5.5 vCenter unattended installation documentation?

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• VCenter Unattended Installation - problems INSTALLDIR

  I have been using the published PDF which gives powerful assistance vCenter unattended installs the server: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vcenter_server_cmdline_install.pdf

  I have this job for the most part, but a part does not work, and I think I have nailed to the INSTALLDIR switch for the individual MSI files.

  For example, this command does not work (it does appear the msi help window):

  $arguments = ' / QR ADMINPASSWORD = "+ $SSOpasswd + 'DEPLOYMODE = FIRSTDOMAIN SSO_SITE =' + $SSOsite +" INSTALLDIR = "+ $InstallDIR / l * v D:\VCS-INSTALL-LOGS\ssoinstall.log'"

  Start-Process - FilePath "D:\Installs\vCS\VMware-SSO-Service.msi" - ArgumentList $arguments

  However, simply removing the switch INSTALLDIR allows for installation to occur, for example

  ' $arguments = ' / QR ADMINPASSWORD = "+ $SSOpasswd + 'DEPLOYMODE = FIRSTDOMAIN SSO_SITE =' + $SSOsite +" / l * v D:\VCS-INSTALL-LOGS\ssoinstall.log.

  Start-Process - FilePath "D:\Installs\vCS\VMware-SSO-Service.msi" - ArgumentList $arguments

  The PDF to think that this option is available.  In addition, I tested the switch in place without spaces and without quotation marks, so it doesn't seem to be a character double-quotes/exhaust problem. I am also using quotes and characters for passwords exhaust etc so do that...

  I've confirmed that this is a problem (for me at least) to:

  SSO

  Web client

  The inventory service

  vCenter Server

  Dump of the ESXi Collector

  Syslog Collector

  Any ideas?

  I try this using vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2 installation on server 2012 R2 using PowerShell (4).

  Thank you

  Tom

  For the moment that it is:

  $InstallDIR = "D:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure".

  Note:

  1. I also tried with an escape with double quote character in the variable argument (according to the PDF in my original post):

  $exe = "$VCmedia\Single Sign-On\VMware-SSO - Server.msi".

  $myargs = ' / QR ADMINPASSWORD = "+ $SSOpasswd + 'DEPLOYMODE = FIRSTDOMAIN SSO_SITE =' + $SSOsite + ' INSTALLDIR =------"' + $InstallDIR + ""-""

  2. I also tried with the escape character (') - same result PowerShell:

  $exe = "$VCmedia\Single Sign-On\VMware-SSO - Server.msi".

  ' $myargs = ' / QR ADMINPASSWORD = "+ $SSOpasswd + 'DEPLOYMODE = FIRSTDOMAIN SSO_SITE =' + $SSOsite +" INSTALLDIR = ""' + $InstallDIR + "" '

  3. I also tried with a path that has no spaces - this works:

  $exe = "$VCmedia\Single Sign-On\VMware-SSO - Server.msi".

  $myargs = ' / QR ADMINPASSWORD = "+ $SSOpasswd + 'DEPLOYMODE = FIRSTDOMAIN SSO_SITE =' + $SSOsite +" INSTALLDIR = D:\VMware'

  So, who does not point to a problem with spaces/quotes - but I don't know what I'm doing wrong...

  I've added a line if it looks like this now:

  $exe = "$VCmedia\Single Sign-On\VMware-SSO - Server.msi".

  ' $myargs = ' / QR ADMINPASSWORD = "+ $SSOpasswd + 'DEPLOYMODE = FIRSTDOMAIN SSO_SITE =' + $SSOsite +" INSTALLDIR = ""' + $InstallDIR + "" '

  $myargs = $myargs + "" / l * v D:\VCS-INSTALL-LOGS\ssoinstall.log ""

  Write-Host "command: Start-Process $exe $myargs - wait."

  Start-process $exe $myargs - wait

  The output from the Write-Host shows this:

  Command: Start-Process D:\INSTALLS\vCS\\Single signe-On\VMware-SSO-Server.msi/qr ADMINPASSWORD = Hello! 2 DEPLOYMODE = FIRSTDOMAIN SSO_SITE = VCS - SSO INSTALLDIR = "" D:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure "" / l * v D:\VCS-INSTALL-LOGS\ssoinstall.log-attendre "

  The escape character is still there - suggesting that I do not understand how to use it!  I just removed the script and it works, so the controls are now:

  $exe = "$VCmedia\Single Sign-On\VMware-SSO - Server.msi".

  $myargs = ' / QR ADMINPASSWORD = "+ $SSOpasswd + 'DEPLOYMODE = FIRSTDOMAIN SSO_SITE =' + $SSOsite +" INSTALLDIR = "" ' + $InstallDIR + ' "'"

  $myargs = $myargs + "" / l * v D:\VCS-INSTALL-LOGS\ssoinstall.log ""

  Write-Host "command: Start-Process $exe $myargs - wait."

  Start-process $exe $myargs - wait

  Write-Host now says:

  Command: Panel Start-Process D:\INSTALLS\vCS\\Single-On\VMware-SSO-Server.msi/qr ADMINPASSWORD = Hello! 2 DEPLOYMODE = FIRSTDOMAIN SSO_SITE = VCS - SSO INSTALLDIR = "D:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure" / l * v D:\VCS-INSTALL-LOGS\ssoinstall.log-attendre

  Personally, I'm surprised that it works, but it's cool, I'm still learning - I'll try and look a little more information about quotes, spaces and the behavior of the variables when it is passed to a cmdlet.

• vCenter Orchestrator Installation link

  Does anyone have the link for vCenter Orchestrator Installation link

  It comes to the documentation page:

  https://www.VMware.com/support/pubs/orchestrator_pubs.html

  You can get all related documents and two download links are here as well (windows and device).

  Device: http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VSP51-VCL-VCOVA-510-EN

  Windows: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_1

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• SkipRearm during the construction of the unattended installation

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  Hello

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• VCenter Server installation on a computer that is running IIS

  Someone had trouble installing vCenter Server on a machine running a web server (IIS)?   Documentation indicates the use of a dedicated machine and one not running a web server.   During installation, you get the warrning that detected vCenter web server running, vCenter Server uses common web service for communication ports, so to avoid resource conflicts, use a dedicated machine.  We are talking about only slow or is it possible to interrupt the features of IIS entirely on this machine if I proceed with the installation?  Really the machine in question is not practically no IIS traffic... and we have not really a dedicated machine that is not running IIS at the present time.  Well, I do, but is not in a domain group, the documentation says it should be.   It may work on a workgroup server well?   I would like to install vCenter Server on a system of comments on our ESX 4.0 host, but I'm currently out of storage hardware to create an another VM atm.

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  RP

  You can run into problems with vCenter service crashing, my Advisor is installed on another server vCenter.  You can install as a virtual machine if the material is a concern

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/4824652

• T400 - Bluetooth - Unattended installation instructions/procedure required software.

  Hi all

  Technically, this isn't a problem but a request for information.

  I need the info because it will allow me to win that makes it a more awkward solution and I know it's there because the factory preload must have used a method to get this working automatically.

  I know I wrote a lot but its all the and I don't want someone of Lenovo to have to ask three times for lack of information, so I have listed everything.

  BASELINE SCENARIO

  ThinkPad T40 [6474-1]
  Windows XP Corp w / SP2 NOT the FACTORY PRELOAD OR DERIVATIVE>
  I have two 'prototypes' working with T400 by making the current image of the company work on this platform.
  We test brand and we need to preload of factory XP installed on it.
  The SATA, sysprep, drivers, webcam-reboot-question, etc. have all been corrected and its achievements up to a point where the Device Manager is clean as a whistle and no mistake.

  I'm not new to what our image is my full responsibility and it works perfectly on 7 different hardware platforms, 4 of which are laptops.

  At the end of the new image, the software following 'silently' install in the order indicated THAT if the system is detected at a Lenovo 6474 - class.

  [1] ACPI Power Management SETUP. EXE S - SMS N/A
  [2] Hotkey Utility SETUP. EXE/S-N/A
  [3] Lenovo System Interface Driver SETUP. EXE/S-N/A
  [4] utility KEYBOARD Customizer. EXE S - SMS [1] & [2]
  [5] Director presentation Setup. EXE S - SMS [1] & [2] & [3]
  [6] ThinkVantage Access Connections SETUP. EXE S - SMS [1] & [2]
  [7] CONFIGURATION of the power manager. EXE S - SMS N/A
  [8] Bluetooth Enhanced Data rate software s/o s/o

  All drivers are from Lenovo, the second field is the silent installation command line and the third is the dependency table.

  BASIC PROBLEM

  As you can see, I don't have a method to do the installation in silent mode of the Bluetooth software.

  I tried the Setup program . EXE s - SMS and installation. EXE/s in the main folder and subfolder Win32, the record of the driver but no dice.
  It does nothing and leaving sitting there for a certain time, and then restart doesn't show the Bluetooth software installed after the reboot, so I know it does not work.

  The Setup program . EXE s - SMS switch is common to all programs using InstallShield for installation in opposition to software Lenovo owner who uses the /S switch and the Bluetooth software uses InstallShield but the silent switch does not work.

  The link on the website of Bluetooth driver software is driver ONLY I met who didn't list a silent method of install it and there is no SW1. XML file in the folder of the driver either. I'm pretty sure the SW1. XML file is the file used by the factory preload for install the software after the listing of PCI devices.

  Do it manually [Setup.exe, Next, Next, Finish, etc.] works like a charm and does not require a reboot even that pilots have been automatically installed during the Mini-Setup after the sysprep/re image.

  The best option would be for a person of Lenovo to let me know the command that I need to run to get the silent option to install the Bluetooth software.

  A secondary option would be that Lenovo to help me with what follows in what concerns the procedure, or just give me the below CMD files.

  On the laptop that factory preload, the file swtools contains the drivers installed on this model and there the same Bluetooth driver as the site in which he has no SW1. XML or information without supervision.

  I came across the following file in the root folder that has some interesting info: c:\swtools\modules.log

  Almost at the beginning are these entries

  ? evaluation of filters for 4gglw6a1 - thinkpad bluetooth software for helike
  ? -filter returned true
  ? result of the filter expression is true

  ? evaluation of filters for 4glth2a1 - thinkpad ms bluetooth inf for helike - copy only - lc
  ? -filter returned true
  ? result of the filter expression is true

  looking for blue, the following entries much later in the reference file the above...

  23:04:28.84 Thursday, December 11, 2008, from c:\swwork\other\4gglw6a1.cmd
  ThinkPad Bluetooth Software for Helike
  Thursday, December 11, 2008 23:06:12.29 over c:\swwork\other\4gglw6a1.cmd

  23:16:21.34 Thursday, December 11, 2008, from c:\swwork\network\4glth2a1.cmd
  ThinkPad MS Bluetooth INF for Helike - copy only - LC
  Thursday, December 11, 2008 23:16:21.46 over c:\swwork\network\4glth2a1.cmd

  Obviously to have these files CMD at hand would be good but the swwork file referenced there is no because it has probably been deleted once completed the preload process.

  I have a ghost of the factory image to preload when his "fresh" on the drive hard and don't not started even once.
  I did this just after I slapped him preload on but before I started the first time.

  I can recreate the image on this laptop with this image and pause before deleting this folder if this can help see me the file in the BACK [Winternals remote recover] but I would still need to know when to stop, etc..

  Thanks in advance. :-)

  Original command-line from a factory without first restarting preload goes directly into the files using Winternals recover remote is as follows:

  setup.exe/SB /ri /ru in the main folder, not the file under Win32.

  This is how its supposed to run.

  Guess what happens when you Google only switches with a double quote before and after the switch.

  It immediately tells you on page of Bluetooth driver for Vista drivers!

  So, basically, Lenovo it documented on page Vista drivers but I forgot to add it to the page drivers XP.

  Lenovo, it's a serious blunder that cost me a days work on something that should have been available on the page as well XP anyway.

  In any case, if someone reads in fact these, please change the appropriate page.

  Thank you.

• Upgrade and increased use of fashion related to two embedded vCenter 5 installs

  Hi all

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  Currently, we only use modes related to 5.5, but we would like to use in the 6.0.

  The two vCenter running 5.5 are shipped installed (vCenter + SSO in the same VM).

  VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Deployment Guide, I read and I find anywhere a upgrade path for our scenario.

  In my lab at home, I managed to install 2 CSP between a CITRIX Netscaler and 2 vCenters connected to loadballancer and use improved methods related to vCenters but these where initial installs so no upgrade.

  Anyone has an idea about this scenario upgrade?

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  Mircea

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  However, I have deployed two new external to the PSC (two sites) and two VCSA w/o the embedded PSC.  I joined all in the same domain.

  Once it was in place, I improved my previous VCSA, who had the PSC on-board, to 6.0 U1 and used the new option repoint via CMSSO-UTIL to point of the VCSA existing on the same domain than the one I just created with two new external to the PSC.  I was then able to migrate everything to the two new vCenters.

  http://emadyounis.com/vCenter/vCenter-server-appliance-VCSA-6-0-Update-1-rundown/  (Info on the format of the command CMSSO-UTIL near the bottom of the page).

  Looks like more work that it is, and the result is a nice clean environment, no down time to VM and two external to the PSC which reproduce and two VCSA who linked enhnaced active mode.

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• on AD and DNS requirement in vCenter server installation

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  I'm just in my lab. He went well when I installed vCenter server device and I can do the remaining animals vSphere.

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• VCenter failed installation, some components not installed?

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• VMAP eliminates ESXi and VCenter Lab installs, thanks to greedy Pirates.

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  We also run 18 desktops Dell with 8 GB of memory.

  Here's how I run the class of 16 weeks (used to):

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  The point is, each student will learn a wide range of features in VSphere. Each student has at least THREE ESXi licenses and need TWO licenses of VCenter Server.

  At the end of the class, the laboratory is demolished (uninstalled all the software).

  The VMAP subscription that my college bought recently announced that Install lab licenses are more offered for VCenter or ESXi products.

  Now, I only use the version of 60 days?

  Is there any way around this?

  I could create 50 or so "student users" and get the individual keys for each. I would then have to use each key individually on all hosts in the laboratory.

  Students enrolled in this class were very happy to try the VSphere environment, something they could not do at home.

  Why not just offer the installation lab keys that have a duration of 1 year. This woul be more long enough for any semester length class.

  Or VMware wants to only close the non academic 'partner' classes offered. The "certified" classes use the same account VMAP of Kivuto however. How do they make their laboratories?

  Other classes in this direction have found that the best way to run the class is to one) ask students to work in pairs or larger teams, so that they can share their licenses; and (b) have them download license keys themselves, as you suggest. They don't necessarily three license keys for ESXi each however, given that each license key has an associated CPU count (2 or 4, depending on the product) which can be used to activate the host several processors. Note that we recently made vCloud Suite available to students in addition to vSphere, which in the past was only available for teachers and staff, so there are various options for which products the students use in class.

  Happy to discuss this further with you help succeed your class.

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  --

  Director of the academic program of VMware (VMAP)
  http://labs.VMware.com/academic
  VMware technical Journal Vol 1, no. 2, now- http://VMware.com/go/vmtj

• Installation documentation and Oracle FLEXCUBE?

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  I am looking for documentation and the software requirements to install Oracle Flexcube. The only documentation I can find so far is the Oracle brochure:

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  I understand that Flexcube is a product developed by the team of Bangalore in India years ago and then bought by Oracle. However, I can't find the documentation installation and configuration for Oracle Flexcube and also, I can't find where to download the Oracle Flexcube software either.

  Details are available in the same link- http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/financial-services/046907.html

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• VCenter new installation

  I'm going on the installation and configuration guide and he wants me to run all these scripts in SQL, as VCDB_mssql. SQL, load_stats_proc_mssql.sql, etc...

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  Yes, the installation will create the necessary jobs related to SQL.  Just make sure you have dbo on the MSDB (to create the rollup jobs) and the VCDB.  These scripts are only really needed if you want to manually create objects of DB/jobs.

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.VMware.vSphere.install.doc_50%2FGUID-F953497E-2170-4168-806F-6FF0EA6497A7.html

• vDswitch and FT installation documentation

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  I can't find any documentation on how to configure FT with vDswitch in DETAILS.

  Documents installation vSwiches to see FT, not what I'm looking for.

  I use 2 x 10GBs NIC on my hosts and I would like to implement FT.

  My vDswitch worked well for a few months. Now, I want to implement on my critical VM FT.

  Help would be welcome!

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• vSphere vCenter account Installation Service

  Hi all

  I try a new installation of vCenter and encounter a problem around the service accounts.

  The "use account system;" the 'User name' field is grayed out when you try to install it and I can't select a different Service account.

  This happens on vSphere 4.1 and 4.0 Update 1.

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  Dave

  Hello

  Installing vCenter Server using a specific service account, you must log on to the server by using the account that you use to run services vCenter.

  The vCenter Server Setup does not select a specific service account when you perform the installation.

  Additionally, make sure that the account that you use to install vCenter Server (service account) has rights of a local administrator on the server.

  I have attached a screenshot where you can see that I am using the account "vmware.sql".  I connect to the server using this account, and that have administrative rights on this server.

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• vCenter/vSphere installation Questions

  I apologize if this is the wrong community asking these questions in. I thought that the community of vSphere to be the most appropriate, but there is no category generic vSphere. The General category of vCenter Server was appropriate.

  Our company is buying some matΘriel for vSphere 4. The cost to buy the Essentials most of vSphere bundle 4 we have budgeted (_{$5000) but I'm sure I can convince our Exec team to approve the purchase of vSphere 4 Advanced Acceleration Kit (}$17000) once I showed them vMotion Live Migration and fault tolerance. That being said, I'm still new to vmWare and need a little advice products. Here are some questions I have.

  (1) my plan is to have the three physical hosts start their ESX/ESXi installation off our iSCSI SAN to avoid having to have local storage on each server. It presents an acceptable practice or if this is not preferred? Is there any loss of performance when the servers are running? Your advice here would be greatly appreciated.

  (2) I understand that I can choose between ESX and ESXi in my installation. I was under the assumption that ESXi is more than a low-end product (so the free version) however I read on VMware.com ESXi is the product preferred for new installations and ESX is available for legacy add-on products. Is this correct? Should I go with ESXi for three servers?

  (3) where vCenter Server move? It works on one of my three physical servers or need an additional server. I have no experience with vCenter Server, so I have no idea on this one.

  (4) would it be appropriate to install local disks on each server for the paging or swap file?

  (5) I'll buy Veeam Backup & Replication for backup. Does make a difference on the weather, I chose ESX or ESXi?

  Thank you for all your advice.

  You're right - if vcenter is down FT stops - but isn't that a problem is the first defective virtual machine at the same time.

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