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Unable to install windows 7 on virtualbox on esxi guest OS

Posted: 14. Apr 2015, 07:14
by nurdostyle
Hello, guys.
I have windows7 on esxi 5.5
And on that windows 7 i want to run virtualbox with windows7 inside.
But Im getting this error: VT -x is not availabe (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX)
Error code 0x80004005

Re: Unable to install windows 7 on virtualbox on esxi guest

Posted: 14. Apr 2015, 10:31
by loukingjr
That's because ESXI is not passing VT-x to VirtualBox. You would have to ask the VMWare folks why not.

Re: Unable to install windows 7 on virtualbox on esxi guest

Posted: 14. Apr 2015, 12:05
by nurdostyle
Thanks for answer.
And could u tell how to configure esxi to pass VT-x?
Or where to have a look?

Re: Unable to install windows 7 on virtualbox on esxi guest

Posted: 14. Apr 2015, 12:19
by mpack
If you have questions about VMWare configuration then you need to ask them on a VMWare forum.