<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Hi,<br><br>I wanted to know if we want to support forward compatibility of OVF format, which is used for export/import of VMs/VM Templates.<br><br>For example, <br>I create a VM in a 3.1 system, export it to an export Domain.<br>Should I be able to import this VM on a 3.0 system?<br><br>Obviously, backwards compatibility (from older version to newer) is desired and is kept, but do we really need forward compatibility also?<br><br>The reason I'm asking is some changes that need to be done in current OVF format to support new features. These new changes will be backwards-compatible with old OVF formats, but is it desirable for them to be forward compatible?<br><br><div><span name="x"></span>Regards,<br>Mike<span name="x"></span><br></div><br></div></body></html>