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Troy Taylor

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Thank you, Andrew. &nbsp;I appreciate the quick reply and what you shared. &nbsp;The ESXi installation is on SD Card.<br><br>Gratefully,<br>&nbsp; Troy Taylor
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Thank you, Andrew.  I appreciate the quick reply and what you shared.  The ESXi installation is on SD Card.

Gratefully,
  Troy Taylor

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Wow, Andrew!!!! &nbsp;You saved me from a ton of trouble!!!!!!<br><br>Gratefully,<br>&nbsp; Troy Taylor
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Wow, Andrew!!!!  You saved me from a ton of trouble!!!!!!

Gratefully,
  Troy Taylor

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<p>Hi,&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;This is regarding migrating VMWare VMs from a Compellent SAN to new Dell PowerStore SAN.</p><p>&nbsp;There is a minimum requirement of ESX 6.7 Update 1 on the host in order to do an Agentless Import. &nbsp;<a href="https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/powerstore-9000t/pwrstr-import/vmware-esxi-based-hosts?guid=guid-9f41ec49-2711-4e89-ae7b-10802ed4b600&amp;lang=en-us" id="isPasted" rel="ugc nofollow">https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/powerstore-9000t/pwrstr-import/vmware-esxi-based-hosts?guid=guid-9f41ec49-2711-4e89-ae7b-10802ed4b600&amp;lang=en-us</a></p><p><br></p><p>We will be upgrading the hosts (three) and VSphere to Version 7 first</p><p><br></p><p>Questions:</p><p>What is the benefit of Agentless Import?</p><p>Do the VM's themselves need to have VM Tools upgraded before the migration?</p><p>Does a VM Tool update require a reboot of the VM?</p><p><br></p>
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Hi, 
   This is regarding migrating VMWare VMs from a Compellent SAN to new Dell PowerStore SAN.
 There is a minimum requirement of ESX 6.7 Update 1 on the host in order to do an Agentless Import.  
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/powerstore-9000t/pwrstr-import/vmware-esxi-based-hosts?guid=guid-9f41ec49-2711-4e89-ae7b-10802ed4b600&lang=en-us
We will be upgrading the hosts (three) and VSphere to Version 7 first
Questions:
What is the benefit of Agentless Import?
Do the VM's themselves need to have VM Tools upgraded before the migration?
Does a VM Tool update require a reboot of the VM?

What are the requirements for VMs regarding an Agentless Import to Dell PowerStore?

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