Virtual Box under vmware ESXi 5.0 Cluster crash

[danko34]

Hi all,

I've seem some post about virtualizacion under virtualizer, but they don't speak about run virtual box under host virtualized with vmware ESXi 5.0 Cluster.
I have the following problem (perhaps it's a limitation of Virtual Box), whenever i try to start a Windows 2008 guest the virtual box crashes and also the Host.

the host is windows 7 virtualized with vmware ESXi 5.0 Cluster. whith the following information:
Host time: 2012-09-06T08:58:33.523000000Z
Processor online count: 1
Processor count: 1
Processor#0 speed: unknown
Processor#0 description: Six-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2435
Memory size: 2047 MByte
Memory available: 1350 MByte
Operating system: Windows 7
Operating system version: 6.1.7601sp1

System properties:
API version: 4_1
Minimum guest RAM size: 4 Megabytes
Maximum guest RAM size: 2097152 Megabytes
Minimum video RAM size: 1 Megabytes
Maximum video RAM size: 256 Megabytes
Minimum guest CPU count: 1
Maximum guest CPU count: 32
Virtual disk limit (info): 2199022206976 Bytes
Maximum Serial Port count: 2
Maximum Parallel Port count: 2
Maximum Boot Position: 4
Maximum PIIX3 Network Adapter count: 8
Maximum ICH9 Network Adapter count: 36
Maximum PIIX3 IDE Controllers: 1
Maximum ICH9 IDE Controllers: 1
Maximum IDE Port count: 2
Maximum Devices per IDE Port: 2
Maximum PIIX3 SATA Controllers: 1
Maximum ICH9 SATA Controllers: 8
Maximum SATA Port count: 30
Maximum Devices per SATA Port: 1
Maximum PIIX3 SCSI Controllers: 1
Maximum ICH9 SCSI Controllers: 8
Maximum SCSI Port count: 16
Maximum Devices per SCSI Port: 1
Maximum SAS PIIX3 Controllers: 1
Maximum SAS ICH9 Controllers: 8
Maximum SAS Port count: 8
Maximum Devices per SAS Port: 1
Maximum PIIX3 Floppy Controllers:1
Maximum ICH9 Floppy Controllers: 1
Maximum Floppy Port count: 1
Maximum Devices per Floppy Port: 2
Default machine folder: C:\Users\riveracc\VirtualBox VMs
VRDE auth library: VBoxAuth
Webservice auth. library: VBoxAuth
Remote desktop ExtPack:
Log history count: 3


The guest is windows 2008 32 bit, configured with 768 Mb:
Name: Windows
Guest OS: Windows 2008
UUID: bcbb7ec3-55c2-44ca-84ae-da21a3cc8615
Config file: C:\Users\riveracc\VirtualBox VMs\Windows\Windows.vbox
Snapshot folder: C:\Users\riveracc\VirtualBox VMs\Windows\Snapshots
Log folder: C:\Users\riveracc\VirtualBox VMs\Windows\Logs
Hardware UUID: bcbb7ec3-55c2-44ca-84ae-da21a3cc8615
Memory size: 768MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 21MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
Synthetic Cpu: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): HardDisk
Boot Device (2): Not Assigned
Boot Device (3): Not Assigned
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
PAE: off
Time offset: 0 ms
RTC: local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: off
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: on
VT-x VPID: on
State: aborted (since 2012-09-06T08:24:15.000000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
Storage Controller Name (1): SATA Controller
Storage Controller Type (1): IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 30
Storage Controller Port Count (1): 1
Storage Controller Bootable (1): on
IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty
SATA Controller (0, 0): D:\Virtual Machines\Hard Drives\Windows Server 2008.vdi (UUID: 0e7bbca5-7791-4fc6-afa4-51e99e7ac563)
NIC 1: MAC: 080027D4E073, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'vmxnet3 Ethernet Adapter #2', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
Audio: disabled
Clipboard Mode: disabled
VRDE: disabled
USB: enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Shared folders: <none>

VRDE Connection: not active
Clients so far: 0

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB
OS type: Windows2008
Additions run level: 0

Guest Facilities:

No active facilities.

i've attached the log for the guest startup.

Anyone has tried this before?

Thank you in advance.

[mpack]

What do you mean "they don't speak about"? Running VirtualBox inside any hypervisor is not supported. Period.

[michaln]

And even if it were, you'd have to complain to VMware, not to us.

[stefan.becker]

http://sanbarrow.com/vmx/vmx-advanced.h ... or_control

Possibly it works after changing some vmx-settings.

Some people so test new ESX versions as guest.

[danko34]

Hi,

My intention is not to complain, i 'm just trying to ask for help, so i'm sorry if i offended you, but it's not what i want.
On the other hand, thank you stefan.becker for your ideas.

[mpack]

My intention is not to complain, i 'm just trying to ask for help, so i'm sorry if i offended you

No, we are not offended, just surprised that someone would ask for help to do something which is explicitly not supported. This just isn't something the software is designed to do, in fact the inherent assumptions behind the technology makes what you ask impractical for most. Plus you said that it hasn't been discussed, when in fact it has been asked and answered a multitude of times, in fact there is a sticky topic about it in the "Using VirtualBox" forum.