Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V on VMware ESXi 6.7

I have been testing few backup products on my lab and most of the tests are on VMware Infrastructure , now i though of working on Hyper-v . I decided to create a Hyper-v Server on my VMware infrastructure for testing .In this post I am sharing the step for installing Windows 2016 Server as VM and enabling the Hyper-V on a vSphere 6.7 platform.

Create a New Virtual Machine by selecting Create /Register VM option

Add the name for the Virtual Machine and select the options

Compatibility: Latest version of ESXi
Guest OS Family: Windows
Guest OS Version: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64 bit)

Note :- Enable Windows VBS if required , About VBS check my prevous POST

Click Next.

Select the datastore where VM should be stored and click Next

Proceed with default configuration and Continue by Click Next

Note – Change Disk provisioning type if you need to save the space

Review the configuration options and click Finish to deploy the VM.

Once the VM is deployed you may increase the resources by editing the settings also Expand the CPU section and Check the box Expose hardware-assisted virtualization to the guest OS.

Next map the windows 2016 ISO from Local location or if you have uploaded the ISO to any datastore , you can map that to virtual machine

And boot with that ISO -> Select Install now

Select the desired Operating System -> Standard / Datacenter version and Click Next

You can follow the standard Windows installation process to complete the installation .

After installation of the Operating system install the VMware Tools -> Asign a static IP address and Join this machine to Domain.

Navigate to Server Manager -> Add Roles and Features

Follow the default steps and Select the Hyper-V role and Include the Add Features option as shown below and continue with default options and click finish