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Replication from ESX 5 (hardware8) to ESX 4 may result in error, "A specified parameter was not correct" - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>Attempting to replicate a hardware version 8 VM originating on a VMware ESX 5 host to a host that does not support hardware version 8 (e.g. ESX4) will result in the error</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>Attempting to replicate a hardware version 8 VM originating on a VMware ESX 5 host to a host that does not support hardware version 8 (e.g. ESX4) will result in the error:</p> <blockquote class="blockquote"> <p>CreateVM_Task returned an error : A specified parameter was not correct.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is due to hardware version 8 VMs not being backward compatible with previous versions of ESX. These VMs should be replicated to an ESX 5 host instead</p> </article> </main>