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Published inMar 2019

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Upgrading VM virtual hardware

The virtual machine hardware version or virtual machine compatibility specifies the version of virtual machine hardware that's presented to the virtual machines and the ESXi versions that the virtual machine is then compatible to run on. Updating the virtual machine hardware exposes new features that are available to virtual machines (for example, the ability to provision vmdks up to 62 TB) and ensures that the virtual hardware is optimized to the version of ESXi.

How to do it...

To upgrade the virtual hardware of a virtual machine, use the following steps:

Take a snapshot of the virtual machine to ensure that you can fall back to a known good state if the upgrade fails.
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VMware vSphere 6.7 Data Center Design Cookbook - Third Edition

Published in: Mar 2019Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781789801514

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Mike Brown

Mike Brown is an army veteran and full-stack data center engineer with over 10 years in IT, with the cage nut scars to prove it. Mike has held many positions in IT, from helpdesk to systems administrator to engineer and consultant. His technical achievements include VCIX6-DCV and other VMware, Cisco, NetApp, and Microsoft certifications.
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Hersey Cartwright

Hersey Cartwright has worked in the technology industry since 1996 in many roles, from help desk support to IT management. He first started working with VMware technologies in 2006. He is currently a Solutions Engineer for VMware, where he designs, sells, and supports VMware software-defined datacenter products in enterprise environments within the healthcare industry. He has experience working with a wide variety of server, storage, and network platforms.
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