Article Number: 000140060
A virtual machine does not boot after upgrading the virtual hardware version to 7, 8, or 9.
You cannot migrate or power on a virtual machine created on an newer version of ESX/ESXi to an older version.
No cause information available.
To downgrade virtual machine hardware, power off the virtual machine and perform one of these options:
Reference: Downgrading the virtual machine hardware version.
PowerEdge
04 Mar 2021
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