Using Vmware Workstation to create an internal development environment

First.. to be able to see the ip address quickly from the console in case it changes.

 

wget http://www.digitalw00t.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ip.update.pl_.zip
sudo unzip -d /root ./ip.update.pl_.zip
chmod +x /root/ip.update.pl

echo “cp /etc/issue.orig /etc/issue” >> /etc/rc.local
echo “cp  /etc/issue.net.orig /etc/issue.net” >> /etc/rc.local

cp /etc/issue /etc/issue.orig
cp /etc/issue.net /etc/issue.net.orig

echo “/root/ip.update.pl >> /etc/issue” >> /etc/rc.local
echo “/root/ip.update.pl >> /etc/issue.net” >> /etc/rc.local
/root/ip.update.pl >> /etc/issue
/root/ip.update.pl >> /etc/issue.net

Home ESXi 5 Server Farm

  • Number of Memory Slots: 4×240pin
  • Memory Standard: DDR3 2100+(OC)/1866*(OC)/1800*(OC)/ 1600*(OC)/1333/1066/800
  • PCI Express 2.0 x16: 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2 @ x16 mode; PCIE4 @ x4 mode)

 

Guided through the process with:

http://thehomeserverblog.com/esxi/esxi-5-0-amd-whitebox-server-for-500-with-passthrough-iommu-build-2/

http://thehomeserverblog.com/esxi-lab-specs/