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Table 2‑9. Sections and Subsections of Configuration Parameters in the JSON Upgrade Files
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Section
Subsecti
on Description
source.vum - describes the
source VMware Update
Manager instance
Use if you want to
automatically run the
Migration Assistant on the
VMware Update Manager
instance.
run.migr
ation.as
sistant
Optional if the source vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade is connected
to a VMware Update Manager instance that runs on a Windows virtual machine. Use
this subsection if you want to automatically run the Migration Assistant on the source
VMware Update Manager instance.
Contains the configuration parameters that describe the source VMware Update
Manager instance, which will be migrated to the new upgraded
vCenter Server Appliance. See Table 2‑19.
Note The Migration Assistant uses port 9123 by default. If port 9123 is used by
another service on the your Update Manager machine, the Migration Assistant
automatically finds another free port. You cannot set a custom port for the
Migration Assistant.
ceip - describes joining the
VMware Customer
Experience Improvement
Program (CEIP)
settings
Contains only the ceip.enabled configuration parameter to join or not to join the
VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). See Table 2‑20.
Required only if you are upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded
Platform Services Controller, vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 with an embedded vCenter
Single Sign-On, or a Platform Services Controller appliance.
Note If the ceip.enabled configuration parameter is set to true, you must run the
CLI deployment command with the --acknowledge-ceip argument.
For information about the CEIP, see the Configuring Customer Experience
Improvement Program section in vCenter Server and Host Management.
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 quotation mark (") character, you must precede the
character with the backslash (\) character. For example, "password":"my\"password" sets the
password my"password, "image":"G:\\vcsa\\VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.5.0.XXXX-
YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova" sets the path G:\vcsa\VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.5.0.XXXX-
YYYYYYY_OVF10.ova.
The Boolean values must contain only lowercase characters. Can be either true or false. For example,
"ssh.enable":false.
Configuration Parameters in the new.vcsa Section
Table 2‑10. Configuration Parameters in the new.vcsa Section, esxi Subsection
Name Type Description
hostname
string The IP address or FQDN of the target ESXi host on which you want deploy the new
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.
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