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mert95
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Nested Virtualization AMD

Anyone know how to use nested virtualization on specific VMs like EVE-NG?

I am using a 3900XT

I wanna use EVE-NG but it doesn't work...

https://gyazo.com/2508a69445ba3c57305e1d8fbad8b993

- Unchecked both of those Virtualization check marks, but I can't start the Cisco / other devices. ---- https://gyazo.com/e8bec5d11d0be6172d1506bacd5d6795
- Reinstalled VMWare Workstation
- Checked my BIOS settings of my PC --- https://gyazo.com/ff6aa5f39d6d3eca2505c182733c2533
- Checked via VirtualBox but I can't check virtualization --- https://gyazo.com/33e79ca3a7721eee203d098375ea1982
VMWare Workstation version https://gyazo.com/795a5bf5293d10bd687daddfaf8c8573

I tried ISO + ZIP version of EVE-NG but the whole virtual machine file ruined it now...

 

Perhaps someone know?

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This Microsoft explanation and how to configure the Nested Virtualization: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/nested-virtualization

Prerequisites

  • The Hyper-V host and guest must both be Windows Server 2016/Windows 10 Anniversary Update or later.
  • VM configuration version 8.0 or greater.
  • An Intel processor with VT-x and EPT technology -- nesting is currently Intel-only.
  • There are some differences with virtual networking for second-level virtual machines. See "Nested Virtual Machine Networking".

You can't run Nested-Virtualization on a Non-Intel Processor according to the above Prerequisites.

But this VMware Website says you can run with AMD processor and shows how to do it: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Nested-Virtualization-Documents/Running-Nested-VMs/ta-p/2781466

Running Guest Hypervisors with Virtualized HV

Most hypervisors require hardware-assisted virtualization (HV). VMware products require hardware-assisted virtualization for 64-bit guests on Intel hardware. When running as a guest hypervisor, VMware products also require hardware-assisted virtualization for 64-bit guests on AMD hardware.  The hardware-assisted virtualization features of the physical CPU are not typically available in a VM, because most hypervisors (from VMware or others) do not virtualize HV. However, Workstation 8, Player 4, Fusion 4, and ESXi 5.0 (or later) offer virtualized HV, so that you can run guest hypervisors which require hardware-assisted virtualization.

With virtualized HV enabled for the outer guest, you should be able to run any guest hypervisor that requires hardware-assisted virtualization. In particular, this means that you will be able to run 64-bit nested guests under VMware guest hypervisors.

 

Since you didn't post your computer's information except you are using a Ryzen Processor.

Windows 10 insider build dev channel support AMD nested virtualization . I am running GNS3 with windows 10 pro HyperV/ryzen5, build 21322