powershell for change hardware v7 to v8

[denjoh44]

Hello,

i am in vc version 5

i would change the hardware v7 to v8 for vm(s).

can you give the good command powershell for change hardware v7 to hardware v8?

the vm must be started or stopped?

thank you for response

[RvdNieuwendijk]

You can upgrade a vm $vm to hardware version 8 with:

Get-VM $vm | Get-View | ForEach-Object { $_.UpgradeVM("vmx-08") }

The vm has to be powered off.