Running a VM inside virtualized FreeNAS- is it possible?

[francisaugusto]

Hi,

I get the famous error saying my cpu does not support virtualization when trying to create a VM inside FreeNAS.

The FreeNAS itself is running on a VM (ESXi).

Anyway to make this happen? I'd like to run docker and VM's.

Best,

Francis

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

This might be helpful:

Running Nested VMs

Terminology The phrase "running nested VMs" refers to running a VM inside another VM. The outer guest is the VM that runs on physical hardware. The inner guest (or nested guest) is the VM that runs within another VM. The host hypervisor is the hypervisor that runs on the physical hardware. The...

communities.vmware.com

 

[francisaugusto]

This might be helpful:

Running Nested VMs

Terminology The phrase "running nested VMs" refers to running a VM inside another VM. The outer guest is the VM that runs on physical hardware. The inner guest (or nested guest) is the VM that runs within another VM. The host hypervisor is the hypervisor that runs on the physical hardware. The...

communities.vmware.com

Thank you very much! Mistery solved. And a no-go for me:

"Failed to reconfigure virtual machine FreeNAS. PCI passthrough devices cannot be added when Nested Hardware-Assisted Virtualization is enabled. "