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Latest revision as of 08:37, 7 April 2022
Home > VMWare platform > VMWare vSphere or ESXi > Install nested ESXi on top of KVM in a VM
It is possible to Install nested ESXi on top of KVM in a VM. To do that use following steps
- Create a VM as usually done for any other OS (Linux / Windows).
- Select "Customize configuration before install" option and make following critical changes
- Configure CPU for host-passthrough
- Go to CPUs
- Unselect "Copy host configuration"
- In model paste 'host-passthrough' and click apply.
- From ESXi 7.0 onwards support for e1000 has been removed. Hence, if you are installing ESXi 7.0 or higher need to change NIC model as follows:
- Go to each NIC card
- In device model past 'e1000e' and click apply. Note there is additional e at end in e1000e compared to default e1000 card
- After this go through installation of ESXi which should work properly.
Refer:
- https://itsjustbytes.com/2020/12/14/kvm-esxi-7-as-a-nested-cluster/
- https://vinfrastructure.it/2020/04/installing-esxi-7-0-on-vmware-workstation/
If there is any plan to create template and clone it to create multiple ESXi hosts then refer Create template of nested ESXi for cloning and repeat use
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