vMCD in VMware workstation

[LoopyLou]

Anyone ever installed vMCD within VMWare Workstaion?

I'd tell you a UDP joke but I'm afraid you won't get it. TCP jokes are the best because you always get them.

 

[Billz66]

Yes I have done this twice now
once with vMCD and once with Physical MCD
- both MBGas server gateway.
We created a seperate vmware virtual switch for the Wan port
- this was assigned to a dedicated physical nic

 

[LoopyLou]

Billz66, thanks for the reply to verify you installed the vMCD directly not installed ESXi in Workstation and then vMCD within ESXi? And also what version of workstation? Want to setup a laptop with a bit of a traveling lab with both a vMCD and a vMAS.

I'd tell you a UDP joke but I'm afraid you won't get it. TCP jokes are the best because you always get them.

 

[Billz66]

Ah yes , I obviously skimmed over the workstation part.
No both were in ESXI.

You will need to either modify the ova template or have a high spec laptop to be running vMCD on it.

(I have an elitebook 8460W i7 8 Gig Ram win 7 64)

I just tried with Vmware Workstation 8 and vMCD 4.0.2.2
- I had to modify the license test to remove most of it so that I could get to the accept button ( without changing the ovf file it was not visible)
Unfortunately I dont have a VMCD ARID to play with so I cant get the blade loaded.