Esxi as VM in Proxmox4

[Rudi Swennen]

Hello,

Is it possible to run an ESXi-server as a VM in proxmox4?
When I start the VM I get some kind of "error", see attachment.

Can someone help please to solve the issue?

Thanks,

Rudi

 

[wolfgang]

Hi,

have you enable nested visualization?

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Nested_Virtualization

 

[gardar]

I know that there have been some kernel patches, etc. that need to be applied before running esxi nested under kvm. I'm unsure of the status of this against the proxmox kernel.



Take a look at here:

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/451412

 

[clawes]

Did you ever find a solution for this problem?

I am also looking to run esxi5.5 as a vm on Proxmox 3.4.

Thanks.

 

[gardar]

I did try esxi as a vm in proxmox 3.4 and I'm afraid there are some kernel modules missing from the PVE 3.4 kernel.

I have yet to try if the kernel in proxmox 4 has the required modules.