5.5
Table Of Contents
- vCenter Server 5.5 with vCenter Single Sign-On
- Preparing for the Installation
- vCenter Server Installation Requirements
- Required Administrator Rights for Installation
- Installing in a Virtual Machine
- Installing over a Network
- Installing with an Existing Database
- Installing and Joining a Group Using Linked Mode
- Installing vCenter Server and Components Remotely
- Remote and Scheduled Installations of vCenter Server and Components
- vCenter Server Installation Commands
- Performing a Command-Line Installation of vCenter Server and Components
- Basic Procedure for Installing vCenter Server and Components from the Command Line
- Troubleshooting: Installation Logs for vCenter Server and Components
- vCenter Single Sign-On Local Installation Examples
- vCenter Inventory Service Local Installation Example
- vCenter Server Local Installation Examples
- vSphere Client Local Installation Examples
- vSphere Web Client Local Installation Example
- Remote Installation Examples
- Upgrading vCenter Server from the Command Line
- Uninstalling vCenter Server and Components from the Command Line
- Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling vCenter Server Support Tools
- Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling vSphere Auto Deploy
- Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling vSphere Authentication Proxy
- Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling vSphere ESXi Dump Collector
- Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling vSphere Syslog Collector
- Separately Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Server - Java Components
- Separately Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Server - tc Server
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Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server
TM
5.5
Performing a Command-Line Installation of vCenter Server and
Components
ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallvCenterSingleSign‐On,vCenterInventoryService,vCenter Serverand
thevSphere Clientfromthecommandline.YoumustinstallvCenterServerandrelatedcomponentsinthis
order:vCenterSingleSign‐On,vCenterInventoryService,vCenterServer,andProfile‐DrivenStorageService.
Basic Procedure for Installing vCenter Server and Components from the Command
Line
ThefollowingstepsoutlinethebasicprocedureforinstallingvCenterServerandcomponentsfromthe
commandline.Thefollowingsectionsgivespecificcommandparametersandexamplesfortheinstallationof
eachcomponent.
1 DownloadtheinstallerandanyadditionalmodulesforvCenter Server.
a DownloadtheISOinstallerfileforvCenter ServerfromtheVMwareproduct
pageat
http://www.vmware.com/products.
TheinstallerISOfilenameisVMware-VIMSetup-all-5.5.0-yyyyyy.iso,whereyyyyyyisthe
buildnumber.
bExtractthefilesfromtheISOfile.
2OpenaWindowscommandpromptonthevirtualmachineorserverthatyouaregoingtoinstall
vCenter ServerorvSphere Clienton.
3 Changedirectorytothelocationofthe
installationexecutables.
4FromthecommandlineoftheserverorvirtualmachinewhereyouareinstallingthevCenter Server
component,runtheappropriatecommandstring
Thecommandstringformatfromanetworklocationis:
installer.exe_file
parameters
Thecommandstringformatfromalocaldiskis:
installer.exe file
/LLanguage Code /v"/qr
parameters
"
Troubleshooting: Installation Logs for vCenter Server and Components
InstallationlogsforvCenterServerandComponentsarestoredinthefollowinglocations:
vCenterSingleSign‐On:%TEMP%\vim-sso-msi.log
vCenterInventoryService:%temp%\vim-qs-msi.log
vCenterServer:%TEMP%\vmvcsvr.log
ThevSphereWebClient:%TEMP%\vim-qs-msi.log
ThevSphereClient:%TEMP%\vim-vic-msi.log
vCenter Single Sign-On Local Installation Examples
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthesections“MicrosoftWindowsInstallerCommands”onpage 3,“vCenterServer
InstallerCommandParameters”onpage 4,and“BasicProcedureforInstallingvCenterServerand
ComponentsfromtheCommandLine”onpage 11.SingleSign‐Oninstallationcommandparametersare
listedinTable 1.
Theexamplesassumethatyouarerunning
theinstallationfromalocaldisk,notanetworklocation.See
“InstallingoveraNetwork”onpage 2.