VMWare
From Linuxintro
VMware allows you to run one or more virtual machines at the same time on one computer. You can download VMWare Server for free.
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Installing VMWare ESX server
After installing VMWare ESX server, set in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PermitRootLogin yes
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AFAICT you've covered all the bases with this aneswr!