SAP and VMWare ESX

Hello, I read an articule of VMWare that said that VMWare ESX support SAP. But in the other hand I had read some posts that said that it is not recommended to use VMWare with SAP because they(SAP)won't give us support.
Here, we want to use VMWare ESX with SAP Portal Server and SAP MM. But only for Test and Development.
For Producction they'll have their own server.
Does anyone knows if I could implement this.
and If Any of you implement a similar solution?
Thanks
Johan

Hi,
Normally every customer has acces to it with their S number. If you don't have an S number, this the procedure taken from the help on service.sap.com.
The following data is needed to request a new user ID.
Note:
Please write down all your data, as you have to enter it several times and your entries always have to agree.
If you want to delete all your entries to date, click Reset.
Customer/partner number or installation number:
You will find the installation number of your SAP System under:
System -> Status... -> SAP System Data. Hint:
You only have to enter one of the numbers.
Form of address, first name, last name
When you log on to the SAP Service Marketplace, you can change this data in MyProfile.
E-mail address
You need an e-mail address that is registered at your company.
The system checks whether your e-mail address has been assigned to the entered customer/partner number.
Once you have that data:
Step 1 - Registering with the SAP Service Marketplace
Enter your customer/partner number or installation number.
Choose a form of address and enter your first and last name.
Enter the e-mail address registered with your company.
Once your entries are complete, click Send.
The User Request Successful screen appears:
You receive a registration password:
Write it down. You will need the registration password for the next step.
Within one day, you receive an e-mail with the URL link for your access data.
... Read Step 2
Hint:
If the User request failed or incomplete screen appears, your entries were incorrect.
... Read User request failed or incomplete
Top of Page
Step 2 - Request Access Data
Enter the URL link from the e-mail in your browser's address field and press Return.
The Here is your user ID and password screen appears.
Enter the following data, and make sure that it agrees with the data you entered in Step 1 - Registering with the SAP Service Marketplace:
Customer/partner number or installation number
First name and last name
E-mail address
Enter the required registration password.
When you entries are complete, click Send.
The User data registration was successful screen appears:
You receive your user ID and password.
... Read Step 3
Hint:
If the User ID generation failed screen appears, your entries were incorrect.
... Read User ID generation failed
Top of Page
Step 3 - Log On to the SAP Service Marketplace
Write down your user ID and password.
Hint:
You can change the password in MyProfile as soon as you log on to the SAP Service Marketplace.
To reach the home page of the SAP Service Marketplace, enter the following URL in your browser: http://service.sap.com.
Click Logon to SAP Service Marketplace and enter your user ID and your password.
Click OK.
You are now logged on to the SAP Service Marketplace.
Eddy

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