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Just needed these basic details This is all going to be dependent on the host's resources and the workload that it needs to operate. 1) It's not uncommon to run dozens of VMs inside a single host. I've got 20+ on our primary server, and my laptop even runs 5-6 on a dual core processor. 2) These requirements are going to be set by the role of the VM. A SQL database is going to have far different requirements than a simple DC.

Typically you're going to set 2 vCPUs and adjust upwards as necessary if things bog down. Memory and storage are whatever allows your VM to run efficiently without overprovisioning it. 3) This depends on environment size. I run 3 hosts in my office. 50+ if you count our clients. 4) We're not running clusters.

Nothing we(or any of our clients) do is mission critical enough to justify the IT cost of investing in resilient or high available infrastructure. Nor do we need any extra performance benefits. 5) Use whatever works best. Look at Veeam. They're huge, relevant, and free in many cases.

Onedrive for mac os x. I personally don't have a need for this software so I don't use it (I am also not affiliated with this company in any way). It worked really well and was priced pretty fairly ($30).

With all of that being said, you'll lean 100% better if you sit down and try to decide what you would need to do in your lab to replicate your company in small scale. You may want a domain controller(or two), a file and print server, db server, etc. It's going to be far easier to ask for good advice and get good practice in if you have your goal already mapped out. It isn't possible but I do have a roundabout method for doing this as it is a test lab. • Enable running nested VMs in hyper-v • Install a VMWare ESXi VM • Install OSX on the nested VMWare instance • Run OSX:) There are multiple good resources on how to each of these steps individually, there is no comprehensive guide that covers this in it's entirety. And before I'm bashed with issues of legality, I run windows with hyper-v enabled in order to use docker (my work requires windows) on a mac mini but I also needed OSX for a few tasks and apps.

The performance hit was negligible probably because Hyper-v and ESXi are both type 1 hyper-visors. It is possible to install OSX on Hyper-V! I did that some time ago. The trick is to convert virtual machine image to.vhdx format! I don't remember anymore, but there was some great tool to convert any VMs file to other format.

Basically, i disabled Hyper-V and installed some VirtualBox or something. Installed on it OSX. Took that VMs image and converted to Hyper-V format.

Removed VirtualBox (Hyper-V cant work if VirtualBox or VMware is running). Enabled Hyper-V again and imported my OSX VMs image to new Hyper-V VM. Works like a charm!

Update: Found converter. I run macOS on VMs all the time. I have three Mac VMs in Parallels Desktop, and I have also ran it in VMware.

I have not tried doing it in Hyper-V. To run it in Hyper-V, we need an install process that is compatible with Hyper-V. Parallels and VMware both work with the macOS installer that can be obtained from Apple's Mac app store. Since my company uses Hyper-V primarily, I'm going to do some experimenting and figure out how to make this happen if it's possible. The EULA is not something I'm worried about since the goal is to find out if I can do this.