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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
You can add a space-separated list of arguments to the CLI deployment command.
vcsa-deploy install path_to_the_json_file list_of_arguments
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
Sets the location of the log and other output files.
--skip-ovftool-verification
Performs basic verification of the configuration parameters
in the JSON file and deploys the appliance. Does not
perform verification of the OVF Tool parameters.
--no-esx-ssl-verify
Skips the SSL verification for ESXi connections.
Important Avoid using this option because it might cause
problems during deployment or after deployment because
of not validated identity of the target ESXi host.
--no-ssl-certificate-verification
Skips security certificate verification for all server
connections.
--operation-id
OPERATION_ID
Provides an operation ID to track installation activities.
--pause-on-warnings
Pauses and waits for acknowledgment of warnings.
--verify-template-only
Performs basic template verification of the configuration
parameters in the JSON file. Does not deploy the
appliance.
--precheck-only
Performs only the basic template verification and
OVF Tool parameter verification. Does not deploy the
appliance.
--sso-ssl-thumbprint
SSL-SHA1-THUMBPRINT
Validates server certificate against the supplied SHA1
thumbprint.
-h, --help Displays the help message for the vcsa-deploy install
command.
--template-help
Displays the help message for the use of configuration
parameters in the JSON deployment file.
After the execution finishes, you can get the exit code of the command.
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