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Argument Description
--accept-eula
Accepts the end-user license agreement.
Required for executing the deployment command.
--acknowledge-ceip
Confirms your acknowledgement of your VMware Customer
Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) participation.
Required if the ceip_enabled parameter is set to true in the
JSON deployment template.
-v, --verbose Adds debug information to the console output.
-t, --terse Hides the console output. Displays only warning and error
messages.
--log-dir LOG_DIR Specifies the location of the log and other output files that the
installer generates.
--skip-ovftool-verification
Performs basic verification of the configuration parameters and
deploys the vCenter Server appliance, but does not validate the
OVF Tool parameters in the ovftool_arguments subsection of
the JSON template. If you set arguments that the OVF Tool does
not recognize, the deployment might fail.
--no-ssl-certificate-verification
Prohibits SSL verification of for all server connections.
The CLI verifies that a server's security certificate is signed by a
Certificate Authority (CA), and establishes a secure connection.
If the certificate is self-signed, the CLI stops the upgrade unless
you specify that the CLI ignore the self-signed certificate using
the --no-ssl-certificate-validation command parameter.
If you are connecting to a server with a self-signed certificate,
and fail to specify that the CLI accept it, the CLI displays the
server's self-signed certificate thumbprint, and prompts you to
accept or reject the it.
You can also specify that the CLI ignore self-signed certificates
using the ssl_certificate_verification configuration
parameter in the JSON template. See Upgrade Configuration
Parameters.
Important Avoid using this option as it may cause problems
during or after upgrade due to an un-validated identity of the
target host.
--operation-id
Lets you provide an identifier to track the concurrent installation,
migration, or upgrade of multiple vCenter Server instances. If do
not provide an operation ID, the CLI generates a universally
unique identifier (UUID) which you can use to identify the
different instances of vCenter Server and their installation or
upgrade status.
--pause-on-warnings
Pauses and waits for acknowledgment of warnings.
--verify-template-only
Performs basic template verification without installing Upgrade
Runner, running prechecks, and upgrading or migrating the
vCenter Server Appliance.
--precheck-only
Installs Upgrade Runner on the source appliance and runs a
complete set of prechecks without performing the upgrade.
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