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Prepare JSON Configuration Files for CLI Migration.
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Run a Pre-Check Before a CLI Migration to vCenter Server Appliance to identify problems and refine
your migration plan.
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Review the optional arguments for running the migration. See Syntax of the CLI Migrate Command.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the software CLI installer directory for your operating system.
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If you are deploying the appliance from a machine with Windows OS, navigate to the vcsa-cli-
installer\win32 directory.
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If you are deploying the appliance from a machine with Linux OS, navigate to the vcsa-cli-
installer/lin64 directory.
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If you are deploying the appliance from a machine with Mac OS, navigate to the vcsa-cli-
installer/mac directory.
2 Select the CLI installer: vcsa-deploy.exe.
3 Run the migration command.
vcsa-deploy migrate --accept-eula optional_arguments path_to_the_json_file
The optional_arguments variable is a space-separated list of optional arguments to set additional
configurations.
For example, you can set the location of the log and other output files that the installer generates.
vcsa-deploy migrate --accept-eula --log-dir=path_to_the_location path_to_the_json_file
The migration template is deployed. You can Verify Your vCenter Server Appliance Upgrade or Migration
Is Successful.
Syntax of the CLI Migrate Command
You can use one or more command arguments to set the execution parameters of the migrate command.
You can add a space-separated list of arguments to the CLI upgrade command.
vcsa-deploy migrate list_of_arguments path_to_the_json_file
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