This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic Download and as a TechRepublic Photo Gallery. Here is how you can install VMware Workstation as a service. Save time booting your virtual machines.
Under default conditions, VMware Workstation does not support the ability to run virtual machines as a service. For many though, the home lab may quickly evolve into requiring more hardware and resources than are available in a standard laptop or workstation.How do I… Install VMware Workstation as a Service? As mentioned, for some, a healthy laptop or workstation running VMware Workstation is all that is needed. The beauty of a home lab is that it can evolve with your needs. What if you have VMs you want to keep that you have configured in VMware Workstation? Let’s take a look at how to copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi and why you may want to do so.
What though if your lab environment evolves beyond a simple laptop with VMware Workstation installed? You may need to move to a more robust lab environment with dedicated hardware and a Type 1 hypervisor such as ESXi. With modern versions of VMware Workstation, you can run vCenter Server and nested ESXi servers among all the other various technologies that you may want to learn. Having a decent workstation or laptop with a good bit of RAM running VMware Workstation is a great learning tool to get started playing around with VMware technologies, included nested environments. When it comes to building your first home lab, there is nothing wrong with starting out with VMware Workstation.
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