On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 08:38:46AM +0300, Nikolay Ivanets wrote: > Rich, > Just FYI: > » The VMware policy concerning backward and forward compatibility is for VDDK > to support N-2 and N+1 releases. In other words, VDDK 6.7 and all its update > releases support vSphere 6.0, 6.5 (except for new features), and the next > major > release. > > From: https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/ > 9aaa92a8-6925-4870-9200-ae5500bf0d1e/a03230ae-35ee-4621-bc45-0cffd0432f66/ > vsphere-vddk-673-release-notes.html > > That is release notes about VDDK 6.7 but it may turn out that the same policy > applies to all VDDK versions. Thus, requiring VDDK 6.5 you also potentially > restrict minimum supported ESXi version.
This isn't just theoretical. We have seen instances where new VDDK could not access very old vSphere / ESXi versions. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many languages. http://libguestfs.org _______________________________________________ Libguestfs mailing list [email protected] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
