VMware: How to downgrade VM hardware level 7 to 4
April 9th, 2010
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After some problems with my ESX 4.0 host I want to move some critical VM’s to my ESX 3.5 u4 host.. but my upgraded hardware level (7) is not compatible with my ESX 3.5 u5 host. The following is a step-by-step guide on how to perform this downgrade:
I want to downgrade my Windows 2008 64-bit with XenApp 6 with hardware level 7 to hardware level 4.
Time to downgrade:
Download and start: VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4.0.1
- Click: Convert Machine
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Categories: VMware ESX 4.0, Hardware, Migration, vCenter Server 4.0, VM Version, VMware, VMware Converter





