VMWare vSphere install on a machine have an operating system already installed

Hi guys,.

I'm new on the VMWare products and I can't use VMWare specific terms when asking a question.

I wonder if it is possible to do the following:

Install vSphere to hardware that is already hosting a Windows 2003 server operating system. This Windows Server operating system would become the first VM for this platform. Then, we would add VM more to the system. We would like to avoid to remove the current operating system, and then install vSphere, followed by the installation and the configuration of the current Windows operating system as a machine virtual.

Best regards

Zoltan

Post edited by: zoltnagy

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