I want to understand how to use KVM in CenTOS. At the moment, all I have is a VMWare ESX 5.x server to use. Is there a way to get KVM working on a system that is running on VMWare? Essentially, a nested install?
This will not be used for production purposes, only testing/learning.
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). CentOS should have the kernel module in the kernel package by default (though it could also be compiled-in). What you install is the hypervisor that makes use of KVM (e.g., QEMU).