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How many VMs can I run one in another?

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April 14, 2014 4:59:44 PM

If you still can't figure it out, let me explain it this way: I'm not asking for how many Virtual Machines I can run on one computer, but rather this way:

Imagine I have Intel Core i7 6-core CPU, 192GB of ram, 4TB of HDD (or several HDDs, whichever is better for this specific situation) and so on. I also have several copies of VMs and Windows 7. I install a VM on my computer with Win7, and in VM on the computer, I install 2nd copy of Windows 7. Inside 2nd copy of Windows 7, can I install VM to install 3rd copy of Windows 7 and so on? To what grade?

Just out of curiosity.

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April 14, 2014 5:15:07 PM

It is 'possible', depending on what VM software you're using. If you can do it one level down, you can do it as many levels down as you want.

But why?
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April 14, 2014 5:20:48 PM

I'm in the classroom, and teacher says that he, basically, was amazed he could install an Easy Peasy Linux in VirtualBox on his copy of Windows 7 that is in his VMWare copy on his Mac. Phew...

And I was asking about Microsoft's Virtual PC.
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April 14, 2014 5:31:24 PM

There are yes'es and no'es, but more of yes'es. Thanks a lot.
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April 15, 2014 2:09:20 PM

I can tell you, from experience, that you can certainly run VMs within VMs using VirtualBox or VMWare. I do this regularly. In theory you could nest this as deeply as you want (although you would eventually not have enough RAM or disk space in the VM to do so). I can't think of any sensible reason to nest more than one level down.

(If you're wondering why I do it, I use a Linux VM running on an OS X host to do OS development. And I need to run a VM on that Linux VM to test the OS I am writing. I actually run both qemu and Virtual Box within the Linux VM.)
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