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- Greg's Weekly quickTIP: VM-in-a-VM is Broken, For Now...
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GREG'S WEEKLY QUICKTIP: VM-in-a-VM is Broken, For Now...
By Greg Shields
If you're a fan of VMware's high-end ESX 3.0 virtualization
platform,
then you're likely familiar with the process of running ESX
3.0 within
a VMware Workstation 6.0 instance. I wrote about the process
to
accomplish this in Redmond magazine a number of months ago.
I've long
used that crucial capability to demonstrate ESX 3.0 both to
myself and
in classroom settings.
http://redmondmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsI
D=2314
But, if you've recently upgraded from ESX 3.0 to 3.5, you
may have
noticed that booting virtual machines in your Workstation
demo
environment crashes the environment. It turns out that ESX
3.5
upgrades its hardware virtualization support in such a way
that it
breaks this ability to run VMs within VMs on most chipsets
available today.
According to a document from xtravirt.com, this new
hardware-assisted
virtualization support may enhance virtualization, but it
also comes
at a price. The document reads, "ESX 3.5 enables
support of new
Hardware Assisted Virtualization [a function which requires
chipset
support] which may not exist in the majority of chips
currently in
circulation."http://tinyurl.com/4btt34
The document goes on to mention that AMD Quad Core
"Greyhound"
chipsets have been successfully tested to work with
VM-in-a-VM. But
these chipsets are relatively new, and so it's likely you
don't have
them in your current environment.
So, c'est la vie. With VMware's ESX brand of virtualization
relying
so hard on hardware chipset capabilities, we should have
known this
day was coming. Until then, all of our demonstration
environments
will come to a screeching halt until VMware can build an
emulator
for our demo needs (hint, hint!) or we upgrade to the latest
and
greatest in chipsets.
Comment: http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.aspx?editorialsid
=2587#post
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Contributing Editor Greg Shields wants to showcase your very
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Greg Shields, MCSE: Security, CCEA, is an independent
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Check out MCPmag.com's column archive for more savvy tips
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contributors.
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REDMOND RADIO for Week of April 28
Hosted by Michael Domingo
Take a quick listen to what made news last week in the world
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Redmond and IT:
* Microsoft Releases XP SP3 to Manufacturing
* Live Mesh Unveiled at Web 2.0 Conference
* Microsoft's Third-Quarter Revenue Comes In Flat
* IT Security Segment Continues To Grow
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