How can you change the guest OS on a host after 4.0 upgrade.

[joshrock11]

On ESXi 3.5 U4 all our FreeBSD hosts were built with "Other Linux (32-bit)". How can I change these to FreeBSD (32-bit) now that I've upgraded to 4.0? I shutdown the host and tried to change it but it doesn't give me the option for FreeBSD.

[vmroyale]

Hello. I believe you will need to upgrade the virtual hardware to v7 before you can make this change.

Good Luck!

[joshrock11]

I've hunted around the interface and can't find the option to upgrade the hardware. Also, can this be done with the host on or do I need to shut them down first?

[lamw · Accepted solution]

The VM needs to be powered down before you upgrade your virtual hardware. If you right click on a powered off VM, you'll have an option that says Upgrade Virtual Hardware

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