{"id":2098,"date":"2014-07-15T23:05:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T21:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2014-07-16T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T09:08:34","slug":"vmware-x64-virtual-machines-within-nested-esxi-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/vmware-x64-virtual-machines-within-nested-esxi-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware: x64 virtual machines within nested ESXi Hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_2098 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_2098')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_2098').socialSharePrivacy({\"services\":{\"flattr\":{\"uid\":\"Michl\",\"status\":\"on\",\"the_title\":\"VMware%3A%20x64%20virtual%20machines%20within%20nested%20ESXi%20Hosts\",\"the_excerpt\":\"Hi%2C%0D%0A%0D%0Aif%20you%20plan%20to%20run%20an%20ESXi%20Host%20within%20an%20ESXi%20Host%20and%20enabling%20support%20for%2064-bit%20for%20VMs%20some%20additional%20settings%20are%20requiered%3A%0D%0A%20%28more%26hellip%3B%29\",\"txt_info\":\"2 clicks for more data protection:\\r\\n\\r\\nOnly when you click here, the button will be come active and you can send your recommendation to Flattr. 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The Windows Client supports only versions up to 8.<\/li>\n<li>At the CPU settings the switch &#8220;Expose hardware assisted virtualization to guest OS&#8221; must set.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2104\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/vmware-nested-esxi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2104\" alt=\"VMware: Expose hardware assisted flag\" src=\"http:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/vmware-nested-esxi.png\" width=\"602\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/vmware-nested-esxi.png 602w, https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/vmware-nested-esxi-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VMware: Expose hardware assisted flag<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>Or add the parameter in the vmx file of the virtual machine in which the virtualized ESXi host should run. To enable hardware &#8220;assisted virtualization&#8221; The parameter<br \/>\n<strong>vhv.enable=true<br \/>\n<\/strong>must be set.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This error occurs if one these requierments are not fulfilled: <em>&#8220;Longmode is unsupported. It is required for 64-bit guest OS support. On Intel systems, longmode requires VT-x to be enabled in the BIOS. On nested virtual ESX hosts, longmode requires the &#8220;Virtualized Hardware Virtualization&#8221; flag to be enabled on the outer VM.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, if you plan to run an ESXi Host within an ESXi Host and enabling support for 64-bit for VMs some additional settings are requiered:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[457,509,511,508,14,510],"class_list":["post-2098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vmware","tag-esxi","tag-hosts","tag-longmode-is-unsupported","tag-nested","tag-vmware-2","tag-x64-vm"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2098"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2106,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098\/revisions\/2106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}