[ovirt-users] Hosted-engine-setup in an ESXi VM fails

[Yedidyah Bar David]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Budur Nagaraju <nbudoor at gmail.com> wrote:
> HI
>
> Getting below error while doing a hosted engine setup, OS is running on
> ESXi6.0 version.
>
>
>
>
> [root at he ~]# hosted-engine --deploy
> [ INFO  ] Stage: Initializing
> [ INFO  ] Generating a temporary VNC password.
> [ INFO  ] Stage: Environment setup
>           Continuing will configure this host for serving as hypervisor and
> create a VM where you have to install oVirt Engine afterwards.
>           Are you sure you want to continue? (Yes, No)[Yes]: yes
>           Configuration files: []
>           Log file:
> /var/log/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-20151119152307-cx1kgx.log
>           Version: otopi-1.3.2 (otopi-1.3.2-1.el6)
>           It has been detected that this program is executed through an SSH
> connection without using screen.
>           Continuing with the installation may lead to broken installation
> if the network connection fails.
>           It is highly recommended to abort the installation and run it
> inside a screen session using command "screen".
>           Do you want to continue anyway? (Yes, No)[No]: yes
> [ ERROR ] Failed to execute stage 'Environment setup': Hardware does not
> support virtualization

Not sure what needs to be configured in ESXi to let you run kvm inside it.

Can you start a normal kvm vm?

Changing the subject accordingly.

Best,
-- 
Didi