Install Nested ESXi 6.x Host Under CentOS 7 Kvm Host
Hi all,
I am trying to install nested Esxi 6.x under a CentOS7 kvm host to use it as test lab for new ESXi versions, but I am doing something wrong because I can’t install it.
I have configured kvm and kvm_intel modules with the following options:
options kvm ignore_msrs=1
options kvm_intel nested=1 ept=1
and I add the following options in
qemu-kvm package is installed from Virtualization SIG:
qemu-kvm-common-ev-2.1.2-23.el7_1.8.1.x86_64
qemu-kvm-ev-2.1.2-23.el7_1.8.1.x86_64
Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to accomplish this scenario??
Thanks.
6 thoughts on - Install Nested ESXi 6.x Host Under CentOS 7 Kvm Host
Here are my old notes how to run ESXi6 on KVM on Fedora 21:
# cat /etc/modprobe.d/nested.conf options kvm ignore_msrs=1
options kvm-intel nested=y ept=y
Install ESXI6 Hypervisor with the vmxnet3 nic:
# virt-install –connect=qemu:///system -n esxi6 –cpu=host –vcpus=2
–ram 4096 –os-type=linux
–cdrom=/var/lib/libvirt/images/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0-2494585.x86_64.iso
–disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/esxi6.qcow2,format=qcow2,bus=ide,size%,cache=none
–hvm –network
Many thanks Patrick for your valuable help!!. I’ve found the problem: entries and adding “ “, works…
removing my
But in my case, I can’t assign vmxnet3 as a virtual nic for ESXi, it seems is not supported at this time …
[snip]
Have you tried installing with the e1000 nic (the second virt-install command)?
Cheers, Patrick
Yes, with e1000, works ok.
Forgot to ask. Is the vmxnet3 kernel module loaded? It’s present on EL7:
/usr/lib/modules/3.10.0-229.20.1.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3.ko
It should show up in:
# lsmod | grep vmxnet3
If it doesn’t then do:
# modprobe -v vmxnet3
and try the virt-install command again.
Cheers, Patrick
That’s good to hear. If you are going to install vCenter below is the link to the vCenter CIP (browser plugin). IIRC Google Chrome seems the only supported Linux x86_64 browser. The plugin requires flash 11.5
which rules out Firefox because there is only flash 11.2 for Linux from Adobe.
$ wget -v http://vsphereclient.vmware.com/vsphereclient/1/8/8/7/2/7/0/VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-6.0.0.x86_64.bundle
$ chmod +x VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-6.0.0.x86_64.bundle
$ ./VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-6.0.0.x86_64.bundle
Version 5.5.0 of the plugin seems no longer available from the vmware site but is available here:
https://download.iseage.org/vmware-plugin/
HTH, Patrick