lbazterrica is correct that there is no completely virtual IDPA. IDPA/PowerProtect appliance is only provided/supported as a physical appliance. The DP4400 has one esxi host with the remaining IDPA components running as VMs. The DP5xxx and DP8xxx models have 3 esxi hosts forming a vsan cluster. DP5xxx has a physical Data Domain and the rest of the components are VMs running on the vSAN. DP8xxx has a physical Data Domain and Avamar and the rest of the components running on the vSAN. For a cost effective lab, you may want to consider the DP4400s, which is the smallest model available, with less storage than the DP4400 model.  Dell has online Labs and training/demo videos available to Partners here: [URL] This IDPA playlist on youtube is available to anyone: [URL] IDPA documentation can be found here: [URL]   If this helps please give KUDOS.   thanks    
Can we have OVA file on IDPA ? For testing in lab.
IDPA virtual edition