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.

Login to ESXi 6.7 host client by using any  browser  using  ” https://<IP address or FQDN of ESXi>/ui “

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

 

Reboot the Virtual Machine  after the role has been installed

Once the VM is rebooted navigate to Hyper-V Manager from the Tools section of the Server Manager or from Windows Start

Now you will be able to deploy VM inside the Hyper-V

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