running ESXi 3.5 as a virtual machine inside ESX server 3.5

[Vibz03]

Hi,

I would like to run ESXi 3.5 as a virtual machine inside ESX server 3.5. does anyone know to go about it?. i have created VM and booted it using ESXi iso but it is stuck at "vmware esx server 3i : vmkernel loaded successfully". Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

vibz

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Moved to ESXi forum.

No, it is not possible to run within a VM on ESX. only workstation.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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This is only possible on AMD hosts with RVI support. See for instructions on enabling AMD-V with RVI for the ESXi guest.