Yes, you did read the title of the article correctly. We are talking about installing VMware's ESX Server inside of a virtual machine running on VMware's Workstation 6.0 product. Come on, we've all been there before. Who didn't try to install older versions of VMware virtualization platforms inside of a virtual machine. Heck, I tried to install Connectix Virtual Server inside VMware ESX Server 1.0 and vice versa Yes, you did read the title of the article correctly. We are talking about installing VMware’s ESX Server inside of a virtual machine running on VMware’s Workstation 6.0 product.Come on, we’ve all been there before. Who didn’t try to install older versions of VMware virtualization platforms inside of a virtual machine. Heck, I tried to install Connectix Virtual Server inside VMware ESX Server 1.0 and vice versa many ages ago… and guess what, it never worked. But hey, we try these things, don’t we? If you have ever tried doing this in the past (and failed), you might want to check out the latest white paper from Xtravirt. Paul Davey wrote this interesting 26 page white paper called the Guide to Installing VMware ESX3 on Workstation 6. The white paper illustrates how to install and configure VMware ESX3 Server to run inside a VMware Workstation 6 virtual machine, and from that, the paper says that VirtualCenter, VMotion, HA and DRS features can be configured.Using this configuration certainly won’t win you any performance awards, and you most definitely aren’t going to run this setup in a production environment. But what it does do is allow you to demonstrate, test or learn the software without having to worry about the VMware HCL and expensive server equipment. Imagine, setting up and operating a VI3 environment on your laptop! How crazy is that? I definitely need to go try this one out. You can download this easy to follow, step-by-step white paper, here. Software Development