Dear Vmware pro's,
I need help. I am studying Vsphere 5.1 and have created a small lab for this purpose. Presently I am taking a 5.1 CBT Nuggets course to learn about the different components of Vsphere and how they are used. However, the instructor doesn't get in to the details of the correct setup sometimes and presently I find myself stuck on something. Let me start by telling you what my setup is:
I have 1 physical server (I7-4770 Quadcore 3.40Ghz, 16 Gig's of Ram, 1 TB HD, 2 NIC's). I have Esxi 5.1 (Evaluation copy) that I am running on this physical server (booting of a USB drive). I have Vsphere Client 5.1 running on my client laptops that I access/work in my environment. I currently have 4 VM's created. 2 of them are Linux and Windows 7. 2 are Windows 2012 Server R2. One of my Windows 2012 Server VM's is my DNS server and has Active Directory on it. I have used it to create my domain. The second Windows 2012 Server is the one that I am currently working on. I have installed VCenter Server 6.0 on it (I din't have 5.1 file and the evaluation that I found was 6.0, which the VMware team said would work fine). Currently, I am trying to follow the instructor in installing Esxi 5.1 in a VM directly from this VM server. Basically, his course is guiding me to use Workstation in order to create a VM directly off the server (as far as I understand). He creates the VM and sets it to boot from a VMvisor installer 5.1 ISO. I have no problem creating this VM, but as soon as I choose to power it on in Workstation, it gives me the following error:
This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit guest operating systems. However, 64-bit operation is not possible. This host does not support Intel VT-x. For more information, see http://vmware.com/info?id=152.
I have tried going into this link and browsed google for a solution, however, so far, my efforts have been futile. I have checked the BIOS of my physical Server, Virtualization technology is Enabled, vt-d is also enabled. There is no vt-x option, which I thought is just Virtualization Technology. I have also gone into the BIOS of the virtual machine that I am running my Windows Server 2012 R2 on and have my VCenter Server and Workstation installed on. I am unable to find any options for Virtualization in this particular BIOS. I was thinking that it is possible that My physical CPU is somehow limiting me and that maybe I need to replace my CPU, but I am not sure. Please help if you know what to do. If you have any questions for me, please write to aioffe23@gmail.com or directly reply to this post. Thank you in advance.
Alexander
