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Why does this mismatch happen?

As you are upgrading your OS to a newer version or simply chose the wrong (VM Guest Operating Setting) profile to run a different OS.

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Note that the column version also contains an outdated value. The latest virtual hardware version is vmx-19.

How does this affect your VM?

The virtual machine setting allows presenting the optimal virtual hardware to the guest operating system. In this case, the guest operating system Windows 2016 won’t be presented with the optimal virtual hardware for it to run performant and stable.

How can you fix the mismatch configuration?

Pre-requirements


VSS-CLI

  1. List the guest_id that matches the full_name OS you are looking for

    Code Block
    vss-cli compute os ls -a

    output:

    Code Block
     id  guest_id                 full_name                                                             family
    ----  -----------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------  ----------------
      30  rhel7Guest               Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7                                            linuxGuest
      28  solaris6Guest            Solaris 6                                                             None
      31  solaris7Guest            Solaris 7                                                             None
      94  asianux8_64Guest         Asianux Server 8 (64 bit)                                             None
      88  oracleLinux6_64Guest     Oracle 6 (64-bit)                                                     None
      89  oracleLinux6Guest        Oracle 6                                                              None
      90  oracleLinux7_64Guest     Oracle 7 (64-bit)                                                     None
      91  oracleLinux7Guest        Oracle 7                                                              None
      92  asianux5_64Guest         Asianux Server 5 (64 bit)                                             None
      93  asianux7_64Guest         Asianux Server 7 (64 bit)                                             None
       3  winNetStandard64Guest    Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (64 bit)               windowsGuest
       8  centosGuest              CentOS 4/5                                                            linuxGuest
       9  other24xLinux64Guest     Linux 2.4x Kernel (64 bit) (experimental)                             linuxGuest
      10  fedoraGuest              Fedora Linux                                                          linuxGuest
      17  slesGuest                Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9                                        linuxGuest
      23  rhel3Guest               Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3                                            linuxGuest
      95  vmwarePhoton64Guest      VMware Photon (64 bit)                                                linuxGuest
    1. You can filter the list by a particular name, for example: Microsoft

      Code Block
      vss-cli compute os ls -f full_name=like,Microsoft%

      output:

      Code Block
        id  guest_id                 full_name                                                                 family
      ----  -----------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------------  ------------
         3  winNetStandard64Guest    Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (64 bit)                   windowsGuest
        26  windows7Server64Guest    Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)                                 windowsGuest
        77  winLonghorn64Guest       Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)                                    windowsGuest
        50  windows7Guest            Microsoft Windows 7                                                       windowsGuest
         5  winNetDatacenter64Guest  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (64 bit)                windowsGuest
        27  windows8Server64Guest    Microsoft Windows 8 Server (64 bit) and Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)      windowsGuest
         1  windows7_64Guest         Microsoft Windows 7 (64 bit)                                              windowsGuest
        68  winNetStandardGuest      Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition                           windowsGuest
        13  windows8_64Guest         Microsoft Windows 8 (64 bit)                                              windowsGuest
        54  winNetWebGuest           Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition                                windowsGuest
        66  windows8Guest            Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012                               windowsGuest
         6  windows9Guest            Microsoft Windows 10                                                      windowsGuest
        19  winNetDatacenterGuest    Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition                          windowsGuest
        41  winNetEnterprise64Guest  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64 bit)                windowsGuest
        53  winNetBusinessGuest      Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003                              windowsGuest
        76  winLonghornGuest         Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)                                    windowsGuest
        65  winNetEnterpriseGuest    Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition                         windowsGuest
        24  windows9_64Guest         Microsoft Windows 10 (64 bit) and Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)  windowsGuest
        47  windows9Server64Guest    Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)                                    windowsGuest
      
  2. Tun off the Virtual Machine

    Code Block
    vss-cli compute vm set <VM_ID> state off
  3. Configure the right OS, replace the Windows2012 profile to Windows 2016 profile

    Code Block
    vss-cli compute vm set <VM_ID> os windows9Server64Guest
  4. Turn of the Virtual Machine

    Code Block
    vss-cli compute vm set <VM_ID> state on

Cloud Portal UI

Info

In order to update the OS settings, the virtual machine needs to be powered off.

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