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Argument Description
-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 upgrade or after upgrade because of not
validated identity of the target host.
--deployment-target-ssl-thumbprint
TARGET_THUMBPRINT
Thumbprint to pass to the OVF Tool for verifying the target ESXi
host or vCenter Server instance on which you want to deploy the
new appliance.
--pause-on-warnings
Pauses and waits for acknowledgment of warnings.
--verify-template-only
Performs only the basic template verification. Does not run
additional prechecks and does not deploy the new appliance.
--precheck-only
Installs Upgrade Runner on the source appliance and runs a
complete set of prechecks without performing the upgrade.
-h, --help Displays the help message for the vcsa-deploy upgrade
command.
--template-help
Displays the help message for the use of configuration
parameters in the JSON upgrade file.
After the execution finishes, you can get the exit code of the command.
Exit Code Description
0 Command ran successfully
1 Runtime error
2 Validation error
3 Template error
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