How To Create a VMware vSphere 6.7 Lab Environment using VMware Workstation 16 Pro

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Prerequisite:

1. Create a Virtual Network in VMware Workstation.

In our case, a NAT configuration is best.

1. Create a new virtual machine for the ESXi

Moving to version 16 of VMware Workstation turned out to be a possible solution.

Following are the necessary installation settings:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

1. Edit the VM settings in VMware Workstation.

Make sure that the virtual device node is different from the other attached disks, otherwise the disk will not be recognized in ESXi.

2. Add the newly created storage in ESXi.

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