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Update installation docs with multi-hypervisor warning
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install via your system's package manager, it is very likely that you will
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experience issues. Please use the official installers on the downloads page.
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## Running Multiple Hypervisors
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Sometimes, certain hypervisors do not allow you to bring up virtual machines
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if more than one hypervisor is in use. If you are lucky, you might see the following
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error message come up when trying to bring up a virtual machine with Vagrant and
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VirtualBox:
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There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.
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Command: ["startvm", <ID of the VM>, "--type", "headless"]
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Stderr: VBoxManage: error: VT-x is being used by another hypervisor (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE).
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VBoxManage: error: VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot
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(VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE)
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VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole
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Other operating systems like Windows will blue screen if you attempt to bring up
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a VirtualBox VM with Hyper-V enabled. Below are a couple of ways to ensure you
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can use Vagrant and VirtualBox if another hypervisor is present.
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### Linux, VirtualBox, and KVM
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The above error message is because another hypervisor (like KVM) is in use.
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We must blacklist these in order for VirtualBox to run correctly.
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First find out the name of the hypervisor:
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$ lsmod | grep kvm
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kvm_intel 204800 6
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kvm 593920 1 kvm_intel
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irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
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The one we're interested in is `kvm_intel`. You might have another.
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Blacklist the hypervisor (run the following as root):
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# echo 'blacklist kvm-intel' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
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Restart your machine and try running vagrant again.
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### Windows, VirtualBox, and Hyper-V
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If you wish to use VirtualBox on Windows, you must ensure that Hyper-V is not enabled
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on Windows. You can turn off the feature by running this Powershell command:
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```powershell
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Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All
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```
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You can also disable it by going through the Windows system settings:
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- Right click on the Windows button and select ‘Apps and Features’.
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- Select Turn Windows Features on or off.
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- Unselect Hyper-V and click OK.
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You might have to reboot your machine for the changes to take effect. More information
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about Hyper-V can be read [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/quick-start/enable-hyper-v).
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