How can OSX 10.7 be virtualized in a VMware Hypervisor 5 envrionment?

I'm trying to virtualize an OSX 10.7 instance in my VMWare Hypervisor 5.0 cluster. I'm having issues getting the install to run (it just hangs when the virtual machine trys to boot the image). Is this something that's supposed to be supported?
My grounds for this installation are to help create a more robust Lion Server infrastructure to support numerous mobile devices.

KNicklow wrote:
baltwo wrote:
... As for your query, AFAIK, you can't legally run the Mac OS on anything by Apple computers. So, might be time to spring for one of those for your server farm.
I do not have a MAC. I'm running an Intel based server using Xeon CPUs.
Just an FYI:  VMware added support for installing ESX5 to Macs so that you could legally run OSX VMs with the ESX hypervisor.  The catch is that for the moment only the Apple Xserve 3,1 is on the compatibility list.  I'm assuming that VMware is testing Mac Pros to add to the compatibility list and many are hoping that Minis will get added also.  But since Apple stopped selling Xserves and with the uncertainty regarding the Mac Pro's future, and both Apple and VMware's policy of not discussing future plans, anyone interested in OSX vms on ESX is kinda in a bind.
Going outside of a type 1 hypervisor, you can get a Mac, install a type 2 hypervisor like Parallels or VMware Fusion, then you can still legally have OSX VMs.  If you're already running ESX, then you are arguably better off getting Fusion since the virtual machines are compatible between Fusion and ESX.  (Mostly anyway, or at least easier to convert between Fusion and ESX.)

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