You can now virtualize Hyper-V as a VM running on VMware ESXI 5.5. Initially if you try to install Hyper-V role, you will get an error message mentioning that, "Hyper-V cannot be installed". Follow the below steps to get it installed.
1. Enable CPU/ MMU virtualization in VM settings.
2. Power off the Hyper-V VM and remove it from inventory. Browse the data store and download the VMX configuration file of the VM and save to your local machine. Open it using WordPad and change the guestOS line to :
guestOS = “winhyperv”
Save the file and upload it back to data store. Now right click on the VMX file and add it to inventory. Power on the VM and install Hyper-V role. It must now get installed without any error.
Note :
It is NOT recommended in a production environment. Use this only for self study and testing in labs.
1. Enable CPU/ MMU virtualization in VM settings.
2. Power off the Hyper-V VM and remove it from inventory. Browse the data store and download the VMX configuration file of the VM and save to your local machine. Open it using WordPad and change the guestOS line to :
guestOS = “winhyperv”
Save the file and upload it back to data store. Now right click on the VMX file and add it to inventory. Power on the VM and install Hyper-V role. It must now get installed without any error.
Note :
It is NOT recommended in a production environment. Use this only for self study and testing in labs.
