How to build an amazing home lab VMware nested ESX 6.7 for Home Lab - Part 1
Hi Guys, This is part 1 of how to create your amazing home lab. The part one covers how to prepare your ESX host using commodity hardware Dell Optiplex 7010 for nested ESX. you can find a detailed post on my blog at https://ibrahimquraishi.com.
Part 1 of Nested Esx 6.7 Virtual Lab This video takes you through some basics of how to configure nested esx setup.
Install the ESX host
Prepare the ESX host
Enable ssh or enabel shell
Edit the file /etc/vmware/config
vhv.allow = "TRUE"
Prepare the Virtual Machine for Nested ESX installing.
configure the new virtual machine with OS hardware version other and select the ESX6.5 or above form the drop down.
Edit the Virtual disk settings and change it to Thin provisioned
Most importantly select the CPU configuration to allow to talk to the guest OS. with enabling the option for Expose hardware-assisted virtualization to the guest OS
then you are ready to install the ESXi on the VM.
stay tuned to watch the next video on installing vSphere ESXi 6.7 on a VM as nested ESX.
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