How to do it... 

1. Fire up the installed VMware software:

1. Click on Open a Virtual Machine and select the TDExpress15.10.0.7_Sles11_40GB_vp.vmx file from the open window prompt:

1. You are now ready to play the installed Teradata Database.

1. Click on the Play Virtual machine link. The setup will run its course and take you to the login screen:

1. Login with root as the username and password. Wait for the Teradata Lab log wallpaper to show up on the desktop in the bottom-right corner:

1. Voila! You have successfully installed the Teradata Database on your machine. The world's best analytical and data warehouse database is now up and running on your machine as the VM image:

1. Our next step will be to set up a client tool that connects to the existing database instance.