Part 3 :

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet1.addressType = "generated"
ethernet2.addressType = "generated"
ethernet3.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d b9 db ae b0 ba c1-81 b0 95 b6 a8 17 68 9f"
uuid.bios = "56 4d b9 db ae b0 ba c1-81 b0 95 b6 a8 17 68 9f"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "16777216"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ethernet1.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ethernet2.pciSlotNumber = "35"
ethernet3.pciSlotNumber = "36"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "37"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "38"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:17:68:9f"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:17:68:a9"
ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10"
ethernet2.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:17:68:b3"
ethernet2.generatedAddressOffset = "20"
ethernet3.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:17:68:bd"
ethernet3.generatedAddressOffset = "30"
vmci0.id = "-1474860897"
tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"

and some notes :

If you want to use it please make sure to import this machine and also customize it. If you want to create the machine by your own , I used a linux 64 bit other and lsi scsi controller drive 12 gb (too much but well use ful for some local VM`s) , setup 2 processors 1 gig ram , also enabled USB (interesting if you want ot use the ESX 3.5I from USB stick), I`ll also setup the virtual center as virtual machine but due to performance I decided to install it on host as well as my ISCSI solution (STARWIND from rocketdivision.com), lefthandnetworks.com also offers an iscsi vm , open-e or http://iscsitarget.sourceforge.net/ if you using linux instead of windows as host. The VMm works also fine for ESX 3.5I

"Happy virtualising"

To invite all and give a shot to start heres my vmx file (used on vmware workstation 6.5 beta)
I`ll divide it into 3 parts, please cut and paste into a new vmx file :

.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
numvcpus = "2"
vcpu.hotadd = "TRUE"
maxvcpus = "4"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "1024"
monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware"
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "TRUE"
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
mainmem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
MemTrimRate=0
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "esx1.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "hostonly"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet1.connectionType = "hostonly"
ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet2.present = "TRUE"
ethernet2.connectionType = "hostonly"
ethernet2.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet2.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet3.present = "TRUE"
ethernet3.connectionType = "hostonly"
ethernet3.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet3.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"

Part 2 :

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"
displayName = "esx1"
guestOS = "otherlinux-64"
nvram = "esx1.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

extendedConfigFile = "esx1.vmxf"

ide1:0.fileName = "D:\VMWARE\esx-3.5.0_Update_1-82663.iso"

Hi Neph,

Glad to hear that you have also built this environment.

Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated.

Rgds,
J.