Veeam lab on vmware workstation?

[Gravelrider]

Hi there

I would like to build a lab environment for Veeam vmce study. Unfortunately I have no dedicated lab equipment but I do have a workstation with 64 GB of RAM. I was thinking of doing this in VMware workstation. Anyone tried this that can put me in right direction?

I am thinking of setting up nested esxi. Earlier on I created a VM with VBR and another VM as backup target (directly on workstation, not nested) but that did not work. The VBR blue screened on me

I am thinking of creating

-Windows 2022 DC/DNS
-Windows 2022 VBR
-Nested ESXi which will host small windows and Linux VM.
-Another Nested ESXi so I can do failover etc

Cheers

[haslund]

There is no issue with building what you are suggesting. From the details shared, it is difficult to diagnose why the VBR server was blue-screened. Maybe ensure everything is fully patched and you didn't overcommit on memory from the beginning.

[Regnor]

I'm running my home lab on VMware Workstation with multiple nested hypervisors without any issues.
In general it should work and also it's not expected to run into a bluescreen, so I would start and re-create the VBR VM.

[Gostev]

BSODs are usually caused by antivirus apps. It's a very common issue in our Support irrespective of where Veeam is deployed.