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Table 3‑10. Sections and Subsections of Configuration Parameters in the JSON Upgrade
Files (Continued)
Section Subsection Description
source_vum - describes the
source VMware Update
Manager instance
Use if you want to
automatically run the
Migration Assistant on the
VMware Update Manager
instance.
run_migration
_assistant
Optional if the source vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade is
connected to a VMware Update Manager instance that runs on a Windows
virtual machine. Use this subsection if you want to automatically run the
Migration Assistant on the source VMware Update Manager instance.
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the source VMware Update
Manager instance, which will be migrated to the new upgraded
vCenter Server Appliance. See Table 3‑18.
Note The Migration Assistant uses port 9123 by default. If port 9123 is used by
another service on the your Update Manager machine, the Migration Assistant
automatically finds another free port. You cannot set a custom port for the
Migration Assistant.
ceip - describes joining the
VMware Customer
Experience Improvement
Program (CEIP)
settings
Contains only the ceip_enabled configuration parameter to join or not to join
the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). See
Table 3‑19.
Required only if you are upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance with an
embedded Platform Services Controller or a Platform Services Controller
appliance.
Note If the ceip_enabled configuration parameter is set to true, you must
run the CLI deployment command with the --acknowledge-ceip argument.
For information about the CEIP, see the Configuring Customer Experience
Improvement Program section in vCenter Server and Host Management.
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. Can be either true or false. For example,
"ssh_enable":false.
Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section
Table 3‑11. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, esxi Subsection
Name Type Description
hostname
string The IP address or FQDN of the target ESXi host on which you want deploy the new
appliance.
username
string A user name with administrative privileges on the target ESXi host, for example, root.
password
string The password of the user with administrative privileges on the target ESXi host.
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