Running VMware ESX in a virtual machine requires the outer virtual machine to be configured for running a VMware ESX guest operating system. You cannot power on a virtual machine until the outer virtual machine is reconfigured.

Hi All..

Am having an vm running on virtual ESxi 4.1 . But i can 't able to poweron the instance . am getting an error  " Running VMware ESX in a virtual machine requires the outer virtual machine to be configured for running a VMware ESX guest operating system. You cannot power on a virtual machine until the outer virtual machine is reconfigured. "

So i added the below lines in  vm.vmx file ( guest OS )

guestOS = "vmkernel"

And added this line in virtual ESxi

vhv.allow = "TRUE"
un der  /etc/vmware/config  and restart the Esxi .. But its not powered on.. So i added the remaining lines also

" guestOS = "vmkernel"
    monitor_control.vt32 = "TRUE"
     monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "TRUE" "

I have added copy of /etc/vmware/config  file..  for reference ..

Please help me fix it..

Thanks in Advance