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Table 2-7. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, esxi Subsection for Deployments

with a vSAN and a vLCM Managed Cluster (continued)

Name Type Description

single_tier Array A list of UUIDs or canonical names of disks you want to add to a vSAN storage

pool. Required only if you set enable_vsan_esa to true.

vsan_hcl_database_path String Local vSAN HCL database path. If the vSAN HCL database present in this

location is outdated, the installer will download and replace the older version

with the latest version. Required only if you set enable_vsan_esa to true.

datastore string The name of the datastore where you want to store the configuration files and

virtual disks of the appliance.

Note The datastore must be accessible from the ESXi host.

If you are using the thin disk mode, the datastore size should have a miniumu

of 25GB space.

port integer The HTTPS reverse proxy port of the target ESXi host.

The default port is 443. Use only if the target ESXi host uses a custom HTTPS

reverse proxy port.

Table 2-8. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, esxi Subsection for Deployments

without a vSAN or 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.