hello,
whenever i try to power on
error message show..."Running VMware ESX in a virtual machine requires the outer virtual machine to be configured for running a VMware ESX guest operating system. You cannot power on a virtual machine until the outer virtual machine is reconfigured."
don't know what to do ??
pls help
thank u
Hello.
So are you trying to run nested ESX? Which products and versions are you working with?
Good Luck!
hey thanks for ur reply
i m using esxi 5
Have you added
vhv.allow = "TRUE"
to /etc/vmware/config on the outer ESXi 5 host?
You will need to use the ESXi Shell for this.
The instructions for configuring and accessing the ESXi Shell are found in kb 2004746.
The following command can be used from the ESXi Shell to make the required change:
echo 'vhv.allow = "TRUE"' >> /etc/vmware/config
The attachment appears to be a virtual disk. You don't need to change anything on the nested ESXi. Just make the one change to the outer host.
The command above comes from a good reference to use for this.
The guestOS type in your esxi.vmx file is "other-64." You should change this to:
guestOS = "vmkernel5"
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Did you reboot the base host after adding vhv.allow = "TRUE" @ /etc/vmware/config ....?
hey,
i don't khow where to add this vhv.allow = "TRUE"
pls specify
new to this
pls help ,,,,provide some screen shots
thanks
Hello,
Running VMware ESXi 4.1.0 virtual on VMware ESXi 4.1.0.
First the I configured the virtual ESXi server as: Other 64-bit
The *.vmx file was configured with:
guestOS = "other-64"
Starting a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine on the virtual ESXi server gave me the following error:
Running VMware ESX in a virtual machine requires the outer virtual machine to be configured for running a VMware ESX guest operating system. You cannot power on a virtual machine until the outer virtual machine is reconfigured.
I made a change in the *.vmx file mentioned in this thread.
guestOS = "vmkernel"
This was the only change I made.
Power on the virtual VMware ESXi server. After that power on the virtual Windows Server 2003 on the virtual VMware ESXi server and it worked.
Thanks
Philip
Thank you !