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vRealize Automation Installation Command Line Basics
The vRealize Automation installation command line interface has three basic operations.
The basic operations display vRealize Automation node IDs, run commands, or display the help
information. To show these operations at the console display, enter the following command without any
options or qualiers.
vra-command
Display Node IDs
You need to know vRealize Automation node IDs in order to run commands against the correct target
systems. To display node IDs, enter the following command.
vra-command list-nodes
Make note of node IDs before running commands.
Run Commands
Most command line functions involve running a command against a node in the vRealize Automation
cluster. To run a command, use the following syntax.
vra-command execute --node node-ID command-name --parameter-name parameter-value
As shown in the preceding syntax, many commands require parameters and parameter values chosen by the
user.
Display Help
To display help information for all available commands, enter the following command.
vra-command help
To display help for a single command, enter the following command.
vra-command help command-name
vRealize Automation Installation Command Names
Commands give you console access to many vRealize Automation installation and conguration tasks that
you might want to perform after initial installation.
Examples of available commands include the following functions.
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Adding another vRealize Automation appliance to an existing installation
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Seing the host name that users point a Web browser to when they access vRealize Automation
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Creating the IaaS SQL Server database
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Running the prerequisite checker against an IaaS Windows server
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Importing certicates
For a complete list of available vRealize Automation commands, log in to the vRealize Automation
appliance console, and enter the following command.
vra-command help
The long list of command names and parameters is not reproduced in separate documentation. To use the
list eectively, identify a command of interest, and narrow your focus by entering the following command.
vra-command help command-name
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