VMWare VSAT

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Jump Start Your
vSphere Upgrade
vSphere Assessment Tool

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Disclaimer
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Accelerate your vSphere Upgrade
- In 3 easy steps!
Download Our Client Scan Your Environment Review Your Risk

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Introducing The vSphere Assessment Tool
The vSphere Assessment
Tool (vSAT) will help jump
start your vSphere upgrade.
Just click on the tool and it will run an
analysis on your vSphere environment
including insights into hardware
compatibility, and the documentation
and next steps that you will need to
ensure a successful upgrade.
Login with your VMware
ID (MyVMware ID) or
Authenticated with
Workspace One
for VMware employees

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Components Of The vSphere Assessment Tool
vSphere Assessment Tool
consists of an offline desktop
client to run against your
vSphere environment, and an
online portal to view your
results
The desktop component
supports a variety of
operating systems: Windows,
OSX & Linux
vSAT Desktop Client vSAT Portal

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An Administrator account or a
custom role with Host Settings
enabled is required to collect
information.
Add a single or multiple vCenter
Servers to the vSAT Desktop Client
Adding vCenter Sever
Permissions needed
Add vCenter Servers To Your Collection

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Results can be saved locally and
upload within the portal at a later
date to be analyzed
Each user has a unique Passcode
associated with their account
This can be found in the vSAT
portals under account username
Online Upload
Offline Upload
Offline Or Online Options To Upload Results - Offline Upload

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Results can be saved locally and
upload within the portal at a later
date to be analyzed
Each user has a unique Passcode
associated with their account
This can be found in the vSAT
portals under account username
Online Upload
Offline Upload
Offline Or Online Options To Upload Results - Online Upload

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View vSphere Environment Results And Recommended Next Steps
Built on Clarity UI to provide a
Similar look and feel to the
vCenter Server Console
Top-level summary of host
versions and support risk
within the environment
Link to vSphere upgrade
content and Resources
Main Dashboard

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Drill Into And Filter Your vSphere Environment
Host details of Network,
Storage and driver support
for each vSphere version
Drill down into Datacenter,
Cluster and Hosts
Filter and export results to
CSV format
Results are validated
against the VMware
Hardware Compatibility
Matrix

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New Features Coming Soon!
vSphere Assessment Tool Roadmap

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Check out the vSphere Assessment
Tool Today!
https://pathfinder.vmware.com/vsphereassessmenttool/