Also, the table you supply regarding version comparisons shows that there is no migration required in moving from version 6 to version 8. So, I followed that table but now the IBV1 device in the Startwind mangement console says that the device is (Non-active). How do I make it active again in order ...

Ok. I was using an IBV device (version 6) with VMware (5.1) and now the storage datastore is inactive. You say IBV devices are still functional but no where have you explained (that I can find) how you migrate the data from the old IBV device to a new LSFS device? Do you have to do this inside ESXi ...