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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
prefix - Network prefix length.
Required only if the value of the mode parameter is static.
For IPv4, the value can be between 0 and 32.
For IPv6, the value can be between 0 and 128.
gateway - IP address of the default gateway.
For IPv6, the value can be default.
ports - Port numbers on which the vCenter Server Appliance
communicates with other vSphere components.
os subsection
password - Password for the root user of the Linux operating system of the
vCenter Server Appliance.
NOTE Use only in the deployment templates. When you upgrade
a vCenter Server Appliance, the new vCenter Server Appliance
uses the root password of the old vCenter Server Appliance.
ssh.enable false A Boolean value.
If true, the vCenter Server Appliance is deployed with the SSH
administrator login option enabled.
You can change this setting after the deployment.
ntp.servers - Optional. A comma-separated list of host names or IP addresses of
NTP servers for time synchronization. Could be a JSON array, for
example, ["ntp1.com". "ntp2.com"], or a serialized string, for
example, "ntp1.com,ntp2.com".
NOTE Use only in the deployment templates. When you upgrade
a vCenter Server Appliance, the new vCenter Server Appliance
uses the time synchronization settings of the old vCenter Server
Appliance.
time.tool-sync false Optional. A boolean value.
If true, the vCenter Server Appliance is deployed with the
VMware Tools time synchronization option enabled. VMware
Tools synchronizes the time of the appliance with the time of the
ESXi host.
Ignored if you set the ntp.servers parameter.
NOTE Use only in the deployment templates. When you upgrade
a vCenter Server Appliance, the new vCenter Server Appliance
uses the time synchronization settings of the old vCenter Server
Appliance.
platform.service.controller - System name of the Platform Services Controller with which you
want to register the vCenter Server Appliance.
You cannot use an FQDN if the system name of the Platform
Services Controller is an IP address, and the reverse.
Required only if you are deploying a vCenter Server Appliance
with an external Platform Services Controller.
NOTE Use only in deployment templates. When upgrading a
vCenter Server Appliance with an external vCenter Single
Sign-On, the new vCenter Server Appliance is registered with the
old vCenter Single Sign-On that you have upgraded to a Platform
Services Controller.
Table 8. List of the Configuration Parameters in the target.vcsa Section
Parameter Default Description