Interesting Post on “Nesting Hyper-V with VMware Workstation 8 and ESXi 5″ from the Veeam Blog

Ricky El-Qasem posted a very interesting post on the Veeam Blog that functions as a how-to guide and provides a step-by-step process to run Hyper-V virtual machines on either VMware Workstation 8 or ESXi 5.  Great for someone, like Ricky, who is looking to introduce Microsoft Hyper-V in his lab environment and gain experience with it.  I thought the idea of nesting Hyper-V with VMware Workstation 8 and ESXi 5 was a nifty one and wanted to share his post.

Veeam is one of many companies that moved quickly to fully support Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform starting back in 2009.  Veeam recognizes Hyper-V as a leading platform for virtual datacenter environments that provides a robust and competitive set of capabilities and enterprise-grade stability.  This analysis has led them to now focus on the top two virtualization platforms–Hyper-V and VMware.  For example, with their Veeam Backup & Replication solution, which provides support for Microsoft Hyper-V.