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Download and Mount the vCenter Server Appliance Installer.
Procedure
1 In the vCenter Server Appliance installer, navigate to the vcsa-cli-installer directory, and open
the templates subfolder.
2 Copy the upgrade templates from the upgrade subfolder to your workspace.
Important The path to the JSON configuration files must contain only ASCII characters. Extended
ASCII and non-ASCII characters are unsupported.
3 Open the template file for your use case in a text editor.
To ensure the correct syntax of your JSON configuration file, use a JSON editor.
4 Fill in the values for the required configuration parameters and, optionally, enter additional parameters
and their values.
For example, if you want to use an IPv4 DHCP assignment for the temporary network of the new
appliance, in the temporary_network subsection of the template, change the value of the mode
parameter to dhcp and remove the default configuration parameters that are for a static assignment.
"temporary_network": {
"ip_family": "ipv4",
"mode": "dhcp"
},
Important The string values, including the passwords, must contain only ASCII characters.
Extended ASCII and non-ASCII characters are unsupported.
To set a value that contains a backslash (\) or quotation mark (") character, you must precede the
character with the backslash (\) character. For example, "password":"my\"password" sets the
password my"password, "image":"G:\\vcsa\\VMware-vCenter-Server-
Appliance-6.7.0.XXXX-YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova" sets the path G:\vcsa\VMware-vCenter-Server-
Appliance-6.7.0.XXXX-YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova.
The Boolean values must contain only lowercase characters, that is, a value can be either true or
false. For example, "ssh_enable":false.
5 (Optional) Use a JSON editor of your choice to validate the JSON file.
6 Save in UTF-8 format and close the file.
What to do next
You can create and save additional templates if needed for your upgrade specification.
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