Hyper-V problems for a newbie

[Ntinsky]

Hello everybody.

I am new to this community and i have been searching for a solution to my problem for a couple of weeks. I ve seen people with the same issue getting it fixed but unfortunately i havent had the same luck so far.

I am trying to install Hyper-V on my Guest OS Windows Server 2012 R2 which i am running via VMWare Workstation 10.

I try to enable Intel VT-x/EPT on my pc but VMware keeps giving me this error that it is not supported on this platform.

My platform consists of a Intel Quad Core Q9650 on an Asus P5P43TD Pro. I ve checked with Compatibility list and my CPU supports Virtualization technology. I also have the latest BIOS on my mainboard, with the Intel Virtualization Technology.

Am i doing something wrong? Am i missing something?

As a result installing Hyper-V on my 2012 R2 guest os gives me an error that a hypervisor is already running.

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you for your time

[wmarusiak]

Hi,

Check out this post http://www.mrxuri.com/2013/10/06/install-hyper-v-server-2012-in-vmware-workstation.html

[Ntinsky]

Hello and thank you for your response.

I have already tried that but still no progress. I am starting to believe that my motherboard may not support VT-x. Its the only logical assumption.I just wish that its not true because i will have to start looking for a potential upgrade which is not possible at the moment.

[wmarusiak · Accepted solution]

And we found guilty one. It is chipset itself ARK | Intel® P43 Express Chipset (82P43 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub)

Motherboards - P5P43TD PRO

[Ntinsky]

Thank you very much