How to enable nested virtualization in VCD

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

• How to enable nested virtualization for a virtual machine in VMware Cloud Director
• Requirement to enable nested virtualization for Virtual Machine in Cloud Director (VCD)

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.6

Resolution

To do so, navigate to the VM you wish to enable this on > Hardware > Edit > Enable Expose hardware-assisted CPU virtualization to guest OS Checkbox

Additional Information

Edit Virtual Machine Properties in the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal