Nested Virtualization Not Enabled

Your Protected Theater installation will fail if hardware virtualization is not enabled. To verify it's enabled, review the PT host in the vCenter or ESXI console.

To enable nested virtualization

  1. Find the Protected Theater host in the vCenter or ESXi console.
  2. Power-off the guest.
  3. Select Edit Settings from the Hardware menu.
  4. Expand CPU.
  5. Enable Hardware Virtualization and click OK.
  6. Power-on the guest.

Hardware Virtualization field in the Edit Settings page

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