VMware inside a VMware setup

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Hi community,   We have been trying to setup Industrial edge in a windows server within a vmware virtual machine. when I try top open ova package i got following error:   "This host does not support Intel VT-x. This host appears to be running in a virtual machine with VHV disabled. Ensure that VHV is enabled in the virtual machine configuration file. VMware Workstation does not support the user level monitor on this host. Module 'MonitorMode' power on failed. Failed to start the virtual machine."   Has anyone ever faced this issue before?   Kindly waiting your helps.      
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Hi Utku Kutlucan

 

You’ll need to either enable VT‑x in BIOS and configure nested virtualization properly, or run the OVA directly on a physical host (or ESXi with VHV enabled). Running it inside a VMware Workstation VM on Windows Server won’t work unless nested virtualization is supported and enabled.

VMware Workstation has limited support for nested virtualization. Running Industrial Edge inside a VM on Workstation often fails because it doesn’t fully support the user‑level monitor required.

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If you have access to ESXi then  enable nested virtualization + expose hardware virtualization to the Windows Server VM.

 

If you don’t have full control on infra then ask admin to  “Enable VHV / nested virtualization and expose Intel VT-x/AMD-V to my Windows Server VM so I can run an Industrial Edge OVA inside VMware Workstation.”

 

The recommended way is deploy Industrial Edge OVA directly on a physical ESXi/Workstation host, not virtual.

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