Virt-manager Setting-up Windows Virtual Machines

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Win­dows 10 Guest GPU NVS 315 Passthrough

There on In­ter­net is avail­able a plen­ty of man­u­als that shows how to cre­ate VM with QEMU/KVM and Virt-man­ag­er. Here are list­ed few ba­sic things about few of the con­fig­u­ra­tions I've cre­at­ed.

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 1: Overview.

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 1: Overview.

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 2: CPU Setup.

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 2: CPU Set­up.

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 3: Allocated Memory.

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 3: Al­lo­cat­ed Mem­o­ry.

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 4: Disk Image VirtIO bus Raw format Writeback cache - the fastest solution.

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 4: Disk Im­age Vir­tIO bus Raw for­mat Write­back cache – the fastest so­lu­tion.

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 5: Disk Image VirtIO bus Raw format Writeback cache XML.

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 5: Disk Im­age Vir­tIO bus Raw for­mat Write­back cache XML.

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 6: Disk Image SATA bus Raw format LVM - direct access to a Logical volume.

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 6: Disk Im­age SA­TA bus Raw for­mat LVM – di­rect ac­cess to a Log­i­cal vol­ume.

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 7: Disk Image SATA bus Raw format LVM XML.

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 7: Disk Im­age SA­TA bus Raw for­mat LVM XML.

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 8: CD-ROM Image SATA bus.

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 8: CD-ROM Im­age SA­TA bus.

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 9: CD-ROM Image SATA bus XML

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 9: CD-ROM Im­age SA­TA bus XML

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 10: NVIDIA NVS 315 PCI Passthrough

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 10: NVIDIA NVS 315 PCI Passthrough

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 11: NVIDIA NVS 315 Audio PCI Passthrough

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 11: NVIDIA NVS 315 Au­dio PCI Passthrough

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 12: Intel i2010 NIC PCI Passthrough

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 12: In­tel i2010 NIC PCI Passthrough

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 13: Physicals USB Device Microsoft Mouse and KB Dongle

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 13: Phys­i­cals USB De­vice Mi­crosoft Mouse and KB Don­gle

  • >Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 14: Inside the Guest Task Manager CPU

    >Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 14: In­side the Guest Task Man­ag­er CPU

  • Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM Basic Setup 15: Inside the Guest Task Manager GPU

    Win­dows 10 on QEMU/KVM Ba­sic Set­up 15: In­side the Guest Task Man­ag­er GPU

XML dump of the above con­fig­u­ra­tion: NVS 315 Passthrough, Vir­tIO raw.image, SA­TA LVM Log­i­cal vol­ume. 

virsh dumpxml "Windows10_edk2.OVMF.CSM_NVS315.Passthrough" | tee "Windows10_edk2.OVMF.CSM_NVS315.PT_03.07.2021.xml"

<domain type='kvm'>
  <name>Windows10_edk2.OVMF.CSM_NVS315.Passthrough</name>
  <uuid>55e58096-7aa3-4ca8-b18c-cb35aeadfde5</uuid>
  <title>Windows10 edk2.OVMF.CSM NVS315.Passthrough</title>
  <description>UEFI: https://www.kraxel.org/repos/jenkins/edk2/</description>
  <metadata>
    <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0">
      <libosinfo:os id="http://microsoft.com/win/10"/>
    </libosinfo:libosinfo>
  </metadata>
  <memory unit='KiB'>8388608</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>8388608</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement='static'>8</vcpu>
  <iothreads>1</iothreads>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.2'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-with-csm.fd</loader>
    <nvram>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/Windows10_edk2.OVMF.CSM_NVS315.Passthrough_VARS.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <hyperv>
      <relaxed state='on'/>
      <vapic state='on'/>
      <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/>
      <vpindex state='on'/>
      <synic state='on'/>
      <stimer state='on'/>
      <reset state='on'/>
      <vendor_id state='on' value='1234567890ab'/>
      <frequencies state='on'/>
    </hyperv>
    <kvm>
      <hidden state='on'/>
    </kvm>
    <vmport state='off'/>
    <ioapic driver='kvm'/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='partial'>
    <topology sockets='1' cores='4' threads='2'/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='localtime'>
    <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
    <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
    <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <pm>
    <suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/>
    <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/>
  </pm>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback' io='threads' discard='ignore'/>
      <source file='/mnt/vm-pool/vms/Windows10.img'/>
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x0a' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native' discard='ignore'/>
      <source dev='/dev/mapper/lvm--vm--group-vm--win--01'/>
      <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/virtio-win-0.1.185--spice-guest-tools--w10-dla.iso'/>
      <target dev='sdb' bus='sata'/>
      <readonly/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci' ports='15'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='sata' index='0'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='1' port='0x10'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='2' port='0x11'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='3' port='0x12'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='4' port='0x13'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x3'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='5' port='0x14'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x4'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='6' port='0x15'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x5'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='7' model='pcie-to-pci-bridge'>
      <model name='pcie-pci-bridge'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='8' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='8' port='0x16'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x6'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='9' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='9' port='0x17'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x7'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='10' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='10' port='0x18'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='lsilogic'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
        <model name='isa-serial'/>
      </target>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty'>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
    </console>
    <channel type='spicevmc'>
      <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/>
      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </channel>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x09' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <vendor id='0x045e'/>
        <product id='0x0745'/>
      </source>
      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </hostdev>
    <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'>
      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/>
    </redirdev>
    <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'>
      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='3'/>
    </redirdev>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
</domain>

Win­dows 10 Guest QXL SPICE AC97

Here is an­oth­er vir­tu­al ma­chine that us­es the same dri­ve im­age /mnt/vm-pool/vms/Windows10.img. It is set­up with­out passthrough and is used for RDP. 

virsh dumpxml "Windows10_edk2.OVMF.CSM_QXL.SPICE.AC97" | tee "Windows10_edk2.OVMF.CSM_QXL.SPICE.AC97_2021.07.04_img.xml"

<domain type='kvm'>
  <name>Windows10_edk2.OVMF.CSM_QXL.SPICE.AC97</name>
  <uuid>55e58096-7aa3-4ca8-b18c-cb35aeadfde5</uuid>
  <title>Windows10 edk2.OVMF.CSM QXL.SPICE.AC97</title>
  <description>UEFI: https://www.kraxel.org/repos/jenkins/edk2/</description>
  <metadata>
    <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0">
      <libosinfo:os id="http://microsoft.com/win/10"/>
    </libosinfo:libosinfo>
  </metadata>
  <memory unit='KiB'>8388608</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>8388608</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement='static'>8</vcpu>
  <iothreads>1</iothreads>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.2'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-with-csm.fd</loader>
    <nvram>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/Windows10_edk2.OVMF.CSM_QXL.SPICE.AC97_VARS.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <hyperv>
      <relaxed state='on'/>
      <vapic state='on'/>
      <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/>
      <vpindex state='on'/>
      <synic state='on'/>
      <stimer state='on'/>
      <reset state='on'/>
      <vendor_id state='on' value='1234567890ab'/>
      <frequencies state='on'/>
    </hyperv>
    <kvm>
      <hidden state='on'/>
    </kvm>
    <vmport state='off'/>
    <ioapic driver='kvm'/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='partial'>
    <topology sockets='1' cores='4' threads='2'/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='localtime'>
    <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
    <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
    <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <pm>
    <suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/>
    <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/>
  </pm>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback' io='threads' discard='ignore'/>
      <source file='/mnt/vm-pool/vms/Windows10.img'/>
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x0a' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/vm-pool/images/virtio-win-0.1.185--spice-guest-tools--w10-dla.iso'/>
      <target dev='sdb' bus='sata'/>
      <readonly/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci' ports='15'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='sata' index='0'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='1' port='0x10'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='2' port='0x11'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='3' port='0x12'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='4' port='0x13'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x3'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='5' port='0x14'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x4'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='6' port='0x15'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x5'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='7' model='pcie-to-pci-bridge'>
      <model name='pcie-pci-bridge'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='8' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='8' port='0x16'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x6'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='9' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='9' port='0x17'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x7'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='10' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='10' port='0x18'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='lsilogic'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='direct'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:1c:0e:3a'/>
      <source dev='eno2' mode='bridge'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
        <model name='isa-serial'/>
      </target>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty'>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
    </console>
    <channel type='spicevmc'>
      <target type='virtio' name='com.redhat.spice.0'/>
      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </channel>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='spice' autoport='yes'>
      <listen type='address'/>
      <gl enable='no'/>
    </graphics>
    <sound model='ac97'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </sound>
    <video>
      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
    <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'>
      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/>
    </redirdev>
    <redirdev bus='usb' type='spicevmc'>
      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='3'/>
    </redirdev>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
</domain>


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