Be attentive when restoring an image file to a different virtual machine hardware version

Summary

1) Create an image file using a hardware version 8 (ESX5.0).
2) Restore it to ESX4.1.
As a result, the restore returns the error immediately. – [1038] VgCollector return error

This is generated based on the “Not Supported” of the following reference article.

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2020181

Workaround

Please restore an image file to ESX/ESXi supported by a hardware version.