how to virtualise macOS in VMWare infrastructure?

[prosello]

How can you virtualise MacOS VMs (from v11 bigsur to the latest v13 ventura) while still keeping them manageable from vcenter ?

Current constraints: MacOS must be virtualised, it must remain on premise, it must be mac OS versions 11 big sur to 13 ventura, and it must respect the Apple EULA constraints

My current plan is to buy mac minis (both M1s and M2s) to install vmware fusion on them, to link them to vcenter, and to virtualise macOS VMs (from bigsur versions to ventura) on it.

Is this a viable option from the apple EULA standpoint ? I think it should be OK as it is virtualising macOS onto macOS hardware.

If not please advise on what would be the most optimal setup for this use case.

 

[Wouter Kursten]

Not, version 12 was the last supported version as Guest OS on ESXi and 12 on VMware Fusion. For both that was on intel silicon and has already been marked as deprecated. See https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software&details=1&partner=269&page=1&display_interval=10&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc&testConfig=16

[prosello]

Hello, thanks for the answer. So according to this: https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion.html it's possible to install vmware fusion on the latest macOS but you're saying it's not possible to virtualize it ?

What other solutions can be used to virtualize the latest macOS in a VMWare environment then ?

[Technogeezer]

You have a severe roadblock on what you want to do.

MacOS can’t be virtualized with Fusion on Apple Silicon Macs. And that’s not a marketing or licensing restriction that you can get around. It’s a hard restriction because Fusion just doesn’t plain do it. 

The only way to virtualize macOS Monterey or later on Apple Silicon Macs is to use a product that supports Apple’s Virtualization Framework. That’s currently Parallels or UTM. But both of those products have limitations imposed by Apple’s frameworks. And they aren’t manageable by VMware.