Unable to Create a stable Windows 11 VM

Apps and Virtualization
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Hi All,

I am very new to Truenas core, but I have been working in IT for 25+ years. I am trying to setup a Windows 11 VM but so far have failed, must to my frustration.
I have created the VM and via the command line, set the correct machine type and enable the TPM 2.0 chip.

I then mount the Windows 11 ISO and do a normal Windows 11 pro setup. I am using Windows 11 with my Office 365 business account so set the business login option, which I eventually get prompted to setup a PIN. I do this and then reboot the VM and I get a bluescreen. No matter what I try, I end up with the same result. If I skip the pin setup. The VM works ok.

Does any one have any confirmed best practice steps to follow for setting up a Windows 11 VM?

I am running the following system:
OS Version:TrueNAS-SCALE-24.04.2.2

Product:HP Z440 Workstation

Model:Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1680 v3 @ 3.20GHz

Memory:31 GiB

Any help would be much appricated!

Adrian

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There are drivers which need to be added to the install in order for win11 to work within KVM (Windows VirtIO drivers set), did you install them?

Also, in my case, I discovered that win11 VM should not be allowed to go to sleep because that will also crash the machine.

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Ensure you are setting the CPU Model to at least host model, or pass through.

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I just made one to run Hyper-V in it. Then I made a Hyper-V vm in it. All good. Slow but stable.
The steps are: CPU passthrough with NIC and HDD via VirtIO ( get the ISO from the net, I used virtio-win-0.1.262.iso )
Also, I made the memory fixed. Win11 likes 16 gig even if not in use. Win10 runs fine with 4 gig. All depending on what you’ll run in it of course.
Since I wanted it for Hyper-V I gave it 24 gig ( out of 64 in the box ).

Let us know how it went on your side :slight_smile: