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Set-VMProcessor -VMName "vHost-01" -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $Trueġ0. Once PowerCLI is installed, run it and set location to the folder containing the files, then add offline depot ZIP files to the current PowerCLI session as shown below:
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Download and install VMware PowerCLI 6.3 or newerĥ. Copy the downloaded files to the same folder (e.g. Otherwise, ESXi installation will be blocked)ģ.
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Download the driver which allows running ESXi as a VM under Microsoft Hyper-V ( net-tulip, it’s actually a network driver which should be added to ESXi image.

For example, here is a direct download link for Dell’s ESXi 6.0 image which includes Dell’s VIBs in addition to built-in installation bundles provided by VMware.Ģ. You can also download a ESXi image customized by vendor. Download VMWare ESXi offline bundle available at product download page (e.g. although these steps should work for newer versions as well):ġ. Needless to say, nested virtualization works great only for demo and labs, therefore, running ESXi under Hyper-V is a completely unsupported in production environments.Īnyway, carry out the following steps to install ESXi (6.0, in my case. I’ve been doing recently VMware ESXi deployment in my lab environment and would like to share main steps required to make it work on nested Hyper-V.
