I am trying to run an instance of vmware workstation on top of KVM.
First problem related to "incompatible hypervisor", which I fixed by adding "vmx.allowNested=True" in the .vmx file
This is apparently something I need to put in all my .vmx files.
Question 1: can I set some default value to allow nesting?
Second problem:
When I start a 64 bit virtual machine, I get
"Binary translation is incompatible with long mode on this platform. Long mode will be disabled in this virtual environment and applications requiring long mode will not function properly as a result. See http://vmware.com/info?id=152 for more details."
If I click ok to that I get
"This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit guest operating systems. However, 64-bit operation is not possible.
This host supports Intel VT-x, but the Intel VT-x implementation is incompatible with VMware Workstation.
For more detailed information, see http://vmware.com/info?id=152."
I have tested with KVM on the same virtual machine, and it has no problem running the same type of virtual machine. My test machine a new machine with the debian 8 installer in the "CD" drive,
Question 2:
How can I make this work?
Do you have any hints, links, references, examples or such that might help me?
Versions
- host is debian 8
- virtual machine is also debian 8
- vmware workstation pro 12.5