VERR_NEM_INIT_FAILED with 7.0.6 on Ventura AMD

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VERR_NEM_INIT_FAILED with 7.0.6 on Ventura AMD

Post by andy_ »

I've installed a fresh 7.0.6 on the latest Ventura 13.2.1 AMD machine (Ryzen 7600). Whenever I try to start a VM, I get

VBoxManage: error: hv_vm_create() failed: 0xfae94001 (VERR_NEM_INIT_FAILED).
VBoxManage: error: Driverless mode (VERR_SUP_DRIVERLESS)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole

Any helpful hints appreciated.
Regards,
Andreas
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Re: VERR_NEM_INIT_FAILED with 7.0.6 on Ventura AMD

Post by mpack »

Hackintosh's are not supported (and no genuine Mac uses AMD Ryzen processors).

I'm going to guess that the fundamental problem is that the MacOS hypervisor platform is designed around Intel VT-x, not AMD-v. In turn, VirtuaBox v7 on Ventura is designed to use the MacOS hypervisor platform.
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Re: VERR_NEM_INIT_FAILED with 7.0.6 on Ventura AMD

Post by scottgus1 »

OK, this one's eclectic.
andy_ wrote:Ventura 13.2.1 AMD machine (Ryzen 7600)
Mac Ventura on an AMD host? We usually see folks try to run Mac OS VMs on a non-Apple computer, which violates the EULA, but not folks running Mac OS on a non-Apple host itself.

Going to have to say this one also flies too far south of OSX guests on non-Apple hardware, except on the host this time.

And it could be that Virtualbox on Ventura really doesn't work well on a non-Apple PC, because hypervisors need a known foundation to work on, Virtualbox is really operating under Apple's hypervisor on Ventura, and the AMD processor is something Apple didn't account for.
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