Problem converting 64bit OS VM into Nested ESXi 5

[tinchito7]

Now I know this is not officialy supported by VMware, but still I need to ask..

I have two nested ESXi 5 Servers running on a physical ESXi 5 Server.

When trying to convert a Windows Server 2008 R2 that resides on the physical server (in other words - V2V), with VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, to the nested ESXi Server, i got the following error:

"The destination does not support 64 bit guest operating systems".

I have searched all over for a solution to this.. But I didn't quite found out what to do to solve this problem.

I don't seem to get what values to change\add in the configuration files etc.

Help?

Thanks in advance,

Martin.

[schepp]

Hey Martin,

please take a look at this post Duncan made:

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/06/12/creating-a-nested-lab/

Regards

Tim

[vmroyale]

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[admin]

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[tinchito7]

Well, I guess I should of said before that I went over all those articles..

This is what I tried so far:

* Added 'vhv.allow = TRUE' to the /etc/vmware/config to the physical ESXi server.

* Added 'monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = TRUE' to the nested ESXi servers 'Configuration Parameters'.

* Changed the 'Guest Operating System' of the nested ESXi servers to 'VMware ESXi5.x'.

* Changed the 'CPU/MMU Virtualization' parameter of the nested ESXi servers to 'Use Intel VT-x/AMD-v for instruction set virtualization and Intel EPT/AMD RVI for MMU virtualization' - following Duncan's thread (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/06/12/creating-a-nested-lab/)

Am I missing something?

- I have to had something very important: The problem occurs only when trying to migrate (with vCenter Converter) a 64bit OS running on a physical ESXi server into the nested ESXi server. If I create and install an VM with a 64bit OS, I can power it on.

Is this weird or what?

[admin]

What is the output of 'esxcfg-info | grep HV' on your ESXi VM?

[tinchito7]

~ # esxcfg-info | grep HV

         |----HV Support............................................3

         |----HV Replay Capable.....................................false

         \==+HV Replay Disabled Reasons :

            |----World Command Line.................................grep HV

[tinchito7]

Never mind, suddenly, without any warning, it works!

All I did was a restart to the source server, and to the vCenter Converter server.

And now it works.

I hate when things like these happen..