Good day!
When powering on any VM within ESXi 5 nested inside Workstation 8, I get no video whatsover. There's no POST, BIOS, if an ISO is loaded, there's no video in the console to show it's loading the ISO, etc.
Here's my setup:
<> HP Pavilion dv7 LS048EA laptop
* Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00 GHz (quad-core, HT-enabled)
* 16 GB RAM
* Intel 320 series SSD 160 GB
* Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
* Of course, VT is enabled in the BIOS. I've disabled, rebooted, and re-enabled
* My laptop BIOS is the second latest version F.1A. F.1B is the latest, but the release notes say there was simply a fix to an intermittent issue where a system locked when Intel Anti-Theft Technology (AT) has been enabled
<> Workstation 8.0.0 build-471780
* My laptop cannot access the Internet so I cannot update to Workstation 8.0.2, but the release notes for 8.0.1 and 8.0.2 don't mention anything that would seem to fix my issue anyways.
* I've also uninstalled and re-installed Workstation.
I install ESXi 5.0.0 build-469512 inside Workstation.
* I give it 4 GB vRAM and 2 vCPUs
* I enable "Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI." I've also used each option under Virtualization Engine > Preferred Mode > (Automatic, Binary Translation, Intel VT-x or AMD-V, Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI)
* Under Virtual Machine Settings > Options, I have Guest operating system set to VMware ESXi 5 (since the first installation)
* I've used both local storage and a NetApp simulator (not that these should make much of a difference)
I've also found the issue with ESXi 4.1.
The "no video" issue occurs with both 32-bit and 64-bit guests within the nested ESXi 5.
Initial thoughts? I'll post logs as soon as I can get them transferred to a machine with access to the inter-webs...
Cheers,
Mike Brown