Thanks. I must admit I thought this was simpler. The ESXi Standalone Free license I installed on my HPE Proliant was so easy to get up and running (patching issues aside!) and my main reason to get VMUG and vCenter is to simplify patching and also look at VMWares security solutions to a greater extent.
So trying to simplify, I have an empty server, well two, (Dual Xeon, 24 Cores, 146GB DDR3 RAM, 7TB SAS Disk, any RAID possible) where do I start? What do I install and in what order? I think the answer to that might be what I need. I will probably have to use the -AllowLegacyCPU switch in the installation.
I want to be able to run virtual machines in an environment that is as safe as possible and where the cli cmd for patching do not differ between patches, but can be handled with a simple "update" button, or similar. Maybe, if I use both machines, in a cluster.
This is not corporate, this is my homeserver (SOHO) setup in a 48U rack in my garage with 1GB Network and Mikrotik handling Routing and Switching.