Here's what you can do, if you really want to get the most out of your setup. And also to truly get the most out of your lab. Partition the HDD into 3 main partitions, and a 4th partition that's 8GB (for vmkernel). Install vmkernel on the 8GB partition, then you can use the other partitoins as "datastores." That will give you a chance to play with vMotion and Storage vMotion. Then you can use the whole machine for ESXi, and then just manage it elsewhere, from a secondary PC or whatnot. That's what I would do.
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