Can one run a MAC OS as a VM on a VMware host? Well technically yes. Legally, No. In my case we needed to just test how Saffari acts with some web pages.
Disclaimer: my understanding is that Apple VMs are only legal on Apple Hardware. The only hardware that supports ESX is the "TrashCan". Otherwise Vmware Fusion is a free download.
High Level Steps:
-on a Mac using the App Store, download the bits to the OS in question
-on that Mac, convert those bits to a DMG file
-on that Mac, convert the DMG to an ISO
-upload the ISO to VMware server
-create a VM, mount the ISO and install, however the following changes need to be made to the ".vmx" file.
smc.present = "TRUE"
smc.version = "0"
hw.model = "Macmini8,1"
board-id = "Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94"
serialNumber = "C02ZK0XXXXXX"
efi.nvram.var.ROM = "A1B2C3D4E5F6"
efi.nvram.var.MLB = "C02712300Q6NNNJA8"
Once installed, install VMware tools. I had a really hard time finding them, the file is called "Darwin.ISO"
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