Windows 10 - VS 2015 - Unable to Start Hyper-V Based Emulators within VMWare Workstation 11 VM

Question

I am unable to start any of the the Hyper-V emulators (VS Android Emulator or any of the Windows Phone Emulators) when operating within a VMWare Workstation version 11 virtual machine.

Attached is how I have configured my VM underlying BIOS.

Also attached is the message I receive when attempting to start any of the emulators.

Hyper-V is installed and the Hyper-V management service is installed and started.

Answer 1

You need to allow nested running of one virtual machine (Hyper-V) inside the other (VMWare).

Following steps worked for me:

1. Close VMWare Virtual machine and open *.vmx and add following lines:

   vmx.allowNested = "TRUE"
   hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE" 
   vhv.enable = "TRUE"
   

2. Start Virtual machine (be sure to have at least 2 GB of free memory)

3. Add Hyper-V Role: Under "Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features" add all Hyper-V components (now Hyper-V Hypervisor should be selectable)

4. Restart the VMWare Virtual machine and open Hyper-V Manager. Follow the instructions in this article: Windows Phone 8 emulator can't connect to the internet to configure the network.

Hope that helps!