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Since the hardware version of the VM is different you need to convert it to a version suported by 4.1<br />
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I suggest yo use VMware vCenter Converter. to do this task.<br />
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Install the program and run it<br />
select source and choose VMware Infrastructure virtual machine option to connect to your vCenter server.<br />
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After choose the machine you need to convert.<br />
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Specify destination with the same type &quot;VMware Infrastructure virtual machine&quot;<br />
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At this point u need to assign a new name to your VM and the datastore.<br />
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Now you have an option on the right size to change the Virtual Machine version from v7 or v8 to v4.<br />
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hope it helps<br />
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After job finish
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Since the hardware version of the VM is different you need to convert it to a version suported by 4.1


I suggest yo use VMware vCenter Converter. to do this task.

Install the program and run it
select source and choose VMware Infrastructure virtual machine option to connect to your vCenter server.

After choose the machine you need to convert.

Specify destination with the same type "VMware Infrastructure virtual machine"

At this point u need to assign a new name to your VM and the datastore.

Now you have an option on the right size to change the Virtual Machine version from v7 or v8 to v4.


hope it helps

After job finish

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What version does 4.1 support
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I created a VM template on a ESX 5.0 host. &nbsp;I tried to clone that template to a host on 4.1 and get an error<br />
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&quot;the virtual machine version is not compatible with the version of the host&quot;<br />
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What can I do so I can use this template on the host running ESX 4.1?
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I created a VM template on a ESX 5.0 host.  I tried to clone that template to a host on 4.1 and get an error

"the virtual machine version is not compatible with the version of the host"

What can I do so I can use this template on the host running ESX 4.1?

VM compatability issue

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.