When you run ESXi 5.5 in a VMware Workstation 10 virtual machine you can run virtual machines in that virtualized ESXi-host if your CPU has virtualization support. Doing this is also know as running a nested hypervisor because it runs on another virtualization technology. It is based on VMware Workstation version 10 and ESXi version 5.5.
Install Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-V. Note : this will force VMware Workstation to read again the configuration file and thus take into account the new line that has just been added. Once saved, double-click on this file or right-click "Open with VMware Workstation" on it.Activated AMD-V/RVI under CPU settings and installed Hyper-V Role without a problem.Created and installed Win10 client in Hyper-V but when i start the VM it waits for a long time to connect to guest then falls to black screen with a. I have Workstation Pro 16 running on Win10 Pro 21H2 and Windows Server 2016 installed on Vmware Workstation. It didn't matter which hypervisor the VVM was on. IP addresses) but I couldn't ping the VVMs from the VMs. The issue was that from the VVMs I was able to ping the VMs and get info from them (e.g. Let's call the VMs within VMware Workstation as "VMs" while the VMs within the nested hypervisors as "VVMs". Create Virtual Machine in VMware vSphere and Select the Guest OS Family as "windows" and Guest OS Version is " Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64. Nested Hyper-V Server on VMware vSphere.Check the box next to "Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI." You will see a warning that virtualized HV will make this VM incompatible with other VMware products.Hyper-V and Workstation can run concurrently on the host, but there is still no support to run Workstation in a nested Hyper-V VM.
How do I enable nested virtualization in VMware Workstation? To enable virtualized HV, select VM->Settings and navigate to the processor settings screen.