VMware Workstation 17 Nested Home Lab Part 1: Goals, Requirements, and a bit of planning

[@michaelj.6460]

Such an awesome series. Thank you for doing this! Couldn’t have come at a more perfect time.

[@vmexplorer]

You are very welcome and I'm glad to hear it worked out for you!

[@hszian]

How much did your hw setup cost?

[@vmexplorer]

A lot of the parts in this build I bought years ago, so I'm sure exactly how much they cost. I'd recommend looking at my BOM page, where I list out all the components for this workstation build. From there, you can estimate the overall cost. vmexplorer.com/home-lab-bom/

[@alonzosmith6189]

Hello, Do you have video's for sharing VMs using Workstation Pro?

[@vmexplorer]

Sharing VMs how exactly?

[@alonzosmith6189]

@@vmexplorer I currently have 3 Linux VMs hosted on my workstation. Is it possible to share the Linux VMs with 3 people on the same network?

[@vmexplorer]

@@alonzosmith6189 On your Workstation Host setup a pNIC on "the same network". Once this is done, in Workstation go to Edit > Virtual Network Editor, choose a VMnet##, and under VMnet Information set the 'Bridged to' to the pNIC. Next go to your Linux VM's and set their network adapter to the VMnet## you choose. Do a simple ping test and you should be good to go. Hope this helps.

[@alonzosmith6189]

@@vmexplorer Tk U will give this a try

[@ericwilkins4945]

Also where did you get the copy of Windows 2022?

[@vmexplorer]

i downloaded it with my Visual Studio membership.

[@ericwilkins4945]

@@vmexplorer Thanks. I had been looking at that pricing myself.

[@dervaretyndigtland4760]

Please tell me you didn't buy all this hardware new for use in a homelab.

[@vmexplorer]

Thanks for the comment/question. No I did not buy any of this hardware new and the Intel Optane Drives came to me for being part of the VMware vExpert Intel Optane Samples program.

[@dervaretyndigtland4760]

@@vmexplorer OK, then it makes more sense. :)