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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
Templates for Upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3
For upgrade of the vCenter Server Appliance from 5.1 Update 3 to 6.0 Update 1, the installer ISO file contains two JSON
templates that are located in the vcsa-cli-installer/template/upgrade/5.1 directory.:
Table 6. Templates of JSON Files for Upgrade of the vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3
Template JSON File Description
embedded_vCSA_on_ESXi.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for upgrade of a
vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3 to a vCenter Server Appliance 6.0
Update 1 with an embedded Platform Services Controller on an ESXi host. See
the content of the template in Example 10.
embedded_vCSA_on_VC.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for upgrade of a
vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3 to a vCenter Server Appliance 6.0
Update 1 with an embedded Platform Services Controller on an ESXi host or
DRS cluster that resides in the inventory of a vCenter Server instance. See the
content of the template in Example 10.