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Table 3‑12. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, vc Subsection (Continued)
Name Type Description
password
string The password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user on the target
vCenter Server instance.
deployment_network
string The name of the network to which to connect the new appliance.
The network must part of the target ESXi host or DRS cluster network configuration.
Note The network must be accessible from the source ESXi host on which resides
the appliance that you want to upgrade. The network must be also accessible from the
client machine from which you are performing the upgrade.
Ignored if the target ESXi host or DRS cluster has only one network.
datacenter
string or
array
The vCenter Server datacenter that contains the target ESXi host or DRS cluster on
which you want to deploy the new appliance.
If the datacenter is located in a folder or a structure of folders, the value must be either
a comma-separated list of strings or a comma-separated list as a single string. For
example,
["parent_folder", "child_folder", "datacenter_name"]
or
"parent_folder, child_folder, datacenter_name"
If there is no folder path on the datacenter, then use only the datacenter name. For
example,
["datacenter_name"]
or
"datacenter_name"
Note The value is case-sensitive.
datastore
string The name of the datastore that you want to store all virtual machine configuration files
and virtual disks of the new appliance.
Note The datastore must be available to the target ESXi host or DRS cluster.
The datastore must have at least 25 GB of free space.
port
integer The HTTPS reverse proxy port of the target vCenter Server instance.
The default port is 443. Use only if the target vCenter Server instance uses a custom
HTTPS reverse proxy port.
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