Install VMware vSphere 7.0 on Proxmox

Verify

root@proxmox:~# cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested
Y

Enable

Intel CPU

echo "options kvm-intel nested=Y" > /etc/modprobe.d/kvm-intel.conf

AMD CPU

echo "options kvm-amd nested=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/kvm-amd.conf

Install Module

modprobe -r kvm_intel
modprobe kvm_intel

Note: more info, check https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Nested_Virtualization

Install

ISO

Download ISO, such as VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0U2a-17867351.x86_64.iso

VM Configure

• General Tab

  • Name:

• OS Tab

  • Type: Linux
  • Version: 5.x – 2.6 Kernel

• System Tab

  • Graphic card: Default
  • SCSI Controller: VMware PVSCSI
  • BIOS: SeaBIOS (OVMF (UEFI) should work too)
  • Machine: q35

• Hard Disk Tab

  • Bus/Device: SATA
  • Disk size (GiB): 16

• CPU Tab

  • Cores: 4 (At least 2, 4 will be better if our physical CPU has enough cores)
  • Type: host (or Default (kvm64))
  • Enable NUMA: Check (if possible)

• Memory Tab

  • Memory (MiB): 4096 (At least 4096, better if assign more)
  • Ballooning Device: Uncheck

• Network Tab

  • Model: VMware vmxnet3

References

Nested Virtualization
How to Install/use/test VMware vSphere 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) on Proxmox VE 6.3-3 (PVE)