Running Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 on ESXi 5.5

[phantom1988]

I have installed ESXi 5.5 on my test server and I'm managing it using vSphere Client 5.5 on Windows 8. I installed Windows Server 2012 R2 on ESXi and I wanted to install the role Hyper-v but when I do that I get the error message "Hypervisor is already running". I did some research but I couldn't find any clear instructions to overcome this issue since I'm beginner to this field. I want to know how I can install Hyper-v on my Windows Server 2012 R2 installation. I would be appreciate if anyone can give me some clear instructions on that. Thanks.

[vThinkBeyondVM]

As per me, it should work just fine:

Refer:

http://www.vladan.fr/esxi-5-1-free-how-to-run-hyper-v/

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/419209

http://www.veeam.com/blog/nesting-hyper-v-with-vmware-workstation-8-and-esxi-5.html

http://www.tinkertry.com/vmware-esxi-5-1-can-run-microsoft-hyper-v-server-2012-vms-nice/

[admin]

phantom1988 wrote:

I have installed ESXi 5.5 on my test server and I'm managing it using vSphere Client 5.5 on Windows 8. I installed Windows Server 2012 R2 on ESXi and I wanted to install the role Hyper-v but when I do that I get the error message "Hypervisor is already running". I did some research but I couldn't find any clear instructions to overcome this issue since I'm beginner to this field. I want to know how I can install Hyper-v on my Windows Server 2012 R2 installation. I would be appreciate if anyone can give me some clear instructions on that. Thanks.

Hyper-V refuses to install in a VM.  The only way to get around this is to hide the fact that you are running in a VM.  We have a specific guest OS type for this (Windows Hyper-V).  Unfortunately, when you hide the fact that you are running in a VM, you can't use any Windows Enlightenments.  Without Windows Enlightenments, there are some timing issues with Hyper-V guests.  For this reason, the Hyper-V guest OS type is unsupported.