than just two, BTW.
You can also set up a "NAT Network" so your various VM's (on the same computer) can access each other. That's not really needed for OS6, but is quite useful on a RAIDiator 4.2.x VM where you can use a Win7 (or other older) VM to access it to get around the protocol depreciations in more up to date OSes.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
Since you accepted my solution, I'm going to assume you did accomplish the OS update.
BTW, I just re-named the flash image to something that makes it easier for me to tell what it is. It's nothing different from what you should have once you've updated the OS.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
It is a good way to do that kind of testing. You can make a copy of your data drive before you try anything and just put it back as it was if something goes terribly wrong.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
I don't think so. The OS recognizes that it's running in VirtualBox. Where it normally displays the model number in the GUI, it says "Virtualbox Simulation". But you can certainly try it.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
In the VBox VM, lspci reveals: USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller. I've not actually connected a USB drive, but I assume it works.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
I have been unable. No error messages, just can’t see the usb drive anywhere in the UI, system overview, shares or backup. The isb drive is being shared as the host computer does not see the Usb drive once the vm is running.
Re: Creating an instance of Raidiator 6.10.8 as a virtual machine?
This can be deployed in esxi making a virtual soft readynas. Just need to figure out how to automount external USB under /media and appear in frontview.
