Zigbee2MQTT Addon with Sonoff Dongle won't start

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Hi rockets, thanks for the motivation and to give a light in the end of the tunnel.
I like the idea, especially because I can run the Z2M independently for HA, which seems a benefit to have a stable operation of Zigbee devices even when HA is not running. Would that be a benefit?

I did some quick research and found this in the official Z2M website:
Installation | Zigbee2MQTT

Did you mean really VM? I didn´t find a solution for a VM. Besides that, it seems quite complicated to setup for both Docker and Windows.
I´m brave enough to start going through this, but would like to ask you first if you would recommend any Youtuber that guides this beautifully?

I could open the case in Github, but wanted to go through this first, as the independent running machine (either VM or Docker) seems to be the best option for me.

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Like I said before, you cannot run z2m and zha at the same time.

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Do you mean that I need to remove ZHA from Integrations before I even start to configure Z2M? I just wanted to keep ZHA operating with the 6 devices I have before I move them to Z2M. But I would like to start Z2M first. Is there any incompatibility issue to have both Add-Ons / Integrations running? I was not aware of this.

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I assume you are using the same dongle for both?

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Hi Nickrout, no. For ZHA I´m using a Sonoff ZB Bridge as coordinator.

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As you are using virtualbox (I’ve not used this) I presume you just create a new virtual machine with a linux install and do a standard zigbee2mqtt install.

This might also be useful reading Zigbee2mqtt with ZHA?

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Good thread, I couldn’t find it earlier.

Now we know that @wilwizard1979 is running two coordinators, there must be some other problem.

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Looking back at post 1 in this thread, there seems to be an error in node running zigbee-herdsman-convertors. Try googling those errors. As you have posted pics rather than text, we can’t do it.

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Thanks rockets. I’m looking into that. Doing some research first to choose the right VM/Docker platform.
Yes, I’m running HA in Virtual Box.

I could not find a good tutorial to install Z2M in Docker Desktop so I’m moving to the option of having it installed in Ubuntu through a fresh installation in Virtual Box.

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Thanks for the hint. I did an update with the code now.
I did some research, found similar errors but nothing that could lead to my issue.

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I seriously recommend linux. Virtualbox just introduces problems IMHO.

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Hi Nickrout, but I just have 1 hardware PC to run both HA and whatever attachments (eg. Dockers and VMs). PC runs Windows with HA installed in a Virtual Box. What setup do you have in mind?

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Ideally a separate machine, maybe ex lease small desktop thing. Run HAOS.

Or start again with your PC. Back it up. Install proxmox. Then you can run a windows install and a HAOS install on the same machine.

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I’m not able to go for a second hardware now, but I will consider for the future.
What are the problems do you know for running Z2M in Virtual Box?