Would be grateful for any advice and recommendations.
I bought a Dell Wyse 5070 for Home Assistant. However I would quite like to run Windows on it too.
I successfully installed home assistant in Virtual Box but since then I hear people say it’s not a great platform and I’m likely to find issues with automations further down the line.
So I then tried ProxMox but I continually get the warning “No Support for hardware virtualisation detected. Check Bios settings for Intel VT/AMD-V/SVM”
I’ve tried going into the Bios but not sure this machine supports the above.
I’ve checked the following 2 options I can see in the bios
enable VT for Direct I/O
enable Intel Virtulisation Technology
Under Windows features I’ve also enabled the virtual machine platform and windows hypervisor platform.
I’ve attempted to install ProxMox under Hyper-V
Despite the above I still get the warning about no support for hardware virtualisation detected.
I’m prepared to forget the idea of running Windows and just install Ubuntu (or another Linux platform) but could anyone advise on a method I can use to get HA running on Windows on a Dell Wyse 5070?
Agree with Nick. You’re trying to run a hypervisor inside another hypervisor. Bad idea.
If you want to run windows and HA on the same machine, there’s a couple of ways, but I’m gonna suggest the simplest one.
Add a second drive to your pc, then install proxmox & HA on that. Note that you will have to set the boot order and that booting to windows will mean HA won’t be running (and vice versa).
This is how I have mine installed, though I’m not using windows at all. If that’s not what you want, let me know and I’ll give you an alternative
Thanks both for your replies… good point! I’m now considering installing on a Synology ds224+ and stick some extra ram in it. Sounds like that’s a good option from what I read. I can then keep the Dell as a dedicated Windows machine. Either that or as you suggest installing HAOS directly on the Dell. Don’t want to have the HA not running while I’m booted into Windows. Thanks for the links.
I don’t know about the options of installing on a NAS.
If your knowledge about HA is limited/non-existing I would strongly advice to go for HAOS on a dedicated device.
Proxmox is a good option IF the system is powerful enough, has enough diskspace & RAM AND if you want to install other systems/services on the same machine BUT it can add another layer of ‘complexity’, depending on your skills.
