6.5.1

Table 2‑9. Sections and Subsections of Configuration Parameters in the JSON Upgrade Files
Section
Subsecti
on Description
new.vcsa - describes the
new appliance that you want
to deploy
esxi
Use only if you want to deploy the new appliance directly on an ESXi host.
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the target ESXi host. See
Table 2‑10.
Note You must fill in either this subsection or the vc subsection.
vc
Use only if you want to deploy the new appliance on the inventory of a vCenter Server
instance.
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the target ESXi host or DRS
cluster from the vCenter Server inventory. See Table 2‑11.
Note You must fill in either this subsection or the esxi subsection.
The target vCenter Server instance cannot be the vCenter Server Appliance that you
want to upgrade. In such cases, use the esxi subsection.
applianc
e
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the new appliance. See
Table 2‑12
os
Contains only the ssh.enable configuration parameter to set the SSH administrator
login to the new appliance. See Table 2‑13
ovftool.
argument
s
Optional. Use this subsection for adding arbitrary arguments and their values to the
OVF Tool command that the installer generates.
Important The vCenter Server Appliance installer does not validate the configuration
parameters in the ovftool.arguments subsection. If you set arguments that the OVF
Tool does not recognize, the deployment might fail.
sso
Contains only the site-name configuration parameter to set a vCenter Single Sign-On
site for the new appliance. See Table 2‑14.
Required only if you are upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 with an embedded
Platform Services Controller.
temporar
y.networ
k
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the temporary network settings for
the new appliance. See Table 2‑15
user-
options
Contains only the vcdb.migrateSet configuration parameter to set the types of data
that you want to transfer from the old appliance to the new appliance. See Table 2‑16
source.vc - describes the
existing appliance that you
want to upgrade
esxi
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the source ESXi host on which
resides the appliance that you want to upgrade. See Table 2‑17.
vc.vcsa
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the source appliance that you
want to upgrade. See Table 2‑18.
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