Ability to use vSphere client to monitor guest VMs on my laptop

Linux and Unix-Like UNIX and Linux Applications
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Hi guys.

I'm a newbie to VMs.

What I want to achieve is that I create VMs on my laptop that I can monitor and access using vSphere client. I am using an Acer laptop with intel processor.

Which hypervisor will i need ? How do I need to install it ? Is these any free solution ?

Regards,
J
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I use ESXi from VMware for this very purpose. It is free and comes as a downloadable VM. You need to register to download it, but that's free too.

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There are free and paid versions of ESXi Same iso but the features are controlled by the license key.

Note that ESXi 5.5 creates version 10 VMs - which can only be edited by the newer Web Client, not the classic vClient.