I installed Server 2008 in VMware but I don't see Hyper-V in Server manager. Is my presumption that Hper-V is not supported in a virtual enviroment correct??
Yes, it is correct, but it would be nice to be able to create a virtual environment in a virtual environment ... and will soon see the events just like in the movie The Thirteenth Floor
It's very possible. Both VMware Workstation Pro and Player have the ability to do nested hardware virtualization. What you need: - Your physical host of course needs to be x64 and support hardware virtualization (SLAT, VT-x etc.) - Your host OS needs to be x64. - In VMware Workstation or Player, set the OS type to be "Hyper-V (unsupported)" (and don't set it to, say, Windows 2008). - In VMware Workstation or Player, under Hardware/Processor settings, enable "Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI". You will then be able to enable Hyper-V in the guest OS, and run a further guest inside that (VM in a VM). Beware that it will run quite slowly! I have done this successfully many times with various combinations of guest OS-es.
That is called Nested VM, VMware lets you run vSphere in VMware Workstation, however I think Hyper-V does not allow you to do so