I am fairly certain it is not the same Calamares. If I recall correct Manjaro use Calamares 3.2 while other may be using 3.3.
24.0.2 is not the latest iso - that would be 24.0.8
Manjaro Linux does not test with VMware or support vmware installations officially. Thus it may work or it may not.
Manjaro Linux needs minimum 2vcpu and 4G ram
I do not run a Windows 11 workstation - so I don’t care for testing that scenario - but for the sake of testing I pulled the latest minimal Plasma and created a new virtual machine using vmware workstation 17 Pro 17.6.0 build-24238078 (Licensed for commercial use) on my Manjaro workstation.
I booted the ISO and ran the installer and the result was a success.
- 2 vcpu
- 4GB ram
- 32GB disk
- ext4 filesystem
Your issue is more likely host related - and we do not troubleshoot Windows related issues.
Please use your VMware support channels.
Without knowning - I am fairly confident they will say you are installing an unsupported guest os.
//EDIT:
I double checked using a second vm - this time using btrfs - still success.