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vSphere (ESXi) 5.0 on VMware Fusion (MacBookPro)

I've just powered on 2 ESXi 5.0 on Fusion successfully with hardware virtualization (VT) supported. By default, VMware Fusion will not enable VT for some reason and clearly running ESXi 5.0 on Fusion is not recommended for production and mainly is used for demo or POC purpose.


Below if the configuration for my build:-



  • MacBook Pro with Mac OS X 10.6.8
  • Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
  • Memory: 8GB 1067MHz DDR3
  • Hard drive: 250GB SSD Disk 
  • VMware Fusion 4 (Support ESXi 5.0 from the menu)

However, I've not able to enable FT when configuring the VMware HA within the Custer. Somehow it shows that the CPU does not support hardware virtualization that is required for reply... If you are able to enable FT, please do let me know how... desperate looking for an answer...



As to enable VT, you need to manually edit the "VMX" file.
vhv.enable = "TRUE"

vhv.allow = "TRUE"
monitor_control.vt32 = "TRUE"
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "TRUE"


I've also enabled Intel-VT with EPT under VMware Fusion>>Setting>>Advance


As for ESXi 5.0, use tools like PUTTY to edit the config file - /etc/vmware/config and add:-
vhv.allow = "TRUE"
I've used vi /etc/vmware/config
type i *this will allow you to insert new character
once vhv.allow = "TRUE" is added to the last line
press the ESC key
then type :wq!


How to enable FT for a Nested VM - http://vinf.net/2009/06/07/vsphere-cannot-enable-ft-for-a-nested-vm/

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