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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
datacenter - The name of the vCenter Server datacenter that contains the ESXi
host or DRS cluster on which you want to deploy the vCenter
Server Appliance.
If the datacenter is located in a folder, you must set the path to the
datacenter as a comma-separated list, for example, ["folder1",
"datacenter"].
vm.folder - A VM folder in the vCenter Server datacenter on which you want
to deploy the vCenter Server Appliance.
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 vCenter Server
instance on which you are deploying the vCenter Server
Appliance.
target - The ESXi host or DRS cluster on which you want to deploy the
vCenter Server Appliance.
If the ESXi host or DRS cluster is located in a folder, you must set
the path to the ESXi host or DRS cluster as a comma-separated list,
for example, ["folder2", "esxi-host.badger.com"].
network and temporary.network subsections
NOTE Use the network subsection only in the deployment templates to configure the network of the vCenter Server
Appliance. Use the
temporary.network subsection only in the upgrade templates to configure a temporary network
for migrating the data from the old vCenter Server Appliance to the new vCenter Server Appliance. The network
configurations for the upgraded vCenter Server Appliance are migrated from the old vCenter Server Appliance.
hostname - Primary network identity. The value can be an FQDN or IP
address, preferably an FQDN.
You cannot change the value of this parameter after the
deployment.
The FQDN and dotted-decimal numbers must comply with the
RFC 1123 guidelines.
ip.family - Network IP address family. The value can be:
 ipv4
 ipv6
NOTE Do not use the ipv6 option for the temporary.network
subsection in the upgrade templates. You can use the ipv6 value
only for the network subsection in the deployment templates.
mode - Network mode. Use this parameter to choose how to allocate the
IP address of the vCenter Server Appliance. The value can be:
 static
You must set the static IP address and network settings.
 dhcp
A DHCP server is used to allocate the IP address. Use this
option only if the DHCP server is available in your
environment.
ip -Network IP address.
Required only if the value of the mode parameter is static.
Depending on the value of the ip.family parameter, you must
set an IPv4 or IPv6 address.
An IPv4 address must comply with the RFC 790 guidelines.
An IPv6 address must comply with the RFC 2373 guidelines.
dns.servers - A comma-separated list of IP addresses of network DNS servers.
Could be a JSON array, for example, ["1.2.3.4",
"127.0.0.1"], or a serialized string, for example,
"1.2.3.4,127.0.0.1".
Table 8. List of the Configuration Parameters in the target.vcsa Section
Parameter Default Description