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airrun
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install ESXi 4.1 within ESXi 4.1

I install EXSi 4.1 in bare-metal server, create a new VM machine named testvm, I also install EXSi 4.1 to testvm, and new a vm in testvm, but if I power on the vm within testvm,  it have a problem showed following

" Running VMware ESX in a virtual machine requires the outer virtual machine to be configured for running a VMware ESX guest operating system. You can not power on a virtual machine until the outer virtual machine is reconfigured"

I see someone said add "vmx.allowNested = TRUE" to vmx document of testvm, I added, but problem still appeared,

Have anyone encounter the same problem? 

I will appreciate for your suggestion

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Linjo
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You have posted in VMware Fusion forum, you should probably post this in the ESX4 forum instead.

// Linjo

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a_p_
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admin
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Please edit the configuration file for your ESXi VM (testvm) and change the guest OS type to vmkernel:

guestos = vmkernel

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