Hi folks,
host - Ubuntu 10.04 bit
VM (guest) Win 7 64 bit
Sun VirtualBox
Can I install Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on Win 7. I.E. run Windows virtualizer on top of Sun virtualizer? Thanks
B.R.
satimis
Hi there
yes no prob provided it recognizes your virtual hardare--but of course performance might be an issue when you run a vm in a vm.
Vmware ESXi will run in a virtual server BTW.
cheers
jimbo
Hi jimbo,
Thanks for your advice.
This is ONLY a test.
I ran several virtualizers before, Xen (Open Source), KVM/QEMU, OpenVZ, VServer, VMWare, VBox etc. To save space not to run each of them on its own PC I tested them on its own hard drive installed in the same PC. But it is inconvenient I have to install several hard disc in the PC. Now I'm prepared testing MS Hyper-V server I wonder whether I can run a virtualizer on top of another virtualizer.
B.R.
satimis
Actually there are many good reasons why you might want to do this.
Remember that the Hyper-V needs a separate machine to connect and manage the Virtual Machines in its data store so performance aside this seems a perfecly good way of doing a "POC" or Proof of concept type of test.
Cheers
jimbo
The typical problem you run into when running a virtualization product within a virtualization product, is when you try to start up a VM....it's often missing the ability to start it up.
Here is a link for running ESX or ESXi as a virtual machine;
How to run VMWare ESX or ESXi in a virtual machine? - Server Fault
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