When I am installing VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.i386.bundle in Red Hat Enterprise linux 5.9 32bit, Installer prompt the error.
My processor is
[root@localhost proc]# cat cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 45
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 0 @ 1.90GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 1900.066
cache size : 15360 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu tsc msr pae cx8 apic mtrr cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss nx constant_tsc pni vmx est ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt
bogomips : 4752.98
...
processor : 11
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 45
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 0 @ 1.90GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 1900.066
cache size : 15360 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu tsc msr pae cx8 apic mtrr cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss nx constant_tsc up pni vmx est ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt
bogomips : 4752.98
[root@localhost vmware]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-348.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Nov 28 22:04:26 EST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Why ?
Help me. thanks
Hi,
Sorry for the confusion - corrected my answer as I was thinking of VMware Workstation 11
You should be able to run VMware Workstation 9 however you will need to ensure that Intel VT is enabled in the BIOS - can you confirm that this option is indeed enabled there?
Kind regards.
Hi,
Just had a look at the CPU flags and the vmx is meant to signify that Intel VT is enabled in the BIOS so I guess this confirms that the BIOS is set correct.
Unless the output has been truncated I cannot however see the lm flag which should mean you have a 64 bit CPU - perhaps this is not available as you are running from a 32 bit host OS but this doesn't make much sense?
Kind regards.
Hi,
Perhaps the answer is here : http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=208857...
Looks like VMware Workstation 9 is not supported on Red Hat Enterprise 5.9 - I know there is often a big gap between supported and it running but perhaps not in this case. Looks like 5.7 did support WS9.x so not sure if going back host OS versions is a possibility for you?
Kind regards.
I had installed successfully in Red Hat 5.9 Enterprise linux 5.9 32bit on other machine.
The machine is
[root@localhost ~]# uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.18-348.el5 #1 SMP Wed Nov 28 21:25:39 EST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 @ 2.70GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 2693.475
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 5386.95
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 @ 2.70GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 2693.475
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 5386.47
I am intalling VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.2-1744117.i386.bundle in the machin, Installor prompt the error too.
[root@localhost vmware]# ./VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.2-1744117.i386.bundle
Extracting VMware Installer...done.
One or more of your processors does not have the necessary 64bit
extensions to run VMware virtual machines.
Installation was unsuccessful.
As ThompsG pointed out above, the installer is specifically looking for the lm flag, which indicates support for Long Mode (a 64-bit processor).
That flag is present on your other machine, but is absent on the problematic machine. The problematic machine is also running the "el5xen" flavor of the kernel... If you are attempting to install Workstation inside another hypervisor, verify that that hypervisor is configured to virtualize a 64-bit processor.
Cheers,
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Darius
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-348.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Nov 28 22:04:26 EST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Because this ?????????????????
flags | : fpu tsc msr pae cx8 apic mtrr cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss nx constant_tsc up pni vmx est ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt |
That list of feature flags looks suspiciously short for that processor. Are you running a Xen VM configured for 32-bit operation? What is the output of:
xm info
Hi theire,
you marked the "Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT" inside the VM Config?
Best regards
Max
I dont known XEN and XM, help me please
[root@localhost ~]# xm info
host : localhost.localdomain
release : 2.6.18-348.el5xen
version : #1 SMP Wed Nov 28 22:04:26 EST 2012
machine : i686
nr_cpus : 12
nr_nodes : 1
sockets_per_node : 1
cores_per_socket : 6
threads_per_core : 2
cpu_mhz : 1900
hw_caps : bfebfbff:2c100000:00000000:00000940:17bee3ff:00000000:00000001
total_memory : 4050
free_memory : 383
node_to_cpu : node0:0-11
xen_major : 3
xen_minor : 1
xen_extra : .2-348.el5
xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p
xen_pagesize : 4096
platform_params : virt_start=0xf5800000
xen_changeset : unavailable
cc_compiler : gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)
cc_compile_by : mockbuild
cc_compile_domain : redhat.com
cc_compile_date : Wed Nov 28 21:22:02 EST 2012
xend_config_format : 2
The processor of problematic machine reset lm flag.
How to set the flag?
What should I do?
Hi,
Unless you planned to run Workstation nested (eg. run a hypervisor in a hypervisor) you should probably switch to another kernel.
One that does not have the "xen" part in it.
If you can, just re-install your host and do not select xen or hypervisor during the install.
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Wil
I can not re-install my host.
If I want to to run Workstation nested (eg. run a hypervisor in a hypervisor) , What should I do
Hi,
Unfortunately I'm not that familiar with Xen to tell you how-to configure it to run a hypervisor under it, not even sure if it even works and if it works what kind of performance you get (I suspect very slow) and what limitations will be. It certainly will be highly experimental.
That's a xen question more as a vmware one. I did a quick search and found that xen has "some" support for nested virtualisation:
Nested Virtualization in Xen - Xen
If you cannot rebuild the host, then I would still recommend to switch to another non-xen kernel.
--
Wil
If you can't reinstall your host, then you're probably out of luck, because you're running a 32-bit Xen hypervisor, which does not appear to virtualize long mode.
What an problem I'm facing the same error how can I just avoid it?
I'm on exagear emulator and my cpu is 64bit as well