Is nested KVM virtualization in RHEL supported by Red Hat?

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Issue

  • Is nested KVM virtualization in RHEL supported by Red Hat?
  • Can a KVM guest run other virtual machines?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9
    • Intel or AMD x86_64 system with VT-x/SVM hardware virtualization support, or
    • IBM POWER9, or
    • IBM Z system
  • Nested KVM virtualization
  • Microsoft Hyper-V or Azure virtualization
  • Amazon AWS
  • VMWare

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