Re: Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is disabled for this ESX VM. You will only be able to run 32-bit nested VMs

jonathan.reininger wrote:

If I see "EPT memory type WB" = yes (as in bold below) does this mean the VM is using EPT?

 

2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| VPID and EPT Capabilities (0x00000f0106114141)
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| R=0/W=0/X=1 yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| Page-walk length 3 yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| EPT memory type WB yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| 2MB super-page yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| INVEPT support yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| Type 1 INVEPT yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| Type 2 INVEPT yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| INVVPID support yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| Type 0 INVVPID yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| Type 1 INVVPID yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| Type 2 INVVPID yes
2011-08-30T19:05:32.002Z| vmx| Type 3 INVVPID yes

 

This section of the log file merely enumerates the VT capabilities of your system.  To see if your VM is using EPT, look for the HV Settings line.  If the VM is using EPT, you will see:

HV Settings: virtual exec = 'hardware'; virtual mmu = 'hardware'