On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Mike Leone <[email protected]> wrote: >> 4) Shutdown, upgrade virtual hardware > > "upgrade virtual hardware"? In what way and why? Is that something that > vSphere requires? I don't need to change the specs on my VMs, if that's what > you're referring to here.
The virtual hardware that VMware presents to the guest OS has a version. New VMware releases add new features to the virtual hardware, but those features may be incompatible vs the old hardware, so you can control the version of the virtual hardware platform which gets presented to the guest OS. Kind of like upgrading your video card but keeping the same brand. Might still need to change drivers or software config. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
