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Configuration Parameters in the source_vc Section
Table 3‑16. Configuration Parameters in the source_vc Section, managing_esxi_or_vc
Subsection
Name Type Description
hostname
string The IP address or FQDN of the source ESXi or vCenter Server host on which resides
the appliance that you want to upgrade.
username
string A user name with administrative privileges on the source ESXi host, for example, root.
password
string The password of the user with administrative privileges on the source ESXi host.
port
integer The HTTPS reverse proxy port of the source ESXi host.
The default port is 443. Use only if the source ESXi host uses a custom HTTPS
reverse proxy port.
Table 3‑17. Configuration Parameters in the source_vc Section, vc_vcsa Subsection
Name Type Description
hostname
string The IP address or FQDN of the source appliance that you want to upgrade.
username
string vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user on the source appliance, for example
[e-mail].
Important The user must be administrator@your_domain_name.
password
string The password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user on the source
appliance.
root_password
string The password for the root user of the operating system of the source appliance.
Configuration Parameters in the source.vum Section
Table 3‑18. Configuration Parameters in the source_vum Section, run_migration_assistant
Subsection
Name Type Description
esxi_hostname
string The IP address or FQDN of the ESXi host on which resides the source VMware
Update Manager instance.
If an FQDN is provided, it must be resolvable from the client machine from which you
run the upgrade.
esxi_username
string A user name with administrative privileges on the ESXi host, for example, root.
esxi_password
string The password of the user with administrative privileges on the ESXi host.
esxi_port
string The HTTPS reverse proxy port of the ESXi host.
The default port is 443. Use only if the ESXi host uses a custom HTTPS reverse proxy
port.
vum_hostname
string The IP address or FQDN of the Windows virtual machine on which the source VMware
Update Manager instance runs.
If an FQDN is provided, it must be resolvable from the client machine from which you
run the upgrade.
vum_os_username
string The administrator user name of the Windows virtual machine on which the source
VMware Update Manager instance runs.
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