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How to use Virtualization Station?
The First NAS Server with Centralized virtualization management:
QNAP Virtualization Station enables virtualized desktop operations on the Turbo NAS
for managing multiple virtual machines. With the easy-to-use interface, you can
centrally manage all of the virtual machines created on the Turbo NAS with the least
effort. Being capable of hosting multiple operating systems, the Turbo NAS is not
only storage for data archiving and backup but also a comprehensive, powerful NAS
server.
There are many benefits for using virtualized desktop operations: (1) virtual
machines can be created with different operating systems (2) data can be accessed
and files opened directly by applications installed on virtual machines (3) all
operations are executed on the NAS to minimize the risk of data leaking and
reducing network bandwidth usage as well.
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Installation of Virtualization Station
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Install VM (virtual machine)
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Introduction of user interface and function operating for Virtualization
Station
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Virtualization Station Limitation
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Installing the Virtualization Station
To install the Virtualization Station app on the QNAP Turbo NAS, please log into
the NAS Desktop as an administrator. Go to “App Center” >“Virtualization
Station” and click “Add To QTS”. After the installation is complete, please launch
Virtualization Station.
When you launch the Virtualization Station, it will first check to see if the
firmware version of the QNAP Turbo NAS is 4.0.5 or above, if the BIOS for the
VT (Virtualization Technology) has been opened or not, and whether the Turbo
NAS has at least 4GB of memory.
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Next, please choose the default folder on the QNAP Turbo NAS for locating the
VMs (virtual machines) that you will create in the future.
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After setting default folder up, the Virtual Disks that are created on the VMs
(virtual machines) will be located in the default folder.
Next, please choose the Ethernet for the VMs (virtual machines) that you will create
in the future.
Please note:
The network usage of Virtualization Station is separated from the
Turbo NAS. Please ensure that you have plugged at least two Ethernet cables
into the Turbo NAS, because one is for the Turbo NAS to use and the other is for
the VMs to use. When you assign a dedicated Ethernet to a VM (virtual
machine), this Ethernet will not be used by the QNAP NAS. Meanwhile, the
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DHCP function will be disabled and the IP address will be set to 0.0.0.0. Please
refer to the illustration from QNAP NAS network setting page.
When you have finished setting the default folder and network interface, please
click “finish” to start using the Virtualization Station on the QNAP Turbo NAS.
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Install VM (virtual machine)
Install a VM (virtual machine) via CD/DVD
If you would like to install a VM (virtual machine) by using a CD/DVD of an
operating system, you will first have to create an ISO image of the disc and
store it in the QNAP NAS. If you do not have software to create ISO files, you
can use the below link to download a suitable application.
https://cdburnerxp.se/en/download
After downloading and launching CDBurnerXP, choose “Copy or grab disc” and
then click “OK”.
Select “Hard disk” as a target, then assign a destination folder, a name for the
file and select “File type: ISO (Single track)”. Click “Copy disc” to begin the
process.
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An ISO image file of the CD/DVD will then be generated in the destination folder
you selected.
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Install a VM (virtual machine) via ISO file
The Overview will show details of the QNAP Turbo NAS, including its name, CPU
specification & usage, and total memory capacity & usage. Below these details,
all of the VMs (virtual machines) that you created will be listed.
Create VM:
When you want to create a VM (virtual machine), please choose
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and then you can choose the different default template: “micro, mini, small,
medium, large and xlarge” to build a personal VM (virtual machine).
Next, you can configure settings the type & version of the operating system,
the location of the CD image, the folder the VM will be located and the network
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interface.
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To finish the configuration, please click “Create”, and you will have created your VM
(virtual machine).
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Next, click “Start” to switch on this VM (virtual machine).
Please click “Console” to install the operating system on this VM (virtual machine).
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Introduction of user interface and function operating for
Virtualization Station
Overview:
The Overview will show details of the QNAP Turbo NAS, including its name, CPU
specification & usage, and total memory capacity & usage. Below these details, all of
the VMs (virtual machines) that you created will be listed.
1. Import VM:
When you want to import a VM (virtual machine), please choose
and
then you can import the main VM file from the QNAP Turbo NAS or your PC.
Note: the file formats *.ova, *.ovf are compatible with the virtual machine exported
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from VirtualBox v4 and VMWare only; format *.vmx is compatible with the virtual
machine created from VMWare Workstation 8/9 only; format *.qvm is only for
Virtualization Station.
Next, you can configure the VM importing settings.
When you finish the configuration, click “import” and wait for the Import Process to
finish. You will then see the VM that you imported on the Virtualization Station.
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2. Export VM:
When you want to export a VM (virtual machine), please shutdown this VM (virtual
machine) in advance of exporting.
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Next, please choose
，and configure the settings that include the location
& format for exporting files, images included in exporting (and if they should be
compressed or not), and a file name for exporting files. After setting these
configurations, please click “Start” to start exporting the VM.
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After the Export Process reaches 100%, click “Finish.”
You can click
to check all VM export tasks.
3. Network Setting:
When you choose
，you can see the Ethernets that the QNAP Turbo
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NAS is connected to or not and their transmitting speeds. The Default Gateway is
only used for the QNAP Turbo NAS and the other Ethernets are used by VMs (virtual
machines) on the Virtualization Station. You can check the bandwidth usage of VMs
(virtual machines) in the Virtualization Station on the bottom of the “Network
Setting” page.
4. Snapshot:
Virtualization Station provides a snapshot feature to record the virtual machine
system status at a point of time. In the event of a virtual machine failure, users can
quickly roll back to the snapshot time to ensure continual system operation.
First, please go to
to choose the VMs (virtual machines) that
you want to snapshot, and click “Snapshot”.
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Next, please name the snapshot, and then click “Create” to start the process of
taking a snapshot.
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When you see the “Create snapshot [snapshot name] successful” message, then
you can click “Hide” to go back the main page of “Snapshots”. Next please click
to check all snapshot tasks, and if you want to recover the system
status to the point of time that you took the snapshot, please click “Revert”.
5. Logs:
If you want to check the system logs of the Virtualization Station, please choose
to check. And if you want to download the whole report of system logs,
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please click “Download” to download a CSV file of the Virtualization Station system
logs to your PC.
6. Preferences :
When you choose
you will see the three preferences this page:
a. Default Folder: you can set the default folder for the location of operating
system disc images (ISO Image Folder), and the location of VM images
(HDD Image Folder).
b. Console Setting: You can change the default port for HTML5 server.
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c. UPnP Setting: You can enable/disable an UPnP router to allow access to
your NAS from the Internet. (Note: this function only works with supported
UPnP devices.)
7. Account Management :
When you choose
, you will see a table listing each user’s
permissions. This table will either show an overview of users’ permissions for each
VM (virtual machine) including Control Permission and View-only Permission or
show an overview of VMs for each user. You can also select “All” to display both as
well.
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Clicking [Create User] allows you to create a new user. You can allocate the VMs to
the user and set the permissions for using VMs such as Console and Actions. On the
other hand, if you would like to modify the permissions of existing users, click the
username and reset the permissions.
If you click
on the table, you can add a VM to the current user with either Control
Permission or View-only permission. However, if you click
remove the VM from the table.
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on the table, you will
If you would like to delete users, please check usernames and click [Delete].
8. VM Marketplace :
If you choose
, you can see two VM Marketplaces, “Bitnami App
Store” and “VMware Virtual Appliances Marketplaces”. If you click one of them, for
example [VMware Virtual Appliances Marketplaces], there is a workflow for
downloading Virtual Appliances to guide you how to download & import them to
Virtualization Station.
9. Virtual Machines :
Through the list of Virtual Machines, you can view all of the VMs (virtual machines)
that you created. And when you choose one VM (virtual machine), you can check the
hardware information for this VM (virtual machine).
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If you click [Power] it will reset power, power on or power off this VM (virtual
machine).
If you click “Suspend”, it will pause this VM (virtual machine) allowing you to
“Resume” later.
If you click “Console”, it will switch on this VM (virtual machine) and let you use the
operating system on this VM (virtual machine).
If you click “Snapshot”, it will record the virtual machine system status at a point in
time.
If you click “Delete”, it will delete this VM (virtual machine).
If you click “Clone”, it will copy this VM (virtual machine) to another shared folder on
the QNAP Turbo NAS.
If you click “Advanced”, you can configure every option of the VM (virtual machine)
including network, hardware, boot options, CD-ROM, video, auto-start, and remote
console.
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10.Console:
Please click “Console” to install the operating system on this VM (virtual machine).
You can select the level of connection quality: High, Medium, Low and Ultra Low.
If you click
it will stop running this VM (virtual machine).
If you click
it will reset this VM (virtual machine).
If you click
it will shutdown this VM (virtual machine).
If you click
it will force a shutdown of this VM (virtual machine).
If you click
it will record the virtual machine system status at a point of time.
If you click
it will trigger “Ctrl+Alt+Del” for this VM (virtual machine).
If you click
it will show the software multi-keyboard for this VM (virtual
machine).
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If you click
, it will autofit to the size of window.
If you click
, it will display in full screen.
If you click
, it will switch connection quality to the high level.
If you click
, it will switch connection quality to the medium level.
If you click
, it will switch connection quality to the low level.
If you click
, it will switch connection quality to the ultra low level.
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Virtualization Station Limitation
Item
Description
Support OS list
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Fedora 11、12、13、14、15、16、17、18、19
CentOS 6.0、6.1、6.2、6.3、6.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11
OpenSUSE 11、12
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)
Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)
Maximum number of
Up to 4 for Intel® Core™ i3 / i5.
Virtual CPUs
Up to 8 Intel® Xeon.
Up to 30GB (Single VM).
RAM
- Tower (16GB): Up to 14GB (Single VM).
- Rackmount (32GB): Up to 30 GB (Single VM).
Maximum number of
Up to 8.
Dedicated networks
Maximum number of
Up to 4 per VM (Virtual Machine).
snapshots
Maximum number of
simultaneously running
VMs
The number of concurrently-running VMs is subject to actual
usage of RAM, CPU capacity and running applications on VMs.
Running multiple VMs at the same time may affect the
performance of the NAS.
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(Note: Please visit QNAP’s website for detailed information. It is
addressed on each supported NAS model.)
Maximum number of
No limit.
VMs
Import VM File Support
VGA Card
*.OVA / *.OVF: VirtualBox 4.x and VMWare
*.VMX: VMWare WorkStation 8 and 9
Standard VGA.
(Please note: Direct X and OpenGL are not supported)
Support port trunking model for Dedicated network:
- Active Backup
Port trunking (at least 4
- IEEE 802.3ad
Networking Interface
- Balance-tlb
Controller)
(Please note: before configuring port trunking, please ensure the
Ethernet card is not already being used in a Dedicated network
for VMs.)
Maximum number of
2 per VM
Control Permission
Maximum number of
2 per VM
View-only Permission
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