Bitte beachten Sie beim Import von Templates in VMware Cloud Director, dass die zu importierenden VMs im OVF- oder OVA-Format sowie einer für den Betrieb mit einem ESXi-Server kompatiblen Format vorliegen.
Aktuell unterstützt werden folgende VM-Hardware- Versionen:
| Virtual Hardware Version | Products |
| 19 | ESXi 7.0 U2 (7.0.2) |
| 18 | ESXi 7.0 U1 (7.0.1) Fusion 12.x Workstation Pro 16.x Workstation Player 16.x |
| 17 | ESXi 7.0 (7.0.0) |
| 16 | Fusion 11.x Workstation Pro 15.x Workstation Player 15.x |
| 15 | ESXi 6.7 U2 |
| 14 | ESXi 6.7 Fusion 10.x Workstation Pro 14.x Workstation Player 14.x |
| 13 | ESXi 6.5 |
| 12 | Fusion 8.x Workstation Pro 12.x Workstation Player 12.x |
| 11 | ESXi 6.0 Fusion 7.x Workstation 11.x Player 7.x |
| 10 | ESXi 5.5 Fusion 6.x Workstation 10.x Player 6.x |
| 9 | ESXi 5.1 Fusion 5.x Workstation 9.x Player 5.x |
| 8 | ESXi 5.0 Fusion 4.x Workstation 8.x Player 4.x |
| 7 | ESXi/ESX 4.x Fusion 3.x Fusion 2.x Workstation 7.x Workstation 6.5.x Player 3.x Server 2.x |
| 6 | Workstation 6.0.x |
| 4 | ESX 3.x ACE 2.x Fusion 1.x Player 2.x |
| 3 and 4 | ACE 1.x Lab Manager 2.x Player 1.x Server 1.x Workstation 5.x Workstation 4.x |
| 3 | ESX 2.x GSX Server 3.x |
