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chrsun02
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎10-22-2013 11:34 PM

Hardware version When creating a virtual machine


Hi,

Does anybody know when creating a new virtual machine in vsphere 5.1 U1 custom or typical only virtual machine version 4,7,8 can be chosen.

But if i deploy a template i get VMX-09 why is that ?

Regards

Christer

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raog
Expert
Expert
‎10-23-2013 12:15 AM

For VMware vCenter Server 5.1 and 5.5, virtual machines can only be created with hardware version 9 and 10 from the vSphere Web Client. However, you are able to upgrade to hardware version using the vSphere Client.


Regards

Girish

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chrsun02
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎10-23-2013 12:20 AM

Shouldnt there be a option for vm version 9 ?? when creating a typical or custom vm ? why only 4,7,8

/C

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abhilashhb
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎10-23-2013 12:53 AM

I think its one of the steps to get people to use the web client. After 5.1 release VMware is strongly advising everyone to start using web client. Like how you cannot edit VM's with HW 10 can't be editted using vSphere client.

If you need to create a VM with version 9 the only way i see it is to create a VM with version 8 and upgrade it Smiley Happy

Abhilash B
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhilashhb/

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