Hello all,
I am passing through a GPU to Windows 11 Pro VM. The GPU has an HDMI dummy plug on it for gaming remotely via Moonlight/Sunshine. I would like to be able to use the Proxmox web GUI for managing the VM, but Windows sees the console display as connected display. I'm sure this is probably normal behavior, but I am wondering if it there is a configuration that will allow me to use the Display Console and have it show the same display as the dummy plug display. Setting them to duplicate inside of Windows does not work as Moonlight will no longer connect. Currently, the Display Console is the primary display in Windows and games won't run that way. If I set the dummy plug as the primary display, the settings in Windows gets stuck on the Display console and other weird stuff happens. I can only move the mouse between the two screens if the Display Console is full screen.
I would like to have Windows see only the GPU connected dummy plug, but still see the VM in the Proxmox GUI when Moonlight is not connected. Is this achievable or do I need to install something like VNC viewer?
My Hardware:
Motherboard - Asrock Rack Rome8d-2t
CPU - Epyc 7F72
RAM - 128GB 3200MHZ ECC
GPU - RTX-2080 Super - passed through to Windows
OS Drive - Samsung 980 Pro 500GB
VM OS Drives - ZFS Mirror 2x960GB Samsung P9A3
Windows VM Game Storage - ZFS Mirror 2x1TB WD SN850
HBA Card - LSI-9211-8i - passed through to TrueNAS
TrueNAS Drives - 6x6TB WD Ironwolf
NIC - 82599ES 10Gbe - passed through to TrueNAS
Windows VM Config:
I am passing through a GPU to Windows 11 Pro VM. The GPU has an HDMI dummy plug on it for gaming remotely via Moonlight/Sunshine. I would like to be able to use the Proxmox web GUI for managing the VM, but Windows sees the console display as connected display. I'm sure this is probably normal behavior, but I am wondering if it there is a configuration that will allow me to use the Display Console and have it show the same display as the dummy plug display. Setting them to duplicate inside of Windows does not work as Moonlight will no longer connect. Currently, the Display Console is the primary display in Windows and games won't run that way. If I set the dummy plug as the primary display, the settings in Windows gets stuck on the Display console and other weird stuff happens. I can only move the mouse between the two screens if the Display Console is full screen.
I would like to have Windows see only the GPU connected dummy plug, but still see the VM in the Proxmox GUI when Moonlight is not connected. Is this achievable or do I need to install something like VNC viewer?
My Hardware:
Motherboard - Asrock Rack Rome8d-2t
CPU - Epyc 7F72
RAM - 128GB 3200MHZ ECC
GPU - RTX-2080 Super - passed through to Windows
OS Drive - Samsung 980 Pro 500GB
VM OS Drives - ZFS Mirror 2x960GB Samsung P9A3
Windows VM Game Storage - ZFS Mirror 2x1TB WD SN850
HBA Card - LSI-9211-8i - passed through to TrueNAS
TrueNAS Drives - 6x6TB WD Ironwolf
NIC - 82599ES 10Gbe - passed through to TrueNAS
Windows VM Config:
Code:
#scsi1%3A game_nvme%3Avm-102-disk-0,backup=0,cache=writeback,discard=on,iothread=1,size=512G,ssd=1
agent: 1
balloon: 0
bios: ovmf
boot: order=scsi0
cores: 12
cpu: host
efidisk0: tank_nvme:vm-102-disk-0,efitype=4m,pre-enrolled-keys=1,size=1M
hostpci0: 0000:42:10.2,pcie=1
hostpci1: 0000:81:00,pcie=1,x-vga=1
machine: pc-q35-8.1
memory: 16384
meta: creation-qemu=8.1.2,ctime=1704643011
name: Win11-Pro
numa: 0
ostype: win11
scsi0: tank_nvme:vm-102-disk-1,cache=writeback,discard=on,iothread=1,size=128G,ssd=1
scsi1: storage_nvme:vm-102-disk-0,backup=0,cache=writeback,discard=on,iothread=1,size=512G,ssd=1
scsihw: virtio-scsi-single
smbios1: uuid=d09fd3b9-f04f-41e8-aa5d-4c61f1e4b744
sockets: 1
tpmstate0: tank_nvme:vm-102-disk-2,size=4M,version=v2.0
vga: std,memory=32
vmgenid: ecb02c85-3a5e-4e47-8444-89b7ec8d600e
#qmdump#map:efidisk0:drive-efidisk0:tank_nvme:raw:
#qmdump#map:scsi0:drive-scsi0:tank_nvme:raw:
#qmdump#map:tpmstate0:drive-tpmstate0-backup:tank_nvme:raw: