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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
Optional Arguments of the Command-Line Installer
Table 4. Optional Arguments of the Command-Line Installer
Optional Argument Description
-h, --help Displays the help message for the command.
--template-help Displays the help message for the configuration parameters in the JSON
file.
-v, --verbose Adds debug information to the console output.
-t, --terse Hides the console output. Displays only warning and error messages.
--log-dir, LOG_DIR Sets the location of the log and other output files that the installer
generates.
--verify-only Performs basic verification of the configuration parameters in the JSON
file and verification of the OVF Tool parameters. Does not deploy the
appliance.
--skip-ovftool-verification Performs basic verification of the configuration parameters in the JSON
file and deploys the appliance. Does not perform verification of the OVF
Tool parameters.
--no-esx-ssl-verify Skips the SSL verification for ESXi connections.
Avoid using this option because it might cause problems during
deployment or after deployment because of invalidated values passed to
the appliance.
--sso-ssl-thumbprint, SSL-SHA1-THUMBPRINT Validates server certificate against the supplied SHA1 thumbprint.
--accept-eula Accepts the end-user license agreement