Synology Virtual Machine Manager Walkthrough

Getting Synology VMM up and running is as simple as searching for virtualization in the Package Center and installing that application. Similar to Synology’s other apps, this installs in a few seconds and is ready to roll.

Once VMM is up and running, you can load it up and you land on the main overview page. This shows the host or hosts connected (we only have one NAS in use for this) and many tabs to break out different category options. They include the Virtual Machine, Cluster, Storage, Network, Image, Protection, Settings, Log, License, and Feedback.

Keep watching for further details and check out our walkthrough article linked below!

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[williambaldwin]

DS 224+ with the Intel Quad core CPU and 6GB of DDR4 at 2666mh. looking to put my VM's on and store files and my code I use form MS Visual Studio Code.

[kumalopeter]

I have 5 hp(Windows)DL380G6 servers built into a cluster with enough CPU and Memory (200 Gb) in each server. I need a NAS box just to present storage to those 5 servers hosting roughly 50 MS Virtual Machines with databases and vm migration capable, what would be the best NAS for this?

[carlosmarcial]

For the VM is it recommended to add a new volume? Or if I just have1 volume on my NAS and I want to have a VM as well. Should I create a new volume or can I just keep everything on 1?

[TheAliensHive]

I tried to install Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop, watched a lot of videos and tried every combination of BIOS, HD-Controller, USB, Network-Chipsets. I always end up crashing the VM, right when it comes to format the hard drives and start with the installation. And yes the VM-HD is on Btrfs. VMM never worked for me.

[nitehawk]

Can you add a video for creation of VMM share link?

[natetolbert]

Speaking of memory and the 918+ (920+ in my case), You would think that a machine boasting 6 storage drives (including the M.2 NVMe caches) and a custom-built linux distro designed specifically for RAID arrays would at least include A SECOND MEMORY CHIP SLOT!!! "Weve got mountains of data stored but youll need to load it * gigs at a time..."

No, I understand that this makes sense for a NAS as they are primarily for storage and the clients are meant to handle the processing, but even still, with larger networks, I could easily see a single server w/ 8 GB of memory becoming the bottleneck rather quickly...