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
VMware, Inc. 4
Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server
TM
5.5
Aninstallationfromalocaldisk,usingMSIEXECcommandoptions,hasthefollowingformat:
start /wait
path_to_installer.exe
/w /L
Language Code
/v"/qr
parameters
"
start /wait
isnotrequired.
path_to_installer.exe
isthelocationoftheextractedfiles.
installer.exe
istheinstallerexecutableforthevCenterServercomponent,forexample
VMware-vcserver.exe,VMware-SSO-Server.exe,VMware-inventory-service.exe,andsoforth.
Forexample,ifC:\temp\vCenter550\SetupFilesisthelocationoftheextractedfiles,usethefollowing
commandformat:
vCenter Serverinstaller:C:\temp\vCenter550\SetupFiles\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe
parameters
aretheoptionalparameterslistedin“vCenterServerInstallerCommandParameters”onpage 4.
Language Codeisthelanguagetobe usedduringtheinstallation.Thelanguagecodeusedintheexamplesis
English,1033.
vCenter Server Installer Command Parameters
Table 1,Table 2,Table 3,Table 4,Table 5,andTable 6listtheparametersthatyoumightneedtoprovideduring
installationofvCenterSingleSign‐On,vCenterInventoryService,vCenter Server,vSphere Client,vSphere
WebClient,andProfile‐DrivenStorageService.Theinformationyouprovidedependsuponyourspecific
installation.Forexample,you
mustprovidedatabaseparametersifyouhaveanexistingdatabase,andyou
mustprovideserverparametersifyouareaddingyourvCenter Servertoagroup.
Followthesesyntaxandinstallationguidelines:
Youmustincludedoublequotationmarksforvaluesthatcontainspaces.Otherwise,theinstallationfails.
Usingnull,asin
parameter
=,for\"\"isnotallowed.Forvaluesotherthannull,doublequotationmarks
arenotrequired,forexampleFORMAT_DB = 1andFORMAT_DB = "1"areidentical.
Commandoptionsarecase‐sensitive.Forexample,useBundled,notbundledorBUNDLED.
Thecommandinstallationprocessisnotcompletelysilent.Promptscanoccur.Respondtotheprompts.
Whenyouenterresponsestoprompts,orvaluestoparameters,thecontentoftheresponseorparameter
isnotvalidated.Itisaccepted.Ensurethatthevaluesenteredasresponsestopromptsorvaluesfor
parametersarecorrect.Otherwise,vCenter Serverwillnotstartupafterinstallation.
LinkedModeinstallationissupported
onlyifthevCenterServerstobejoinedareofthesameversion,andare
registeredtothesameSingleSign‐Onserver.Otherwise,youcannotperformavCenter ServerLinkedMode
installation.
vCenter Single Sign-On Installation Command Parameters
Table 1. vCenter Single Sign-On Installation Command Parameters
Parameter Default Conditions
ADMINPASSWORD=
password
None ThepasswordforthevCenterSingleSign‐On
Administrator.
DEPLOYMODE=FIRSTDOMAIN FIRSTDOMAIN vSphere5.5supportscommandlineinstallation
onlyforvCenterSingleSign‐Onprimarysites
(FIRSTDOMAIN).Commandlineinstallationisnot
supportedforsecondarysitesinavCenterSingle
Sign‐Onhighavailabilityormultisitedeployment.
SSO_SITE=site None Theuser’snameforthe
vCenterSingleSign‐On
site.