Title:
How to Install VMware ESX 4.0 on Workstation 6.5.2 as a VM
Author(s):
Xtravirt (Paul Buckle)
Target Audience:
Technical - Novice
Current Revision:
1.2 December 2009
First Published:
5 June 2009
Products:
VMware ESX 4.0, Workstation 6.5.2
UID:
XD10089
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Title:
How to Install VMware ESX 4.0 on Workstation 6.5.2 as a VM
Products:
VMware ESX 4.0, Workstation 6.5.2
Being able to run VMware ESX 4.0 under VMware Workstation as a VM gives users and professionals in the IT community great flexibility when it comes to learning, experimenting or even demonstrating the product. Needless to say, this is not an officially supported deployment. This Xtravirt white paper provides the installation instructions for this environment.
Want to test drive ESX 4.0? Then why not install it within VMware Workstation and try it out now...
Update 1.2: 11th December 2009 This paper has been updated with a single change as follows:monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "TRUE" monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = TRUE
Although it worked with the "TRUE" entry with quotes some text editors that are used to edit the .vmx file might convert these to double quotes causing the error below:
Overview
Being able to run VMware ESX 4.0 under VMware Workstation as a VM (virtual machine) gives users and professionals in the IT community great flexibility when it comes to learning, experimenting or even demonstrating the product. Needless to say, this is not an officially supported deployment.
The approach is fundamentally no different to that previously devised for VMware ESX 3.5, the main difference simply being the change in minimum hardware requirements.
This Xtravirt white paper provides this information along with the installation instructions for this environment.
Key Concepts:
Step by step install guide for VMware ESX 4.0 as a virtual machine within VMware Workstation 6.5.2
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How to Install VMware ESX 4.0 on Workstation 6.5.2 as a VM
