Hello Folks,
Before I start, I have done my research on this topic but not having much luck.
PC: Mobo = Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 / Proc = AMD FX 8320 8 Core / RAM = 32 GB / VMware Workstation 9 Latest Build / ESXi 5.1.0 Build 1065491 (nested)
Issue: I just took the course Install Configure Manage and noticed that the lab was nested and Fault Tolerance was enabled using these strings for a given VM:
replay.allowBTOnly = true
replay.allowFT = true
replay.supported = true
Now I have a 64bit Windows Server 2012 which starts up fine for testing. Adding these strings to test F/T is not working though.
I have also added the string "vhv.allow = TRUE" to the config file of the ESXi Server as mentioned at this link:
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/341818?start=0&tstart=0
Another link i came across was:
virtuallyGhetto: How to Enable Nested vFT (virtual Fault Tolerance) in vSphere 5
Error I get when firing up the VM:
This Virtual Machine is configured for 64bit guest OS. However, 64bit operation is not possible. Longmode is disable for this virtual machine.
Any help / suggestions are appreciated. I am going out of town so will be slow in replying back but thanks everyone for your time.
PS: As suggested here, I also used this link to see if the option of "nestedHVsupported" was true and connecting to my ESXi server it was.
virtuallyGhetto: Having Difficulties Enabling Nested ESXi in vSphere 5.1?