Okay, here it is:

.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
vcpu.hotadd = "TRUE"
maxvcpus = "4"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "1024"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "ESX3.5.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
monitor.virtual_mmu = "software"
monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware"
monitor_console.restrict_backdoor="true"
roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"
displayName = "ESX3.5"
guestOS = "rhel4-64"
nvram = "ESX3.5.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

extendedConfigFile = "ESX3.5.vmxf"

All this time I was thinking it was working on the inner vm. Thanks for your help, it worked.

Next is to fix the issue creating an entitled user. I keep getting an error stating that I am not an entitled user. I am going to post a new thread outside of this one, but if you have any suggestions this would be helpful. Thanks.

Do you know if the same is possible for a Vista VM running under ESX 3.5U4, the Vista VM has Workstation 6.5 installed (we installed Workstation on to a physical box and converted it to virtual) under which I want to run a Windows 2000 Pro VM ? I get the same message "You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine" when powering on the Windows 2000 VM.

We are able to run the Windows 2000 Pro VM under ESX however we cannot connect to the VM from a Wyse thin client, as W2k does not support an RDP connection. So we thought if we could front W2k with Vista and Workstation then we have a solution. A ThinApp of the W2k applications would be first prize but it is proving a challenge at present. We tested the W2k VM with Workstation on a physical Vista box and it works very well.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Hi Everybody,

I have VT Enabled Desktop with 4GB of RAM.

I installed Workstation 6.5. I installed ESX 4.0 as a Virtual Machine, and connected to it through Virtual Client, And Created a XP Vm on it. Getting the error " You May not power on a VM in A VM". I read this Post and edited my ESX's Config File. But while powering on the ESX, I am getting the message like "The value hardware for monitor.virtual_exec is not valid changing it to Automatic " and "The Boolean Value true for monitor_control.restrict_backdoor is not valid.Changing to FALSE".

Can someone please help me on this. I want to work on Virtual Machines on an ESX host.

The Client I have is vSphere 4.0.

I am attaching ESX Config file with this reply.

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Hello everybody,

what about this error?

I have installed vmware ESX server 3
(kernal 2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmix on an i686) running on an hp server. I
have installed ubuntu 9.04 on this vmware and when I try to run a
virtual machine on the ubuntu with a vmplayer, I got this error :
“You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine”.

can any body help me.

See Running Nested VMs.