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Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server
TM
5.5
To uninstall the vSphere Web Client
1OpenaWindowscommandpromptonthevirtualmachineorserverthatthevSphereWebClientis
installedon.
2Runthefollowingcommand:
MSIEXEC.EXE /norestart /qr /x n {0A94097F-6DE2-484D-A2B2-ADAF51CC3FDF}
SSO_ADMIN_USER="[e-mail] "
SSO_ADMIN_PASSWORD="password"
/L*v \"%TEMP%\vim-ngc-msi.log\"
Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling vCenter Server Support Tools
AfteryouinstallvCenterSingleSign‐On,vCenterInventoryService,andvCenterServer,youcaninstallthe
followingvCenterServersupporttools:
 vSphereAutoDeploy
 vSphereAuthenticationProxy
 vSphereESXiDumpCollector
 vSphereSyslogCollector
TheinstallerfilesareincludedintheISOinstallerfileforvCenter Server,whichyoucandownloadfromthe
VMwareproductpageathttp://www.vmware.com/products.TheinstallerISOfilenameis
VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.5.0-yyyyyy.iso,whereyyyyyyisthebuildnumber.Afteryouextractthefiles
fromtheISOfile,theinstaller
executablesforthesupporttoolsareinthevctoolssubdirectory.
Forremoteinstallations,youcanstoreinstallation‐relateddataontheremotecomputer,mappingtheremote
remotepath\\10.20.100.23\DATAasF:\DATA.Thenyoucanpointtothislocationfromtheinstallation
command.
Formoreinformationaboutthesetools,seethevSphere
5.5documentationat
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling vSphere Auto Deploy
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthesections“MicrosoftWindowsInstallerCommands”onpage 3and“Basic
ProcedureforInstallingvCenterServerandComponentsfromtheCommandLine”onpage 11.
Auto Deploy Installation Parameters
Table 7. Auto Deploy Installation Command Parameters for theVMware-autodeploy.exeCommand
Parameter Conditions
INSTALLDIR=\"
installdir \" Specifiestherootdestinationdirectoryfortheinstallation.
Theinstallationpathcannothaveanyofthefollowingcharacters:comma
(,),semicolon(;),asterisk(*),leftorrightbracket([]),equalssign(=),
backslashorforwardslash(\/),questionmark(?),leftorrightangle
bracket(<>),orverticalbar
(|).
IfyouinstallAutoDeployonadriveotherthanC:,verifythatthereis
enoughspaceintheC:\WINDOWS\Installerfoldertoinstallthe
MicrosoftWindowsInstaller.msifile.
VM_DATA_SIZE=
number of GB Harddiskspaceingigabytes(GB)forVM_PATH_DATA.
VM_LOCALSERVER=IP or FQDN AutoDeploylocalcomputerIPaddressorfullyqualifieddomainname
(FQDN).
VM_PATH_DATA=\"
data_directory \" Specifiestherootdestinationdatadirectoryfortheinstallation.
VM_PORT=
port number AutoDeployserviceTCPportnumber
VM_PORTADD=
port number AutoDeploymanagementTCPportnumber
VC_SERVER_ADDRESS=
IP_address vCenterServeraddress