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Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server
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Item: EN-001326-00
Separately Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Server - tc
Server
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthesections“MicrosoftWindowsInstallerCommands”onpage 3and“Basic
ProcedureforInstallingvCenterServerandComponentsfromtheCommandLine”onpage 11.
VMware vCenter Server - tc Server Installation Parameters
VMware vCenter Server - tc Server Installation Examples
Example 47installsVMwarevCenterServer‐tcServerwiththelogfilewrittentothe%TEMP%directory.
Example 47.VMwarevCenterServer‐tcServerInstallation
VMware-tcserver.exe /s /v"INSTALLDIR=\"D:\My Path\" /qn /l*v \"%TEMP%\vim-tcserver-msi.log\""
Example 48performsaminorupgradeofVMwarevCenterServer‐tcServerwiththelogfilewrittentothe
%TEMP%directory..
Example 48.VMwarevCenterServer‐tcServerMinorUpgrade
VMware-tcserver.exe /s /v"/qn /l*v \"%TEMP%\vim-tcserver-msi.log\""
Example 49performsamajorupgradeofVMwarevCenterServer‐tcServerwiththelogfilewrittentothe
%TEMP%directory.
Example 49.VMwarevCenterServer‐tcServerMajorUpgrade
VMware-tcserver.exe /s /v"/qn /l*v \"%TEMP%\vim-tcserver-msi.log\""
Example 50removesVMwarevCenterServer‐tcServerwiththelogfilewrittentothe%TEMP%directory.
Example 50.VMwarevCenterServer‐tcServerUninstallation
VMware-tcserver.exe /s /x /v"/qn /l*v \"%TEMP%\vim-tcserver-msi.log\""
Troubleshooting: VMware vCenter Server - tc Server Installation Logs
VMwarevCenterServer‐tcServerinstallationlogsarestoredat:
%TEMP%\vim-tcserver-msi.log(MSIlog)
%TEMP%\vminst.log (customlog)
Table 12. VMware vCenter Server - tc Server Parameters for the
VMware-tcserver.exe command.
Parameter Conditions
INSTALLDIR=\"
installdir
\" Specifiestherootdestinationdirectoryfortheinstallation
Theinstallationpathcannothaveanyofthefollowingcharacters:comma
(,),semicolon(;),asterisk(*),leftorrightbracket([]),equalssign(=),
backslashorforwardslash(\/),questionmark(?),leftorrightangle
bracket(<>),orverticalbar
(|).