ESXi on KVM

[Darton Williams]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Min Wang <ser.basis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> has anyone successfully installed ESXi ( tried version) on the
> Fedora/Centos KVM?
>
> If so, what's the good the processor model?
>
> tried serveral combinatnion of cpu model and ESX 3.5 and 5.1 ( trial
> version) without success
>
> (1) tried ESX Sever 3i (3.5.0) build-207095  ( with pentinumpro, and other
> cpu model, even with host CPU configuration)
>
> it complains: the system has founda problem on your machine and can not
> continue
>
> No pages alloed to Noe 0-- big mimatch between BIOS and SRAT memory maps,
> or MTRR error, or user removed all momory from a Node.
> Try checking memory  or upgrading BIOS.
>
>
> (2) tried ESX server 5.1 VMware-VMvisor-Installer-**
> 201210001-838463.x86_64.iso
>
> complain about CPU model etc (I forgot the detailed error message.)
>
>
>
> thanks.
>
>
 KVM support for nested virtualization is still a work in progress, AFAIK.

I haven't tried it, but numerous blogs and forums mention issues
specifically regarding ESX(i) as a guest hypervisor under KVM. It appears
that the other way around, KVM as guest under ESX, is more likely to work,
but that doesn't really help in your situation. Assuming your goal is to
test ESX, you may have better luck using something like VMware Player as
the top-level hypervisor - it works well on Fedora - and installing ESX as
the guest in that.

A couple of resources:

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8970
http://tbuckholz.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/nesting-hypervisors/

Cheers,

Darton
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