gsklibra wrote:
If VMware ESX and VMware ESXi are both bare-metal hypervisors that install directly on the server hardware can we install them on a VM created using Workstation installed on a Windows Host machine?
Yes, that is very possible. ESXi are a "bare-metal" hypervisor, which is installed directly on a server hardware.
With VMware Workstation you could create just such (virtualized) server hardware, which could install any operating system, including ESXi. Note of course that this is just for lab scenarios.