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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
Example 15. Content of the VC_on_ESXi.json Template for Upgrade From Version 5.5.x
{
"__version": "1.1",
"__comments": "Sample template to upgrade a vCenter Server from 5.5 to 6.0.",
"source.vc": {
"esx": {
"hostname": "<IP or FQDN of the ESXi on which the source vCenter Server Appliance resides>",
"username": "root",
"password": "<Password for the ESXi on which the source vCenter Server Appliance resides>"
},
"vc.vcsa": {
"hostname": "<IP address or FQDN of the source vCenter Server Appliance>",
"username": "[e-mail]",
"password": "<Password of the vCenter Single Sign-On user [e-mail]>",
"root.password": "<Password for the root user of the source vCenter Server Appliance guest
operating system>"
}
},
"target.vcsa": {
"appliance": {
"deployment.network": "VM Network",
"deployment.option": "management-small",
"name": "Upgraded-vCenter-Server-Appliance",
"thin.disk.mode": true
},
"os": {
"ssh.enable": true
},
"sso": {
"site-name": "<SSO site name>"
},
"temporary.network": {
"hostname": "<Host name>",
"dns.servers": [
"<DNS Server IP Address>",
"<Alternate DNS Server IP Address>"
],
"gateway": "<Gateway IP address>",
"ip": "<Static IP address>",
"ip.family": "ipv4",
"mode": "static",
"prefix": "<The value must be 0-32 for an IPv4 address>"
}
}
}