{"id":1409,"date":"2014-04-07T15:28:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T19:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2014-04-07T15:28:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T19:28:48","slug":"virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox Error VT-x is not available VERR_VMX_NO_VMX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While setting up a new SuperMicro SuperServer 5018A-FTN4 with an Intel C2758 CPU for a small lab environment an an issue appeared with \u00a0VirtualBox. It was reporting that the VT-x processor extension wasn&#8217;t available when running on Windows Server 2012 R2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1410 aligncenter\" alt=\"virtualbox VT-x not available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-VT-x-not-available.png\" width=\"358\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At the time of writing this Google didn&#8217;t have any relevant search results for my configuration but I did find an article that suggested<a href=\"https:\/\/coderwall.com\/p\/qpssvw\"> disabling the HardwareVirtEx<\/a> directive in the virtual machines VirtualBox configuration file. \u00a0This partially worked but was incredibly slow and the VM guest eventually crashed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/10694\" target=\"_blank\">VirtualBox Support Ticket #10694<\/a>\u00a0other programs can also prevent VirtualBox from accessing the VT-x extensions which cause it to report them as not installed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The solution was to remove the Hyper-V role because it prevented VirtualBox from utilizing the processor&#8217;s VT-x extensions even though I didn&#8217;t have any active Hyper-V guests running.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While setting up a new SuperMicro SuperServer 5018A-FTN4 with an Intel C2758 CPU for a small lab environment an an issue appeared with \u00a0VirtualBox. It was reporting that the VT-x processor extension wasn&#8217;t available when running on Windows Server 2012 R2. At the time of writing this Google didn&#8217;t have any relevant search results for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VirtualBox Error VT-x is not available VERR_VMX_NO_VMX - Insidethe.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VirtualBox Error VT-x is not available VERR_VMX_NO_VMX - Insidethe.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While setting up a new SuperMicro SuperServer 5018A-FTN4 with an Intel C2758 CPU for a small lab environment an an issue appeared with \u00a0VirtualBox. It was reporting that the VT-x processor extension wasn&#8217;t available when running on Windows Server 2012 R2. At the time of writing this Google didn&#8217;t have any relevant search results for [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Insidethe.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-07T19:28:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-VT-x-not-available.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jared\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jared\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/\",\"name\":\"VirtualBox Error VT-x is not available VERR_VMX_NO_VMX - Insidethe.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-07T19:28:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-04-07T19:28:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/046e8441af869a735c4e31ac51541a99\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"VirtualBox Error VT-x is not available VERR_VMX_NO_VMX\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Insidethe.com\",\"description\":\"It is my space, but better than myspace\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/046e8441af869a735c4e31ac51541a99\",\"name\":\"Jared\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/author\/jared\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"VirtualBox Error VT-x is not available VERR_VMX_NO_VMX - Insidethe.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"VirtualBox Error VT-x is not available VERR_VMX_NO_VMX - Insidethe.com","og_description":"While setting up a new SuperMicro SuperServer 5018A-FTN4 with an Intel C2758 CPU for a small lab environment an an issue appeared with \u00a0VirtualBox. It was reporting that the VT-x processor extension wasn&#8217;t available when running on Windows Server 2012 R2. At the time of writing this Google didn&#8217;t have any relevant search results for [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/","og_site_name":"Insidethe.com","article_published_time":"2014-04-07T19:28:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-VT-x-not-available.png"}],"author":"Jared","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jared","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/","url":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/","name":"VirtualBox Error VT-x is not available VERR_VMX_NO_VMX - Insidethe.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-04-07T19:28:48+00:00","dateModified":"2014-04-07T19:28:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/046e8441af869a735c4e31ac51541a99"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/virtualbox-error-vt-x-is-not-available-verr_vmx_no_vmx\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"VirtualBox Error VT-x is not available VERR_VMX_NO_VMX"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/","name":"Insidethe.com","description":"It is my space, but better than myspace","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/046e8441af869a735c4e31ac51541a99","name":"Jared","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/author\/jared\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1412,"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}