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Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server
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vSphere Syslog Collector Installation Examples
Example 38installsastandalonevSphereSyslogCollectorwiththelogfilewrittentothe%TEMP%directory.
Example 38.vSphereSyslogCollectorStandaloneInstallation
VMware-syslog.exe /s /v"VM_PATH_DATA=\"C:\DATA\"
VM_DATA_SIZE=4
VM_DATA_ROTATION=15
VM_PORT=6501
VM_PORT_TCP=0
VM_PORT_UDP=1
VM_PORTSSL_TCP=0
/qn /L*v \"%TEMP%\vim-syslog-msi.log\""
Example 39installsvSphereSyslogCollectorwithvCenterServer,withthelogfilewrittentothe%TEMP%
directory.ForvCenterServerinstallationcommandparameters,seeTable 3.
Example 39.vSphereSyslogCollectorInstallationwithvCenterServer
VMware-syslog.exe /s /v"VM_VC=1
VC_SERVER_ADDRESS=10.20.104.157
VC_SERVER_PORT=80
VC_SERVER_USER=\"myUser\"
VC_SERVER_PASSWORD=\"myPassword\"
VM_PATH_DATA=\"C:\DATA\"
VM_DATA_SIZE=4
VM_DATA_ROTATION=15
VM_PORT=6501
VM_PORT_TCP=0
VM_PORT_UDP=1
VM_PORTSSL_TCP=0
/qn /L*v \"%TEMP%\vim-syslog-msi.log\""
Example 40performsasilentminorupgradeofvSphereSyslogCollectorwiththelogfilewrittentothe
%TEMP%directory.
Example 40.vSphereSyslogCollectorMinorUpgrade(StandaloneorwithvCenterServer)
VMware-syslog.exe /s /v"/qn /L*v \"%TEMP%\vim-syslog-msi.log\""
Example 41performsasilentmajorupgradeofvSphereSyslogCollectorwiththelogfilewrittentothe
%TEMP%directory.
Example 41.vSphereSyslogCollectorMajorUpgrade(StandaloneorwithvCenterServer)
VMware-syslog.exe /s /v"VC_SERVER_PASSWORD=\"myPassword\"
/qn /L*v \"%TEMP%\vim-syslog-msi.log\""
Example 42removesvSphereSyslogCollectorsilentlywiththelogfilewrittentothe%TEMP%directory.
Example 42.vSphereSyslogCollectorProxyUninstallation
VMware-syslog.exe /s /x /v"/qn /L*v \"%TEMP%\vim-syslog-msi.log\""
VM_PORT=
port number
SyslogCollectorserviceportnumber
VM_PORT_TCP=[0|1] SyslogCollectorTCPserviceport.Setto0todisableor1toenable.
VM_PORT_UDP=[0|1] SyslogCollectorUDPserviceport.Setto0todisableor1toenable.
VM_PORTSSL=
port number
SyslogCollectorSSLportnumber
VM_PORTSSL_TCP=[0|1] SyslogCollectorSSLport.Setto0todisableor1toenable.
Table 10. vSphere Syslog Collector Installation Command Parameters for theVMware-syslog.exe
Command