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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Contents
- About vCenter Server Installation and Setup
- Introduction to vSphere Installation and Setup
- Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance
- File-Based Backup and Restore of vCenter Server
- Image-Based Backup and Restore of a vCenter Server Environment
- After You Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance
- Log In to vCenter Server by Using the vSphere Client
- Install the VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in
- Repoint vCenter Server to Another vCenter Server in a Different Domain
- Repoint a Single vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain without a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to an Existing Domain with a Replication Partner
- Repoint a vCenter Server Node to a New Domain
- Syntax of the Domain Repoint Command
- Understanding Tagging and Authorization Conflicts
- vCenter Server Domain Repoint License Considerations
- Troubleshooting vCenter Server Installation or Deployment
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 a quotation mark (") character, you must
precede the character with the backslash (\) character. For example, "password":"my\"password"
sets the password my"password. Similarly, "image":"G:\\vcsa\\VMware-vCenter-Server-
Appliance-8.0.0.XXXX-YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova" sets the path G:\vcsa\VMware-vCenter-Server-
Appliance-8.0.0.XXXX-YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova.
Boolean values must contain only lowercase characters. It must be either true or false. For
example,
"ssh_enable":false.
Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section
Table 2-7. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, esxi Subsection for Deployments
with a vSAN and a vLCM Managed Cluster
Name Type Description
hostname string The IP address or FQDN of the target ESXi host on which you want to deploy
the 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.
deployment_network string The name of the network to which to connect the appliance.
Note The network must be accessible from the target ESXi host.
Ignored if the target ESXi host has only one network.
datacenter string A specific data center you want to create.
cluster string The name of the vSAN or vLCM managed cluster.
compression_only Boolean Set the value to true to enable compression on the vSAN cluster. If this
parameter is set to true, the deduplication_and_compression parameter must
be set tofalse.
deduplication_and_comp
ression
Boolean Set the value to true to enable compression and deduplication on the vSAN
cluster. If this parameter is set to true, the compression_only parameter must
be set to false.
cache_disk A list of UUIDs or canonical names of disks you want to use for cache. Specify
only SSDs.
capacity_disk A list of UUIDs or canonical names of disks you want to use for storage. Specify
either SSDs or HDDs.
enable_vlcm Boolean Set to true to create a vLCM managed cluster.
enable_vsan_esa Boolean Set to true to create a vSAN cluster with vSAN ESA enabled. vSAN
Express Storage Architecture is a next-generation architecture designed to
get the most out of high-performance storage devices, resulting in greater
performance and efficiency.
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