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You must enable Hardware-assisted virtualization (VHV) in the VM's CPU settings. download nested esxi
Downloading and deploying is a critical skill for virtualization engineers who need to build complex labs—such as VMware vSAN clusters or VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments—without investing in massive amounts of physical server hardware. Official Sources for Nested ESXi Upload this ISO to your physical host's datastore
Common versions like ESXi 8.0 Update 3 and legacy versions are typically available here. download nested esxi
Starting with ESXi 9.0, the nested appliance requires an active VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) or VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) entitlement to download via the BSP.