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Command-Line Deployment of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0

For information about or assistance with the external Oracle database configuration, see the Oracle

documentation.

Table 8. System Parameters

Parameter Default Conditions

root.password None Password of the root user of the Linux operating system of the

appliance.

If set through the command-line installer, this parameter is

ignored.

ssh.enable None A Boolean value.

If the value is set to TRUE, then SSH-based remote login is enabled.

You can change this setting after deployment.

time.tools-sync None A Boolean value.

If the value is set to TRUE, periodic time synchronization is

enabled, and VMware Tools sets the time of the guest operating

system to be the same as the time of the ESXi host.

This parameter is ignored if ntp.servers is set.

ntp.servers None A comma-separated list of host names or IP addresses of Network

Time Protocol (NTP) servers for time synchronization.

platform.service.controller None When deploying a vCenter Server, you must specify the name of

the Platform Services Controller.

If the system name of the Platform Services Controller is an FQDN,

then you must provide the FQDN of the Platform Services

Controller.

Table 9. Database Parameters

Parameter Default Conditions

type embedded The vCenter Server Appliance database type.

The following options are available:

 embedded

Use this option if you want to use the embedded PostgreSQL

database.

 external

Use this option if you want to use an external Oracle database.

For more information about the database types, see “Database

Requirements” on page 3.

user None The external database user account name.