- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Additional Resources
- Introduction
- Import requirements and restrictions
- General requirements for importing data
- Dell EqualLogic PS Series specific requirements
- Dell Compellent SC Series specific requirements
- Dell Unity specific requirements
- Dell VNX2 Series specific requirements
- Dell XtremIO XI and X2 specific requirements
- Dell PowerMax and VMAX3 specific requirements
- NetApp AFF and A Series specific requirements
- General block-based import restrictions
- General file-based import restrictions
- Host plugin installation (block-based non-disruptive import only)
- Installing the host plugin for import on a Windows-based host
- Installing the host plugin for import on a Linux-based host
- Installing the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using the vSphere CLI
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using setup.pl script on VMA
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using VUM
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit during an ESXi-based host upgrade
- Uninstalling the host plugin for import
- Import workflows
- Non-disruptive import workflow
- Cutover workflow for non-disruptive import
- Cancel workflow for non-disruptive import
- Agentless import workflow
- Cutover workflow for agentless import
- Cancel workflow for agentless import
- File-based import workflow
- Cutover workflow for file-based import
- Cancel workflow for file-based import
- Configuring and managing import
- Configure a non-disruptive import
- Refresh hosts and volumes in a non-disruptive import
- Manage non-disruptive import sessions
- Configure an agentless import
- Manage agentless import sessions
- Configure a File Mobility Network for file-based import
- Configure the connection to a remote system for file-based import
- Configure file import interface
- Configure a file-based import
- Manage file-based import sessions
- Import-CLI (Linux)
- Additional tasks related to import for Linux-based hosts
- ImportKit-CLI (Windows)
- How to run the ImportKit CLI commands
- List supported arrays
- Host plugin log information
- Import kit version
- Restart import kit host plugin service
- Import volumes information
- Get Web server port information
- Install import kit certificate
- Re-generate the import kit certificate
- Set Web server port information
- Set host plugin logging debug log level
- Import-CLI (VMware)
- CLI for EQL MPIO
- Fault handling by PowerStore import
Dell PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide
Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit during an ESXi-based host upgrade
Prerequisites
About this task
To install the supported MEM kit (see the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs) during an upgrade of an earlier version of VMware ESXi software and to avoid multiple reboots, do the following:
Steps
- Upgrade to the supported VMware ESXi software, but do not reboot the ESXi host.
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Use one of the following methods to install the supported MEM kit on the prior version of the VMware ESXi software, apply SATP rules, and skip the reboot step in the following methods:
- Install MEM Using the vSphere CLI Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using the vSphere CLI
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using setup.pl script on VMA Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using setup.pl script on VMA
- Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using VUM Install the Dell EqualLogic MEM kit on an ESXi-based host using VUM
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Reboot the host.
NOTE:The system must be rebooted before the Dell EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module with import becomes active.
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