Backward full VM restore

[davide.depaoli]

Hello,
for testing purposes I should restore a vm created on vsphere 8 (vm hw version 21) on my 6.7.3 infrastructure.
Obviously this is not possible because the hw version is not supported.

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Restore job failed Error: VM hardware version 21 is not supported by destination host (version 6.7.3)
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Does anyone know if there is any way or some trick to force backward compatibility ?

Thanks in advance
Best regards
Davide

[Mildur]

Hi Davide

Restore the VM disk files (or export them) from your backup to the target vSphere Datastore.
Then create a new VM and attach the restored disks.

Best,
Fabian

[davide.depaoli]

hI mildur,
your solution is correct but unfortunately not feasible for me, because the original vm (hw 21) is on my customer infrastructure.
I nedd to restore it to my office. the only thing I have is a VeeamZip of the vm.
I got around the problem cloning a vc, modified vmx file on the clone with hw version 15 (which is compatible with my vsphere). Made a new Veeamzip and transfer this to my office.

thank you
Davide

[davide.depaoli]

Hi,
solved restoring from veeamzip file vmdk and vmx files. Attached to new empty VM, reconfigured boot mode to EFI and it worked.

thanks
Davide