Quick Tip - Adding a vTPM (Virtual Trusted Platform Module) to a Nested ESXi VM
I had an interesting question this morning asking whether it was possible to add a vTPM (Virtual Trusted Platform Module) to a Nested ESXi VM? The user was interested in testing a particular scenario...
View ArticleEmulating a Virtual USB storage device using Nested ESXi
My buddy Alan Renouf had pinged me earlier today and asked whether it was possible to emulate a USB storage device that could aide him in the testing the installation of ESXi from a USB device but...
View ArticleEnabling vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture (ESA) using Nested ESXi
To get the full benefits and support of the new vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture (ESA), you will need modern hardware from the official vSAN ESA Ready Node HCL. However, from an education and...
View ArticleUsing vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) to remediate Nested ESXi host with CPU...
If you are running a Nested ESXi VM on top of a physical ESXi host that does not have a supported CPU and you are using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM), the pre-check and/or remediation will fail due...
View ArticleNested ESXi installation using HTTPS boot over VirtualEFI in vSphere 8
In vSphere 7.0 Update 2, an enhancement was made to the Virtual Machine's UEFI firmware called VirtualEFI that would enable ESXi to run in a VM (Nested ESXi) and perform an HTTP Boot given the ESXi...
View ArticleSelf-Contained & Automated VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployment using new...
I recently came to learn about a really neat solution that was released called the VMware Cloud Foundation Lab Constructor (VLC) Holodeck Toolkit, which makes it super easy for anyone to deploy a...
View ArticleHow to install all versions of ESX and ESXi in VM?
Thanks goodness for Virtualization and the ability to easily install ANY operating system inside of a vSphere Virtual Machine including the very first release of ESX 1.0, which is more than 22 years...
View ArticleRefresher on Nested ESXi Networking Requirements
Using Nested Virtualization and specifically Nested ESXi, which is running ESXi inside of a VM, has become so automatic and second nature for me and many in the VMware community, that I sometimes...
View ArticlevSphere 8.0 Update 1c resolves Windows VBS performance & Hyper-V Generation 2...
🆕 vSphere 8.0 Update 1c is now available! Includes support for TKr 1.25.7 🥳 📔RNVC https://t.co/4y2s91PcKYESXi https://t.co/RYI0gz7vtfTKr https://t.co/KiarKzkQs0 💿 DLVC https://t.co/w0cyBErTiCESXi...
View ArticleUnable to power on vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) VM in Nested ESXi with no...
After deploying a new VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Workload Domain using the VCF Holodeck Toolkit, which leverages Nested ESXi, I noticed the vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) VMs kept failing to power...
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