ESXi4.1 in Vcenter 5 vmotion problem

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  Seems, your CPU supports 5.0 ESXi and vCenter 5.0, you must upgrade your vSphere vSphere 6.x for the VCA.

  See the links below and also compatibility VCA matrix attached:

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

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  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):

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  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 + "" '

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

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

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  ' $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

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  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.

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