ESXi inside KVM
Hello! I wonder, if it is possible to run ESXi 5.0/5.1 inside KVM (proxmox) ? I need to run few for testing purposes. I cannot setup any other virtualization software. I need only ESXi itself, even...
View ArticleUnable to confngure iSCSI datastore
I created an ESXi 5.5 Update 2 VM hosted by a (physical) ESXi 5.5 Update 2 host member of a vSphere 5.5 infrastructure.Everything works fine except the iSCSI software adapter and the iSCSI initiator.I...
View Articlel can't install esxi5.5 in side esxi5.5 ....Although the server support...
l can't install esxi5.5 in side esxi5.5 ....Although the server support individualization technology ؟؟ Moderator Note: Discussion moved from Community Website Help to Nested Virtualization
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Not able to install windows server 2012 due to VT-x problems (64bit)
Hi guys, I'm currently having some trouble with the installation of Windows Server 2012 in vmware 12 pro. The picture below shows that i have no vtx, but i do have a 64bit processor so i am a little...
View ArticleVLANs in Nested ESXi Servers
In my lab environment, I have an ESXi 6 host and 2 ESXi 6 nested servers that are working with VLANs set up on a physical switch. Host vSwitch is configured on VLAN 4095 for vmKernel and VM port...
View ArticleNested vmware workstation on KVM host
I am trying to run an instance of vmware workstation on top of KVM. First problem related to "incompatible hypervisor", which I fixed by adding "vmx.allowNested=True" in the .vmx fileThis is apparently...
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Vmware ESXI within Hyper-v (server 2012) networking issue
I am trying to get esxi running within hyper-v and it won't recognize the virtual switch even though I got it setup properly and it works with any other VMs on this system. I only have one NIC but...
View Articleinstall XenServer 7 as a VM on top of ESXi 5.5
Hi, Has any one successfully installed Citrix XenServer 7 as a VM on top of ESXi 5.5?I encountered hardware Dom0 crash during installation. I have tried various tricks without any luck. I know I am...
View ArticleOpenStack (KVM/QEMU) in vSphere - Occasionally segfaults occurring in...
I am running OpenStack Newton as HA deployment on Ubuntu 16.04 vSphere VMs in conjuntion with a Ceph Storage (Jewel). The deployment comprises:2 controller VMs3 compute VMs3 storage VMsEverything is up...
View ArticleKVM on ESXi causes segmentation faults in guest VMs with more than one vCPU
This post is related to this one:OpenStack (KVM/QEMU) in vSphere - Occasionally segfaults occurring in OpenStack VMs with more than one vCPU configured I was able to narrow down the problem described...
View ArticleVM player runs smoothly in 5 years old PC, but super slow in an alienware laptop
I tested a few VMware player created vm, all hosting ubuntu, 12.04, 14.04 and 16.04. They all works smoothly in 5 years old PC, embarrassed to mention its specs. The confusing fact is that none of them...
View ArticleRunning ESX under KVM with VM-x/EPT
I've been experimenting with setting up a test lab on a linux host with KVM as the layer 1 hypervisor and ESX as the layer 2. With KVM configured for nested, ept and ignore_msrs, and ESX set to...
View ArticleProblems running HyperV as a Guest OS under vSphere 6.0
Trying to get HyperV to run as a Guest OS under vSphere 6.0 (for lab purposes only). I have followed all of the steps implemented that I can find which involves putting these two lines in the .vmx...
View ArticleVirtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported on this platform.
I am trying to run VMWare Fusion with Windows Server 2012 on a host mac, but when I startup I get this error message, "Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported on this platform." I looked at some...
View ArticleThe guest operating system "windowsHyperVGuest" is not supported
I got this error "The guest operating system "windowsHyperVGuest" is not supported" when I powered on a VM installed W2K12R2 and Hyper-V. Please tell me how to resolve it.
View ArticleProblems during VMware virtual server setup. [msg.log.error.unrecoverable]...
Hello, I have one problem while creating a virtual server. I'm sending you the logs, please check. How can I resolve these errors? Regards, thanks for all supporting. 2017-07-04T22:57:43.407Z|...
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The Hyper-V components is not running.
Hi,I got the error message as below when I tried to start the VM in Hyper-V 3.0. The VM is in a nested virtualization. The first hypervisor is ESXi 6.0 and the second one is Hyper-V 3.0. I have add...
View ArticleThe supportance for the host of nested esxi guests.
Hello, I'm going to deploy nested esxi guest today and had read an article:Support for running ESXi/ESX as a nested virtualization solution (2009916) | VMware KBI understand vmware doesn't support...
View ArticleAbout Nested Virtualization
ESXi 6.5 was installed on the virtual server.However, even if you enter the URL of ESXi, the setting screen is not displayed.Currently, OS is not installed on the virtual server, so I would like to use...
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