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Running ESX inside a virtual machine residing on an ESX host fails (1030283)
Running ESX in a virtual machine fails with errors.
Running VMware ESX in a virtual machine requires the outer virtual machine to be configured for running a VMware ESX guest operating system. You may not power on a virtual machine until the outer virtual machine is reconfigured.
Running ESX inside a virtual machine residing on an ESX host is not a supported configuration.
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