Hardware version
The hardware version defines the virtual hardware available to the VM that corresponds to the physical hardware available on the host. vSphere 6.5 introduces hardware version 13 and supports VMs created with previous hardware versions. Each hardware version supports at least five major or minor vSphere releases. By default, the compatibility of the VM is given by the host version on which the VM is created, or by the inventory object on which the default VM compatibility is set.
A question you might have is—“what hardware version should I use?”. The hardware version to use depends on what version of ESXi your environment uses. If you have multiple hosts with different versions, you should choose the correct hardware version ...
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