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  • 1.  KVM Support

    Posted Oct 16, 2023 10:20 AM

    Hello,

    I am trying to setup the Switch Simulator VM. I have the VM up and running in workstation, with workstation pro. 

    It is showing me that the KVM support is false. I need to change that? I have tried the following steps and still not able to get it to work.

    1. Changed BIOS to enable virtualization
    2. In order for my VM to work I had to disable the Intel VT-x/EPT setting

    Any assistance would be appreciated.



  • 2.  RE: KVM Support

    Posted Oct 18, 2023 02:41 AM

    If you are running VMware workstation on Windows and have WSL2 enabled, it may be you must disable Hyper-V on your host and enable the Intel VT-x/EPT setting again.



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    Arne Opdal
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  • 3.  RE: KVM Support

    Posted Oct 18, 2023 01:19 PM

    How do I check if WSL is enabled. I am using the powershell command wsl --list --verbose and I am not getting the read out I think I should be getting. Powershell is just giving me what looks like the help options.




  • 4.  RE: KVM Support

    Posted Oct 18, 2023 03:10 PM

    Search for windows features and if Windows subsystem for linux is enabled its checked there.

    Or just Hyper-V.



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    Arne Opdal
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  • 5.  RE: KVM Support

    Posted Oct 18, 2023 03:35 PM

    So I checked and I do not have WSL on my computer. From what I am seeing I cannot run WSL and Workstation at the same time. Do i need to have Hyper-v running?




  • 6.  RE: KVM Support

    Posted Oct 19, 2023 02:09 AM

    I don't use GNS3 I just tried to give some hints. I don't run nested virtualization on my VMware workstation either. 

    The simulator require 4 GB RAM and 2 Cores each, so I run the simulator in EVE-NG on bear metal to have the possibility to run some nodes at the same time.



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    Arne Opdal
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  • 7.  RE: KVM Support

    Posted Oct 24, 2023 05:13 PM

    Thank you for the help. I was able to figure it out and I have it up and running.