REPLICA FROM VM ESXI 8.02 TO ESXI 7.03U

[danilomario]

My Veeam Version 12.1.1.56
I have a vm on ESXI 8.02 and a need to make a replica on ESXI 7.03
I have this message :
30/04/2024 10:02:40 :: Processing IDEA-MX Error: VM hardware version 21 is not supported by destination host (version 7.0)
Wath's meaning ?

[Mildur]

Hi Danilo

Welcome to the forum.

The error message is clear. You are trying to replicate a VM with hardware version 21 to a ESXI server v7.03. Default version for VMs created on ESXI 8.02 is v21.
But ESXi v7.03 only supports vm hardware version 19 and older: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2007240
It's a limitation enforced by VmWare and not by Veeam.

You have two options:
- Option 1: Update your target ESXI server to V8.02 (recommended)
- Option 2: Downgrade the hardware version of your VM: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1028019 → Create a new virtual machine with required hardware version and attach the existing disk from the virtual machine.

Best,
Fabian