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vmman34
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Has anyone nested Hyper V inside VMWare workstation and got a VM to start?

Hi, I have created a Server 2016 VM inside of VM Workstation and installed the Hyper V Role using setup in this guide https://protechgurus.com/install-hyper-v-on-vmware-workstation/

I have also opened Hyper V and created a VM.

But I get the following error when I attempt to start the VM.

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The Server is a HPDL360e G8 and the following BIOS settings have all been enabled.

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But I am still getting the hypervisor is not running message.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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a_p_
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The two important BIOS settings, which need to be enabled are the top two from the sceenshot you've provided.

If both of them are enabled, then please attach the "Hyper-V" VM's current vmware.log file to a reply post.


André

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vmman34
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Hi a.p.

All of the features are on in the BIOS and I can't see a reason for why it is doing it.

Here is a screenshot of the lastest events from the Hyper V Host Servers vm.log.

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It looks like the vcpu was starting up certain features but I can't see any errors at the time.

So I don't understand why the guest VM is failing to start with the hypervisor message.

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a_p_
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The screenshot unfortunateyl doesn't help. Please attach the complete vmware.log.


André

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vmman34
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a.p.

Hi, I have attached the log file but I can't still cant see anything that may be preventing the guest VM from starting on the host.

I suppose the other way to test it would be to install Hyper V on the physical host itself, then create a Virtual Server with the Hyper V role on it, and see if I can add and run a VM within that.


At least that would prove that my hardware can support nested virtualisation I can get the VM to start. And the only thing it could be after that is VMWare Workstation related.

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