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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
Using the Deployment and Upgrade Templates
This section provides details about the vCenter Server Appliance deployment and upgrade templates and how to use
the templates to prepare the JSON configuration files for your deployment or upgrade specification.
Templates for New Deployments
For deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance, the installer ISO file contains eight JSON templates that are located
in the vcsa-cli-installer/template/install directory:
Table 5. Templates of JSON Files for Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance
Template JSON File Description
embedded_vCSA_on_ESXi.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for deployment of a
vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller on
an ESXi host. See the template in Example 1.
embedded_vCSA_on_VC.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for deployment of a
vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller on
an ESXi host or DRS cluster that resides in the inventory of a vCenter Server
instance. See the template in Example 2.
PSC_on_ESXi.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for deployment of a
Platform Services Controller appliance on an ESXi host. See the template in
Example 3.
PSC_on_VC.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for deployment of a
Platform Services Controller appliance on an ESXi host or DRS cluster that
resides in the inventory of a vCenter Server instance. See the template in
Example 4.
PSC_replication_on_ESXi.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for deployment of a
replicating Platform Services Controller appliance on an ESXi host. See the
template in Example 5.
PSC_replication_on_VC.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for deployment of a
replicating Platform Services Controller appliance on an ESXi host or DRS
cluster that resides in the inventory of a vCenter Server instance. See the
template in Example 6.
VC_on_ESXi.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for deployment of a
vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services Controller on an
ESXi host. See the template in Example 7.
VC_on_VC.json Contains the minimum configuration parameters required for deployment of a
vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services Controller on an
ESXi host or DRS cluster that resides in the inventory of a vCenter Server
instance. See the template in Example 8