Nested virtualization is a relatively new technology which lets you create virtualized platforms inside VMs which themselves run on a hypervisor. In this post, I examine how easy it is to configure a nested virtualization layer inside Hyper-V and vSphere VMs and discuss peculiarities of this process in both environments. And, considering that VMware and Microsoft have been competing for a long time, it’s interesting to see what each has to offer for this type of virtualization. Microsoft’s implementation of this technology is a bit different, but it exists.
We all know that nested virtualization is not an ESXi-only feature Microsoft Hyper-V also enables us to run VMs inside its VMs. Some time ago, I published articles on setting up a home lab using a PC running ESXi and Workstation.
