Solved How to redirect/retarget Hyper-V machines

I have confirmed with QNAP support that due to my model of NAS having an ARM processor I cannot even use their own brand of virtualization station to run Windows VMs. No big deal though. I'll figure something out or just accept the limitations on my physical equipment. Thank you to everyone for your input. Marking this resolved/closed.

pseymour said:

No, I was more responding to Jimbo's (seeming) suggestion to run the VMs directly on the NAS device itself. Some NAS devices can do that, but yours cannot. I'm not even really sure that's what Jimbo was suggesting; just saying it's not an option.

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@WonderWoman

If an ARM processor device can share DATA with Windows --then there's no reason why you can't set up the VM's Virtual files to exist on the ARM machine but run the VMWare WKS program from Windows. The VM files are just "Data" for VMWare wks.

So you just need some way of copying / moving the VMWare files from one device to the other. If you do that though on VM ist reboot specify I Moved it rather then I copied it --otherwise the GUUID of the Guest will change and you'll probably lose Windows Activation.

I hope that's clearer now -- any NAS should be able to have DATA stored on it !!!!!!-- I accept the fact that some can't run the actual VM program itself but any other computer capable of running the application should so long as the remote data files are accessible.


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jimbo

It is Hyper-V not VM ware. And QNAP has stated that ARM processors and Hyper-V VMs with Windows (any version) are not compatible.

WonderWoman said:

QNAP has stated that ARM processors and Hyper-V VMs with Windows (any version) are not compatible.

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That is at odds with Microsoft's advice. Of course, on an ARM host you'd need to have an ARM guest....

Microsoft said:

Can I host a Windows 11 virtual machine using Hyper-V on a Windows 11 Arm64 device?​

Yes, you can. The easiest way to do so is to download the Windows 11 on Arm Insider Preview VHDX from Windows Insider Preview Downloads and use it to create a VM.

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Bree said:

That is at odds with Microsoft's advice. Of course, on an ARM host you'd need to have an ARM guest....

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That’s exactly the reason it’s not compatible. There are specific versions available for hyper visor to be able to run on ARM processors but they are impossible to find because they are mostly dedicated to people who are either developing or testing Windows software on Apple devices.