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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
database subsection
NOTE Use the database subsection only in the deployment templates to configure the database of the vCenter Server
Appliance. The database configurations for the upgraded vCenter Server Appliance are migrated from the old
vCenter Server Appliance.
For information about or assistance with the external Oracle database configuration, see the Oracle documentation.
type embedded The vCenter Server Appliance database type. The value can be:
 embedded
The vCenter Server Appliance uses the embedded
PostgreSQL database. This database is suitable for small scale
deployments.
 external
The vCenter Server Appliance uses an existing external Oracle
database.
user - The vCenter Server Appliance database user.
Required only if the value of the type parameter is external.
password - The password of the vCenter Server Appliance database user.
Required only if the value of the type parameter is external.
provider - The vCenter Server Appliance database provider. The value can be
only oracle.
Required only if the value of the type parameter is external.
instance - The Oracle database instance name.
Required only if the value of the type parameter is external.
servername - The vCenter Server Appliance database server hostname.
Required only if the value of the type parameter is external.
serverport - Oracle database port number.
Required only if the value of the type parameter is external.
esx subsection
NOTE Required only if you are deploying the vCenter Server Appliance on an ESXi host or if you are upgrading a
vCenter Server Appliance on an ESXi host that is different from the ESXi host on which the old vCenter Server
Appliance is running.
hostname - The IP address or FQDN of the ESXi host on which you want to
deploy the vCenter Server Appliance.
username - A user name with administrative privileges for the ESXi host on
which you want to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance.
password - The password of the ESXi host user with administrative
privileges.
datastore - The name of the datastore on which you want to deploy the
vCenter Server Appliance. The datastore must have at least 15 GB
of free space and must be accessible from the ESXi host on which
you are deploying the vCenter Server Appliance.
vc subsection
NOTE Required only if you are deploying or upgrading the vCenter Server Appliance on a vCenter Server instance.
hostname - The IP address or FQDN of the vCenter Server instance on which
you want to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance.
username - A vCenter Single Sign-On user name with administrative
privileges for the vCenter Server instance on which you want to
deploy the vCenter Server Appliance.
password - The password of the vCenter Single Sign-On user with
administrative privileges for the vCenter Server instance.
Table 8. List of the Configuration Parameters in the target.vcsa Section
Parameter Default Description