Steps to Install Hyper-V on VMware

Steps to Install Hyper-V on VMware

In order to install Hyper-V on VMware Workstation, you need to perform the following steps:

1. Ensure that the VMware virtual machine on which you want to install Hyper-V is powered off.
2. Go to the directory where the virtual machine files are stored. Select and right-click VMware virtual machine configuration file (extension .VMX) and open with Notepad as shown in the following figure.
3. In the VMX configuration file, type the following code at the end of the file

hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE"
mce.enable = "TRUE"
vhu.enable = "TRUE"

4. Let’s have look at each of preceding options:

• hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = “FALSE”: The value “FALSE” will tell the Windows operating system such as Windows 10 or Windows Server 2012/16 that it is not running on a virtualized platform.
• mce.enable = “TRUE”: MCE stands for Machine Check Exception that allows the Windows VM to report CPU hardware issues.
• vhu.enable = “TRUE”: The value “TRUE” will enable the nested virtualization for this VM.

5. Now save the VMX file and open the VMware Workstation tool. Open the Virtual Machine Settings window of the VM inside which you want to install Hyper-V.
6. Under the Hardware tab, select Processors in the left pane. In the right pane, select the Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI and Virtualize CPU performance counters check boxes and then click OK.
7. Power on the virtual machine, depending on the Windows operating system you are using, follow one of following options to install Hyper-V.
8. For Windows8/8.1/10 operating systems, open the Program and Features option in the control panel and select the Hyper-V check box to install it.
9. For Windows Server 2008/2012/R2/2016 operating systems, open the Server Manager tool, use Add role and features link to install Hyper-V on a virtual machine.
10. The next process will remain straightforward, just following the on-screen instructions to install the Hyper-V on VMware Workstation.

In this post, we have explained how to install Hyper-V on VMware Workstation or VMware Player.