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I want to allow hyperv to launch so that we can have hyper-v roles in windows, but don't need full on virtualization.

  • The reason I don't want the full on virtualization capabilities is because im running hyper-v in an already nested virtualized environment, and it doesn't appear that i can 'double nest' virtual machines (if im mistaken here, please let me know) !

  • Another reason why I may not want full virtualization is that ultimately Im not actually using Hyper-v to make VMs.

Thus, my question is:

Is there a way to configure Hyper-V to only enable roles, or HNS, while disabling other, 'non virtualization' related functionality, so that it starts properly in a nested environment where 2nd level virtualization isnt enabled?

jayunit100
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Hyper-V supports Nested virtualization, allowing to run Hyper-V inside of a Hyper-V virtual machine.

The main condition is that the Hyper-V host and guest must both be Windows Server 2016/Windows 10 Anniversary Update or later.

If this interests you, see the article Run Hyper-V in a Virtual Machine with Nested Virtualization.

harrymc
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Is there a way to configure Hyper-V to only enable roles, or HNS, while disabling other, 'non virtualization' related functionality, so that it starts properly in a nested environment where 2nd level virtualization isn't enabled?

This is not possible. The user roles require Hyper-V to be enabled on the machine.

The reason I don't want the full on virtualization capabilities is because I'm running hyper-v in an already nested virtualized environment, and it doesn't appear that I can 'double nest' virtual machines (if im mistaken here, please let me know) !

Hyper-V supports nested hardware virtualization. You must be running a supported version of Windows 10 or Windows Server.

Ramhound
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