Good guide for setting up HA on VMware. Thanks @SimplySmartHouse and @FriedCheese 
I was running HAOS as vm on VirtualBox (Windows host) for almost 2.5 years before switching to VMware Player 17 (free version) around middle of 2023.
One additional note about VMware is that size of virtual disk (vmdk file in Windows host) keeps growing… see this discussion for remedy: VMWare Tools to shrink disk / reclaim unused space - #9 by faster777
For those running HA on VirtualBox I will add that once in while VMware may need additional manual maintenance (like shrink/compact disk), its still much more stable and long-running on Windows host. This makes VMware much much easier to manage than the constant monitoring and baby-sitting of the VirtualBox vm that is prone to memory issues, crashes and regular restarts/cycle every few days!