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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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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
(|).