Unable to enable Hyper-V feature on Windows 10 Guest VM

[nagarch]

Hi,

I am trying to enable Hyper-V on guest Windows 10 VM. I selected Hyper-V on paravirtualization interface. Also I tried with various options. But the "Hyper-V Hypervisor" option is greyed out while trying to turn on the Hyper-V feature.

My OS X host configuration,
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
Processor 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB

Is there any specific requirements for the guest VM to enable Hyper-V in it?

[socratis]

Is there any specific requirements for the guest VM to enable Hyper-V in it?

Not really. You simply cannot do it. VirtualBox does not support passing the VT-x capabilities to the guest. No VT-x => No Hyper-V.

So, you're not doing anything right or wrong. It's simply not supported.

[mpack]

I am trying to enable Hyper-V on guest Windows 10 VM. I selected Hyper-V on paravirtualization interface. Also I tried with various options. But the "Hyper-V Hypervisor" option is greyed out while trying to turn on the Hyper-V feature.

I think you're suffering from a misunderstanding. The "Paravirtualization Interface" setting in VirtualBox has nothing at all to do with installing the Hyper-v service in the guest. Only Microsoft can do that. The VirtualBox setting is about letting the guest OS think that it's already running as a Hyper-v VM (or a KVM VM, if the guest is Linux). Some modern guest OSs are Hyper-v/KVM aware, and are able to interrogate their Hyper-v or KVM master for information such as true system time.

[nagarch]

Hi socratis & mpack ,

I thought VirtualBox supports this feature. Anyway, Thanks for your help.