Few years ago I had my own VMware Laboratory which was quite impressive as it was built on HP Blade servers. Unfortunately I’ve loose it. Right now I decide to build another one on my private gear, as I’m vExpert now I have access to LAB licence which I can use for home purpose.
As I’m still preparing to VCAP-CMA exam my Home Lab will be for vRealize Suite
The HARDWARE
- PowerEdge R610
- CPU: 2x Six Core Intel Xeon X5650
- RAM: 96GB DDR3
- HDD: 2x 300GB 10k
- RAID: Perci 6i/SAS 6/IR
- NIC: 4x 1Gbit Broadcom
- Size: 1U
- PSU: 2x
- Switch: D-Link DGS-108
The SOFTWARE
For CMA I need
For CMA I need vRealize Suite and few other tools from other vendor. So on physical Server I’ve installed ESXi in 6.7U1
Virtual Machine list:
Win-AD
Win-SQL
vCenter
NSX-M
NSX-Controller x3
vRAMGR x2
vRAWEB x2
vRADEM x2
vRAPRX x2
vRA Appliance x2 7.3 as it required in VCAP-CAM exam
also I will build other elements which I will update here
What’s the overall cost of the whole hardware part?
This is quite challenging part in terms of hardware limitations that some people face when trying to build a decent home lab.
Cost of that server is 800$