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Preliminary Remarks‌

To fully benefit from virtualization, you should have a CPU with the appropriate virtualization features and they should not be disabled by the BIOS/UEFI. Double check for any “Intel® Virtual- ization Technology” and/or “Intel® VT-d Feature” options in the Setup screens.

You should also have a 64-bit host operating system, such as amd64 architecture for Debian-based Linux distributions, x86_64 architecture for RedHat-based Linux distributions, and Windows ... 64- bit for Windows.

If you lack any of the prerequisites, either the virtualization tool will not work properly or it will be restricted to running only 32-bit guest operating systems.

Since virtualization tools hook into the host operating system and hardware at a low level, there are often incompatibilities between them. Do not expect these tools to run well at the same time. Also, beware that professional versions of Windows come with Hyper-V installed and en- abled, which might interfere with your virtualization tool of choice. To turn it off, execute “Turn windows features on or off” from Windows Settings.

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