ova: set os type and virtual hardware version (HMS-3248)#2480
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I think you missed adjusting this for ELN? |
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Setting the appropriate os type and virtual hardware version can dramatically impact performance on platforms like vSphere.
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| disk_config: | ||
| ovf_vmware: | ||
| os_type: "rhel9_64Guest" | ||
| virtual_hardware_version: "vmx-18" |
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Out of curiosity, why not "vmx-21", since all rhel9 cases elsewhere use that?
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I do not understand neither 18 nor 21. I would expect all hw versions to match the vSphere version that introduced the official support in the UI except RHEL 10 which is nicely explained in the comment above.
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Setting the appropriate os type and virtual hardware version can dramatically impact performance on platforms like vSphere.
I tested this on vcenter 8, they all boot just fine.