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AaronDelp01
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VMware ESX, ESXi, and vCenter all running in Player!

Hello all - I had some time on my hands this weekend so I decided to see if I could set up a "DataCenter in a box." I have a 4GB laptop but I'm using 32 bit XP with PAE extensions so the memory is pretty tight.

I was able to get everything working except for an HA error on the ESXi server. I'll try to fix that soon. I also don't have shard storage but I'll get to that in a week or two.

All of this is of course unsupported by Player but it works great so far.

I would list out the steps here but it is pretty lengthy!

If you are interested in how I did it, check out the article:

I did this mainly to study for my VCP re-cert. I hope you find it helpful!

Aaron Delp

http://blog.aarondelp.com

Aaron Delp aarondelp.com // @aarondelp
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