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
NOTEvSphere5.5supportscommandlineinstallationonlyforvCenterSingleSign‐Onprimarysites.
CommandlineinstallationisnotsupportedforsecondarysitesinavCenterSingleSign‐Onhighavailability
ormultisitedeployment.
Example 1. Local Installation with Basic Single Sign-On.
start /wait msiexec.exe /i "path_to_installer\VMware-SSO-Server.msi" /qr
SSO_HTTPS_PORT=7444
DEPLOYMODE=FIRSTDOMAIN
ADMINPASSWORD=Admin@12345
SSO_SITE=mysite
INSTALLDIR=\"E:\vCenter\"
/l*v %TEMP%\vim-sso-msi.log
vCenter Inventory Service Local Installation Example
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthesections“MicrosoftWindowsInstallerCommands”onpage 3,“vCenterServer
InstallerCommandParameters”onpage 4,and“BasicProcedureforInstallingvCenterServerand
ComponentsfromtheCommandLine”onpage 11.vCenterInventoryServiceinstallationcommand
parametersarelistedinTable 2.
Example 2. Inventory Service Local Installation
start /wait
my_media
\”inventory Service”\VMware-inventory-service.exe /S /v"
INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\"
QUERY_SERVICE_NUKE_DATABASE=0 or 1
SSO_ADMIN_USER=\"administrator@vsphere.local\"
SSO_ADMIN_PASSWORD=\"Admin@12345\"
LS_URL=\"https://hostname-domain.com:7444/lookupservice/sdk\"
HTTPS_PORT=10443
FEDERATION_PORT=10111
XDB_PORT=10109
TOMCAT_MAX_MEMORY_OPTION=S
/L*V "%temp%\vim-qs-msi.log" /qr"
vCenter Server Local Installation Examples
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthesections“MicrosoftWindowsInstallerCommands”onpage 3,“vCenterServer
InstallerCommandParameters”onpage 4,and“BasicProcedureforInstallingvCenterServerand
ComponentsfromtheCommandLine”onpage 11.vCenterServerinstallationcommandparametersare
listedinTable 3.
Theexamplesassumethatyouarerunningthe
installationfromalocaldisk,notanetworklocation.See
“InstallingoveraNetwork”onpage 2.ForexamplesofvCenterServerremoteinstallationcommands,see
“RemoteInstallationExamples”onpage 16.
vCenter Server Typical Local Installation
UsethedefaultsettingstoinstallvCenter Servertothedefaultlocationwiththebundleddatabase.
Example 3. Typical Local Installation – Use the Default Settings
start /wait media\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe /w /1033 /v"/qr
DB_SERVER_TYPE=Bundled
FORMAT_DB=1
SSO_ADMIN_USER=\"administrator@vsphere.local\"
SSO_ADMIN_PASSWORD=\"Admin@12345\"
LS_URL=\"https://hostname-domain.com:7444/lookupservice/sdk\"
IS_URL=\"https://FQDN:10443/\"
VC_ADMIN_USER=administrator@vsphere.local
/L*v \"%TEMP%\vmvcsvr.log\""