I'm trying to run ESXi 7.0.3 under proxmox v8.0.4 on an AMD Ryzen host
ESXi installs OK but I can't get a VM to start. I think the PVE Host is configured ok as I am able to run a VM on a nested PVE instance.
ESXi VM config
There is no error message in the GUI, the VM just fails to start. The tail of the VMKernel warning logs are below
Does anyone know if there's a way to run ESXi nested on Proxmox? Would really be useful for my work currently - thanks
ESXi installs OK but I can't get a VM to start. I think the PVE Host is configured ok as I am able to run a VM on a nested PVE instance.
ESXi VM config
balloon: 0
boot: order=sata0;ide2;net0
cores: 6
cpu: host
ide2: ProxLib:iso/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0U3n-21930508.x86_64.iso,media=cdrom,size=391216K
memory: 8192
meta: creation-qemu=8.0.2,ctime=1696158590
net0: vmxnet3=BE:99:8A:14:E1:34,bridge=vmbr0
numa: 0
ostype: l26
sata0: VMS:vm-1001-disk-0,size=32G
sata1: VMS:vm-1001-disk-1,size=100G,ssd=1
smbios1: uuid=4a64aa47-2774-42eb-97c0-5a797c44f33a
sockets: 1
vmgenid: a96dd967-7682-4a9c-8e83-ece6da0b286a
There is no error message in the GUI, the VM just fails to start. The tail of the VMKernel warning logs are below
2023-10-01T11:47:48.373Z cpu3:134897)WARNING: UserObj: 5569: vsi_traverse: Unimplemented operation on 0x4540c57e2fa8/SOCKET_VMCI
2023-10-01T11:47:50.900Z cpu3:134927)WARNING: UserObj: 5569: vsi_traverse: Unimplemented operation on 0x4540c57e2fa8/SOCKET_VMCI
2023-10-01T11:47:57.413Z cpu5:134897)WARNING: MemTier: 520: MemTierSummary is not initialized
2023-10-01T11:47:57.413Z cpu5:134897)WARNING: MemTier: 402: MemTierSummary is not initialized
2023-10-01T11:47:57.414Z cpu5:134897)WARNING: cswitch: VLAN_PortGetVLANData:463: [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="vswitch"]No vlan data for non dvs ports or ports without port group 0x4000003
2023-10-01T11:47:57.414Z cpu5:134897)WARNING: cswitch: VLAN_PortGetVLANData:463: [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="vswitch"]No vlan data for non dvs ports or ports without port group 0x84000004
2023-10-01T11:47:57.414Z cpu5:134897)WARNING: cswitch: VLAN_PortGetVLANData:463: [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="vswitch"]No vlan data for non dvs ports or ports without port group 0x4000005
2023-10-01T11:48:00.338Z cpu3:134927)WARNING: MemTier: 520: MemTierSummary is not initialized
2023-10-01T11:48:00.338Z cpu3:134927)WARNING: MemTier: 402: MemTierSummary is not initialized
2023-10-01T11:48:00.338Z cpu3:134927)WARNING: cswitch: VLAN_PortGetVLANData:463: [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="vswitch"]No vlan data for non dvs ports or ports without port group 0x4000003
2023-10-01T11:48:00.338Z cpu3:134927)WARNING: cswitch: VLAN_PortGetVLANData:463: [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="vswitch"]No vlan data for non dvs ports or ports without port group 0x84000004
2023-10-01T11:48:00.338Z cpu3:134927)WARNING: cswitch: VLAN_PortGetVLANData:463: [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-esx" subcomp="vswitch"]No vlan data for non dvs ports or ports without port group 0x4000005
2023-10-01T11:48:14.688Z cpu3:135251)WARNING: UserObj: 5569: vmkvsitools: Unimplemented operation on 0x4540c57e2fa8/SOCKET_VMCI
2023-10-01T11:48:20.165Z cpu1:131096)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRequestFastDeviceProbe:237: NMP device "t10.ATA_____QEMU_DVD2DROM____________________________QM00003_____________" state in doubt; requested fast path state update...
2023-10-01T11:48:33.125Z cpu1:135507)WARNING: UserFile: 2298: rm: Directory changing too often to perform readdir operation (11 retries), returning busy
2023-10-01T11:48:33.129Z cpu1:135507)WARNING: UserFile: 2298: rm: Directory changing too often to perform readdir operation (11 retries), returning busy
2023-10-01T11:48:33.133Z cpu1:135507)WARNING: UserFile: 2298: rm: Directory changing too often to perform readdir operation (11 retries), returning busy
2023-10-01T11:48:33.137Z cpu1:135507)WARNING: UserFile: 2298: rm: Directory changing too often to perform readdir operation (11 retries), returning busy
2023-10-01T11:48:33.143Z cpu1:135507)WARNING: UserFile: 2298: rm: Directory changing too often to perform readdir operation (11 retries), returning busy
2023-10-01T12:20:29.667Z cpu4:131098)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRequestFastDeviceProbe:237: NMP device "t10.ATA_____QEMU_DVD2DROM____________________________QM00003_____________" state in doubt; requested fast path state update...
2023-10-01T12:20:29.691Z cpu1:136568)WARNING: World: vm 136568: 8442: vmm0:t1:vcpu-0:Invalid VMCB.
Does anyone know if there's a way to run ESXi nested on Proxmox? Would really be useful for my work currently - thanks
