Dependency error message displayed in vLCM cluster managed by Images when saving/validating an Image of VMware Tools 6.x component to vSphere 7.0 (or higher version)

Symptoms

Dependency error messages are displayed in vLCM cluster managed by Images, when user tries to save/validate an Image by adding <VMware Tools release version>-6.x component to vSphere 7.0 or higher version.
An sample of the error you may experience is as below:

Component TOOLS-20200618 has VIBs that obsolete each other.
            Remove component TOOLS-20200618 as it contains VIBs that obsolete each other.
            Component TOOLS-20200618 has unmet dependency esx-version = 6.0.0 that is not provided by any component in depot.
            Problem with component TOOLS-20200618 could not be resolved.
            Component TOOLS-20200618 has unmet dependency esx-version = 6.5.0 that is not provided by any component in depot.
            Problem with component TOOLS-20200618 could not be resolved.

Cause

<VMware Tools release version>-6.x component is intended to be used only with vSphere releases 6.x.

Resolution

Remove <VMware Tools release version>-6.x component from the Image. vSphere 7.0 (or higher) contains a higher version of the VMTools component than <VMTools release version>-6.x, and supports feature set of <VMTools release version>-6.x

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