Article number
000004464
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Target Hypervisor
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Error: “You Are Trying To Upgrade To An Incompatible Product Type” During ZVR Upgrade
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Summary
This article describes a scenario in which an upgrade attempt fails when using the wrong hypervisor installer.
Root Cause
The newly downloaded installer is not for the same hypervisor as the one in use.
For version 7.0 and earlier, there is also a separate installer with VSS for each hypervisor.
Check out this KB for more details if mixing VSS versions during upgrades:
Error: "You Are Trying To Upgrade To An Incompatible Product Type" When Upgrading to Later Versions of 6.5/7.0
For version 7.0 and earlier, there is also a separate installer with VSS for each hypervisor.
Check out this KB for more details if mixing VSS versions during upgrades:
Error: "You Are Trying To Upgrade To An Incompatible Product Type" When Upgrading to Later Versions of 6.5/7.0
Symptoms
During the upgrade process, the following error message appears:
"You Are Trying To Upgrade To An Incompatible Product Type".
"You Are Trying To Upgrade To An Incompatible Product Type".
Solution
To resolve this issue, you'll need to download the correct hypervisor installer.
If you're not sure which hypervisor the ZVM installed is compatible with, log into the ZVM VM, open regedit.exe and check the following registry path:
If you're not sure which hypervisor the ZVM installed is compatible with, log into the ZVM VM, open regedit.exe and check the following registry path:
Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Zerto > Zerto Virtual Replication > PlatformType
You should now be able to see the hypervisor type:
Once you have that information, head over to the myZerto website and download the correct hypervisor version for your environment.
You should now be able to see the hypervisor type:
Once you have that information, head over to the myZerto website and download the correct hypervisor version for your environment.