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Table 2‑10. Configuration Parameters in the new.vcsa Section, esxi Subsection (Continued)
Name Type Description
deployment.network
string The name of the network to which to connect the new appliance.
The network must part of the target ESXi host network configuration.
Note The network must be accessible from the source ESXi host on which resides
the appliance that you want to upgrade. The network must be also accessible from the
client machine from which you are performing the upgrade.
Ignored if the target ESXi host has only one network.
datastore
string The name of the datastore on which to store the virtual machine configuration files and
virtual disks of the new appliance.
The datastore must be available to the target ESXi host.
Note The datastore must have at least 25 GB of free 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 2‑11. Configuration Parameters in the new.vcsa Section, vc Subsection
Name Type Description
hostname
string The IP address or FQDN of the target vCenter Server instance on which you want
deploy the new appliance.
username
string vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name on the target vCenter Server
instance, for example, [e-mail].
password
string The password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user on the target
vCenter Server instance.
deployment.network
string The name of the network to which to connect the new appliance.
The network must part of the target ESXi host or DRS cluster network configuration.
Note The network must be accessible from the source ESXi host on which resides
the appliance that you want to upgrade. The network must be also accessible from the
client machine from which you are performing the upgrade.
Ignored if the target ESXi host or DRS cluster has only one network.
datacenter
string or
array
The vCenter Server datacenter that contains the target ESXi host or DRS cluster on
which you want to deploy the new appliance.
If the datacenter is located in a folder or a structure of folders, the value must be either
a comma-separated list of strings or a comma-separated list as a single string. For
example,
["parent_folder", "child_folder", "datacenter_name"]
or
"parent_folder, child_folder, datacenter_name"
Note The value is case-sensitive.
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