vhv.enable = “TRUE”: This option enables nested virtualization.

mce.enable = “TRUE”: This option enables Machine Check Exception (MCE), which enable the Windows Server 2012 VM to report CPU hardware issues.

0 = “FALSE”: This option tricks the Windows Server 2012 into “thinking” it is not running in a virtualized instance.

I’ve given you a picture of my configuration file in the following figure.

VMware configuration files can be opened with any text editor. VDX configuration file to match the following screenshot. You can find the working directory by navigating to the Options page in the Virtual Machine Settings dialog box and checking the Working directory field.Īdd the following three new entries to the.

VDX configuration file from the VM’s working directory. In the Virtual Machine Settings dialog box, enable the Virtualization engine options as shown in the following figure.We will need to make two tweaks to the VM configuration in order to (fully) support Hyper-V Server: Open VMware Workstation and create a new VM by using the Windows Server 2012 template.We’ll then demonstrate that nested virtualization works by deploying a virtual machine (VMs) inside the “outer” VM. The following video applies to VMware Workstation Pro and VMware Workstation Player™, describing what is new in Workstation 14 Pro and Workstation 14 Player.Our goal here is to install and run the Hyper-V server role in an already virtualized instance of Windows Server 2012. OVF (Open Virtualization Format) Resources Guest Operating System Installation Guide To view or ask questions about Workstation Pro, visit the VMware Workstation Pro Community. If you want to learn more about Workstation Pro, visit the Workstation Pro product page. With VMware Workstation Pro, you can run multiple operating systems simultaneously on the same PC, create powerful virtual machines to run the most demanding applications, and create restricted virtual machines that can expire. All our documentation comes in PDF format, which you can access by selecting the PDF download icon while reading a page or viewing a search result. For example, version 14 contains all the updates for 14.x releases. We update the online documentation with the latest point release information. Use the navigation on the left to browse through documentation for your release of VMware Workstation Pro. Welcome to VMware Workstation Pro™ documentation.

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