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@TomYoung thank you very much for your assistance.

I was able to successfully import all the configuration from the to-be-retired panorama, following these steps

Step 1: Import the serial numbers into panorama

load config partial mode merge from-xpath /config/mgt-config/devices to-xpath /config/mgt-config/devices from exported-panorama-cfg.xml

Step 2: Load shared objects into Panorama

load config partial mode merge from-xpath /config/shared to-xpath /config/shared from exported-panorama-cfg.xml

Step 3: Import the templates into panorama

load config partial mode merge from-xpath /config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/template to-xpath /config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/template from

exported-panorama-cfg.xml

Step 4: Import any template stacks into panorama

load config partial mode merge from-xpath /config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/template-stack to-xpath /config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/template-stack from exported-panorama-cfg.xml

Step 5: Import device groups into panorama

load config partial mode merge from-xpath /config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group to-xpath /config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group from exported-panorama-cfg.xml

This all imported with no errors.   The last step is to point the firewalls to the new panorama, which I will try in early January.   I will update the thread with the results

Thx again