You May not power on avirtual Machine in a virtual Machine

[syedd]

Hi

i am trying to start virtual guest machine in ESX 4 , i am using Vmware Workstation 7.1.0

while trying to start i am getting this message "You May not power on avirtual Machine in a virtual Machine"

my physical machine is AMD = AMD OPTERON (tm) processor 254 2.79 GHZ (2 processors)

on internet is suggested to add add this value monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware"

i did it but nothing happened . PLEASE help .

Regards

Syedd

[AndreTheGiant]

Have you follow this guide?

http://xtravirt.com/node/177

http://www.vladan.fr/how-to-install-esx-4-inside-vmware-workstaiton-7-video/

Andre

[syedd]

hi Andre,

thanks for your reply ,

i am still in trouble , one thing i wana ask you that this configuration should be done in ESX.vmx file or inside ESX (Guest OS).vmx file

pls pls help me

Regards

Syedd

[AndreTheGiant]

You must edit the configuration in Workstation.

The property must be for the VM that rappresent the (virtual) ESXi host

Andre

[admin]

Did you select "ESX Server 4" as the guest OS type for your ESX guest?