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Why? You can just run Server 2016 under vmware... It really doesn't add much overhead...
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Why? You can just run Server 2016 under vmware... It really doesn't add much overhead...

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It's not recommended, as ESXi is a Bare Metal OS, and the VMFS partition cannot be read by Server 2016. I have seen UEFI BOOT solutions, which can BOOT either, but you need a custom Boot Manager.<br />
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Decide if you want to use ESXi or 2016 (Hyper-V)
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It's not recommended, as ESXi is a Bare Metal OS, and the VMFS partition cannot be read by Server 2016. I have seen UEFI BOOT solutions, which can BOOT either, but you need a custom Boot Manager.

Decide if you want to use ESXi or 2016 (Hyper-V)

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This will be setup where VMWare will be installed on a separate array from the Server 2016 server OS. Neither OS will try to read from the other's disks.<br />
This will only be setup on a test system.
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This will be setup where VMWare will be installed on a separate array from the Server 2016 server OS. Neither OS will try to read from the other's disks.
This will only be setup on a test system.

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still need somewhere to write the boot loader...
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still need somewhere to write the boot loader...

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Is it possible to setup a dual boot between VMware and the Server 2016 OS?
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Is it possible to setup a dual boot between VMware and the Server 2016 OS?

Possible to dual boot between VMware &amp; Server 2016?

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Possible to dual boot between VMware &amp; Server 2016?

Possible to dual boot between VMware & Server 2016?