{"id":6,"date":"2007-06-06T22:34:36","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T20:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bussink.ch\/erik\/technology\/running-vmware-esx-3-inside-a-vmware-workstation-60\/"},"modified":"2007-06-06T22:34:36","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T20:34:36","slug":"running-vmware-esx-3-inside-a-vmware-workstation-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"Running VMware ESX 3.0.1 inside a VMware Workstation 6.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is now possible to run VMware ESX 3.0.1<\/a> servers inside a VMware Workstation6.0<\/a> (Build 45731<\/span>) if you have specific processors in your system. These processors need to have the new x86 virtualization<\/a> capabilities (Intel VT or the AMD-V).<\/p>\n

The guys are xtravirt.com<\/a> have written a good starter guide<\/a>. While they only mentionned how to run it with the Intel VT ( monitor_control.vt32 = TRUE ) flag, you can run them on AMD Opteron (AM2 or Socket F 1207pin). You need to use the monitor_control.svm_enable = TRUE. Thanks to the monitor_control.svn_enable switch, the virtual ESX 3.0.1 server will boot and be ready within 90 seconds.<\/p>\n

Here is a sample esx-01.vmx file that I\u2019m using on my AMD Opteron workstation (HP xw9400 Workstation). Notice the ethernet device used (e1000), the number of vcpu (2), and the monitor_control switches.<\/p>\n

esx-01.vmx<\/p>\n

annotation = "esx-02.vi3.local|0A|0AVMware ESX 3.0.1 Build 39823|0A|0AvSwitch0 - Service Console|0AvSwitch1 - VM Network|0AvSwitch2 - VMotion|0A"\n<span lang="EN-GB">config.version = \u201c8\u2033\ndeploymentPlatform = \u201cwindows\u201d\ndisplayName = \u201cesx-02 (VMware ESX 3.0.1)\u201d\nethernet0.addressType = \u201cgenerated\u201d\nethernet0.connectionType = \u201cbridged\u201d\nethernet0.present = \u201cTRUE\u201d\nethernet0.virtualDev = \u201ce1000\u2033\nethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = \u201cFALSE\u201d\nethernet1.addressType = \u201cgenerated\u201d\nethernet1.connectionType = \u201cbridged\u201d\nethernet1.present = \u201cTRUE\u201d\nethernet1.virtualDev = \u201ce1000\u2033\nethernet2.addressType = \u201cgenerated\u201d\nethernet2.connectionType = \u201cbridged\u201d\nethernet2.present = \u201cTRUE\u201d\nethernet2.virtualDev = \u201ce1000\u2033\nfloppy0.fileName = \u201c\/dev\/fd0\u2033\nfloppy0.startConnected = \u201cFALSE\u201d\nguestOS = \u201cother-64\u2033\nide1:0.deviceType = \u201ccdrom-raw\u201d\nide1:0.fileName = \u201c\/dev\/hdc\u201d\nide1:0.present = \u201cTRUE\u201d\nisolation.tools.hgfs.disable = \u201cTRUE\u201d<\/span>\n<span lang="EN-GB">isolation.tools.getPtrLocation.disable = \u201cTRUE\u201d\nisolation.tools.setPtrLocation.disable = \u201cTRUE\u201d\nMemAllowAutoScaleDown = \u201cFALSE\u201d\nmemsize = \u201c1024\u2033\nmonitor_control.enable_svm = TRUE\nmonitor_control.restrict_backdoor = TRUE\n#monitor_control.vt32 = TRUE\nnumvcpus = \u201c2\u2033\nnvram = \u201cesx-02.nvram\u201d\nRemoteDisplay.vnc.port = \u201c0\u2033\nscsi0:0.fileName = \u201cesx-02.vmdk\u201d\nscsi0:0.present = \u201cTRUE\u201d\nscsi0.present = \u201cTRUE\u201d\nscsi0.virtualDev = \u201clsilogic\u201d\nsvga.vramSize = \u201c16708800\u2033\ntools.upgrade.policy = \u201cuseGlobal\u201d\n<\/span>virtualHW.productCompatibility = \u201cesx\u201d\nvirtualHW.version = \u201c4\u2033<\/pre>
\nTwo entries in the VMware Community forum cover this topic. \u201cAbility to run ESX as a Workstation guest<\/a>\u201d and \u201cHow to install ESX3 on Workstation 6 – Whitepaper!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is now possible to run VMware ESX 3.0.1 servers inside a VMware Workstation6.0 (Build 45731) if you have specific processors in your system. These processors need to have the new x86 virtualization capabilities (Intel VT or the AMD-V). The guys are xtravirt.com have written a good starter guide. While they only mentionned how to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bussink.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}