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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
Configuration Parameters for New and Upgrade Deployments
Table 8 lists the configuration parameters in the target.vcsa section that you use to provide input data for the new
vCenter Server Appliance in the deployment and upgrade templates.
You must provide the parameters with values for your deployment or upgrade specification. For example, if you want
to deploy the appliance with an external database, you must provide the database parameter subsection.
Table 8. List of the Configuration Parameters in the target.vcsa Section
Parameter Default Description
appliance subsection
deployment.network - The network of the ESXi host on which you want to deploy the
vCenter Server Appliance.
Required only if the ESXi host, on which you want to deploy the
vCenter Server Appliance, has more than one network.
deployment.option tiny The size of the vCenter Server Appliance depending on the size of
your vSphere environment. The value can be:
 tiny
vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform
Services Controller for up to 10 hosts and 100 virtual machines
 small
vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform
Services Controller for up to 100 hosts and 1,000 virtual
machines
 medium
vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform
Services Controller for up to 400 hosts and 4,000 virtual
machines
 large
vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform
Services Controller for up to 1,000 hosts and 10,000 virtual
machines
 management-tiny
vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services
Controller for up to 10 hosts and 100 virtual machines
 management-small
vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services
Controller for up to 100 hosts and 1,000 virtual machines
 management-medium
vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services
Controller for up to 400 hosts and 4,000 virtual machines
 management-large
vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services
Controller for up to 1,000 hosts and 10,000 virtual machines
 infrastructure
Platform Services Controller appliance
image Package included in
the installer ISO file
The filepath to the vCenter Server Appliance installation package.
name - The name of the vCenter Server Appliance.
thin.disk.mode true A Boolean value.
If true, the vCenter Server Appliance is deployed with a thin
mode virtual disk.