📄️ Apple Time Machine
Guide: Setting up a Time Machine Share on your Unraid Server
📄️ Convert a physical install to VM
This guide aims to explain the steps required to convert a physical Linux or Windows computer to a VM, and use it in Unraid.
📄️ Using a physical disk in a VM
The steps for creating a VM using a physical disk (including one with an OS already installed) are similar to that of using a virtual disk. However, there are two use cases for which one would be using a physical disk: creating a VM with a physical disk with no OS installed (new install) and one that already has an OS installed (conversion). We will only cover converting from a previous installation as the other should be straightforward enough. You can use a physical disk with any OS but this conversion guide only covers Windows.
📄️ Set up Wake-on-LAN (WOL)
You can set up the Unraid server to wake up from a shutdown or sleep state by sending what is known as a magic packet over the network. A magic packet is a special data packet that contains the target computer's media access control (MAC) address and network broadcast address along with the WoL configurations. You can send the packet from any computer, usually in the same network, or even from a smartphone if you have the right software.
📄️ Xen to KVM migration
Virtual machines that were running in Xen will require different procedures to convert to KVM, depending on whether they were created as paravirtualized or hardware-virtualized guests. Regardless of your conversion scenario, it is highly recommended that you create a copy of your existing Xen virtual disk before proceeding. Use the copy to test your conversion process and, if successful, you can remove your own Xen-based virtual disk should you so desire. In addition, you should ensure your hardware has support for hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT-x / AMD-V) as this is a requirement for use with KVM. Xen PV guests do not leverage hardware-virtualization extensions, which makes their process for converting slightly more involved than Xen HVM guests to KVM (it is not documented at the time of this writing).