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mfelker
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Nested Hyper-V underf Windows Server 2016 TP 4 - can't boot the VM

Hi:

    VMware WS 11.1.3 Host Windows 10. 

     Windows 2016 Server 2016 runs great in a VM (even on a nested ESi 6 server VM).  However when I tried to install the Hyper-V role and rebooted the machine did not go past the the Windows logo  (not even the circular progress circle.  I had defined this machine as a Windows 2012 Server. Enabled the processor virtualization option of course.  I tried a few things but none worked.  Changed OS type to hyper-v (unsupported) - no luck.  Changed OS type to Windows 10- x64 and added to vmx file.

hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = “FALSE"

mce.enable = “TRUE”

Actually I got a "dictionary" error or vmx corrupted msg in that case.

Fortunately I can just download the working 2016 VM from my physical ESXi and try again if I had a clue as to what I could do.

Has anybody gotten nested Hyper-V to work under a Windows Server 2016 VM?

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Are you running on AMD hardware?  There is a bug in Workstation that will cause the symptoms you describe on an AMD CPU.

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