Cannot Edit Virtual Machine Settings After Upgrading Virtual Hardware

Cannot Edit Virtual Machine Settings After Upgrading Virtual Hardware Tested on a few different vms (windows and linux), after installing 17.0 upgraded the vm hardware compatibility to 17.x which set virtualhw.version = "20" that is when started getting the unrecoverable error message. I've upgraded all my 16 hosts to esxi 8.0u2 a couple of weeks ago. since then, over a couple of dozens of vm's are not displaying the virtual hardware under "edit settings". the display is blank. the vms have to be shut down or log onto the esxi host and edit the settings there to view the hardware. i have 16 hosts and all are affected.

Edit Virtual Machine Settings Vmware Esxi Issue : after upgrading the virtual hardware on a vm, you are unable to edit the settings of a vm in the vsphere client 5.5. "you cannot use the vsphere client to edit the settings of virtual machines of version 10 or higher. use the vsphere web client to edit the settings of this virtual machine.". Per vmware’s notice, using the workstation 10 or later version you can change the hardware compatibility of a remote virtual machine. but you cannot downgrade a previously created virtual machine. Users are unable to manage virtual machines with virtual hardware version 9 or older through the vsphere client while they remain powered on. this limitation can affect routine operations, maintenance, and potentially urgent modifications needed for these vms. Shut down the guest operating system and power off the virtual machine. follow the prompts in the wizard to change the hardware compatibility of the virtual machine. when you select a hardware compatibility setting, a list of the vmware products that are compatible with that setting appears.

Virtual Machine Edit Settings Testingdocs Users are unable to manage virtual machines with virtual hardware version 9 or older through the vsphere client while they remain powered on. this limitation can affect routine operations, maintenance, and potentially urgent modifications needed for these vms. Shut down the guest operating system and power off the virtual machine. follow the prompts in the wizard to change the hardware compatibility of the virtual machine. when you select a hardware compatibility setting, a list of the vmware products that are compatible with that setting appears. Warning changing the number of virtual processors after the guest os is installed may make your virtual machine unstable. i really dont want to delete this vm and start all again ie installing windows on a new vm. any solution to this. rob. you can do it. In vmware workstation, select the vm you intend to upgrade. click edit virtual machine settings. in the vm settings window, locate the hardware compatibility section. usually, this is displayed as a dropdown menu indicating the current hardware version. Edit settings window fails to load on virtual machines with virtual hardware sometimes the solutions in this kb can't be implemented so for that, you can upgrade the vm's compatibility. workaround for me was to use the host web ui that the affected vm is sitting on, and edit settings on 1. vm settings only blank page. Tried to edit settings on an existing vm, both on and off, error is the same: i had this issue when i tried to add a hard drive as well, but i did not experience this issue if i tried to adjust the ram.