Running ESX on VMware Fusion

A fair amount of folks on my team use Macs and Fusion (and I will too - just waiting for the next MBP update should be any day now).   For those of you running Fusion wondering how to get ESX to work....

First - the source (and a great site, IMHO): http://www.brianmadden.com/Forum/Topic/100450

While loading ESX in a Fusion VM (Should be the same in Workstation), after creating the VM, but before booting it, modify the vmx file with the following:

add
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = TRUE
monitor_control.vt32 = TRUE
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
numvcpus = "2"
change
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
memsize = "512"

Enjoy!

Comments

[Michael Natale]

FANTASTIC. Can't wait to try this, thanks.