6.0.1

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Command-Line Deployment and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1
Example 1. Content of the embedded_vCSA_on_ESXi.json Deployment Template
{
"__version": "1.1",
"__comments": "Sample template to deploy a vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services
Controller to an ESXi host.",
"target.vcsa": {
"appliance": {
"deployment.network": "VM Network",
"deployment.option": "small",
"name": "vCenter-Server-Appliance",
"thin.disk.mode": true
},
"esx": {
"hostname": "<ESXi host name or IP address>",
"username": "root",
"password": "<Password of the ESXi host root user>",
"datastore": "<ESXi host datastore>"
},
"network": {
"hostname": "<Host name>",
"dns.servers": [
"<DNS Server IP Address>",
"<Alternate DNS Server IP Address>"
],
"gateway": "<Gateway IP address>",
"ip": "<Static IP address>",
"ip.family": "ipv4",
"mode": "static",
"prefix": "<The value must be 0-32>"
},
"os": {
"password": "<vCenter Server Appliance root password>",
"ssh.enable": true
},
"sso": {
"password": "<vCenter Single Sign-On password>",
"domain-name": "vsphere.local",
"site-name": "<SSO site name>"
}
}
}