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<blockquote data-quote="fujistick" data-source="post: 597841" data-attributes="member: 65261"><p>Ok, bit of an update.</p><p></p><p>The network issue I was experiencing was just Vista and the windows firewall. Apparently 2 Vista machines can't ping each other with the default Windows Firewall turned on. Turn the firewall off on the VM, and the other machine could then ping it, etc.</p><p></p><p>When the TV tuner is mapped to the VM, I can use the TV server configuration app to start and stop timeshifting, and manually start and stop a recording. I copied a recording ts file to my current HTPC and it plays fine... so basically, it works <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>My current HTPC hasn't been upgraded to MP 1.1.0 RC1 yet (which is what I installed on the VM), so installed the MP Client on my laptop and hooked it up to the VM TV Server. Playback was a bit stuttery but that could be due to any or all of; my dodgy wireless network, the unsupported Win 7 Beta installed on my laptop, or the lack of codec installation and/or configuration in MP. I'm not too worried about that just yet as the recording files themselves played back stutter free when copied to my current HTPC with proper codecs etc.</p><p></p><p>I tested a few different slots and combinations of BIOS settings, but none of them worked with the adaptec RAID card. I could not access that card directly, nor could I successfully use PCI passthru to pass it to a VM. ESXi can see the card, but when you try to create a datastore it throws errors. Likewise, when using PCI passthru, the VM correctly detected the device as an Adaptec 3805, but it didn't work after loading drivers etc.</p><p></p><p>After some googling, I can see that other people with different hardware (i.e. different motherboard and RAID controller) are having the exact the same problem/error messages as me. (e.g. <a href="http://communities.vmware.com/message/1327397" target="_blank">VMware Communities: Head Extent Device Path? ...</a>) The "fix" was to disable VT-d in the BIOS which effectivly disables PCI passthru - not much good for me. This indicates that it's probably not a dud motherboard or RAID card, but some other problem - possibly an issue with ESXi.</p><p></p><p>With that in mind, I've started playing with Xen (a linux hypervisor similar to ESXi) again to see if I can get the RAID card working as well as PCI passthru of the TV tuners.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fujistick, post: 597841, member: 65261"] Ok, bit of an update. The network issue I was experiencing was just Vista and the windows firewall. Apparently 2 Vista machines can't ping each other with the default Windows Firewall turned on. Turn the firewall off on the VM, and the other machine could then ping it, etc. When the TV tuner is mapped to the VM, I can use the TV server configuration app to start and stop timeshifting, and manually start and stop a recording. I copied a recording ts file to my current HTPC and it plays fine... so basically, it works :) My current HTPC hasn't been upgraded to MP 1.1.0 RC1 yet (which is what I installed on the VM), so installed the MP Client on my laptop and hooked it up to the VM TV Server. Playback was a bit stuttery but that could be due to any or all of; my dodgy wireless network, the unsupported Win 7 Beta installed on my laptop, or the lack of codec installation and/or configuration in MP. I'm not too worried about that just yet as the recording files themselves played back stutter free when copied to my current HTPC with proper codecs etc. I tested a few different slots and combinations of BIOS settings, but none of them worked with the adaptec RAID card. I could not access that card directly, nor could I successfully use PCI passthru to pass it to a VM. ESXi can see the card, but when you try to create a datastore it throws errors. Likewise, when using PCI passthru, the VM correctly detected the device as an Adaptec 3805, but it didn't work after loading drivers etc. After some googling, I can see that other people with different hardware (i.e. different motherboard and RAID controller) are having the exact the same problem/error messages as me. (e.g. [url=http://communities.vmware.com/message/1327397]VMware Communities: Head Extent Device Path? ...[/url]) The "fix" was to disable VT-d in the BIOS which effectivly disables PCI passthru - not much good for me. This indicates that it's probably not a dud motherboard or RAID card, but some other problem - possibly an issue with ESXi. With that in mind, I've started playing with Xen (a linux hypervisor similar to ESXi) again to see if I can get the RAID card working as well as PCI passthru of the TV tuners. [/QUOTE]
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