Home Lab Server Build Using an Intel NUC and Free VMware ESXi 7

If you're like me, despite having cheap or even free access to cloud compute, you still want to have a bit of compute in a home lab. I can create and destroy to my hearts content. Things can get weir...
Updated Jun 22, 2022
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Mar 21, 2022

It doesn't handle OVA's directly, but can handle the VMDK's in it. I normally then use the OVA config file to build the rest of the VM. (yeah, they could have made that easier - fair enough 😉

Happy to show you around some time if you're interested!