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Unattended Setup of the Primary Server

Installation of vCenter Server Heartbeat begins with the Primary server

1 Create a .txt file containing the following configuration parameters:

The following is an example of a parameter file (it must be modified before you use it).

<parameter.txt>

INSTALLTYPE:Install

ACCEPT_EULA:true

LICENSEKEY:<license serial number>

SERVERROLE:PRIMARY

TOPOLOGY:<HA or DR>

SECONDARYCLONETYPE:pre clone

DESTINATIONPATH:C:\AutoInstall

PRIMARYSECONDARYCHANNEL:<10.0.1.1,10.0.1.2>

PRIMARYPRINCIPLEADDRESS:<192.168.99.111>

SECONDARYPRINCIPLEADDRESS:<192.168.99.111>

NETWORKTASKDOMAIN:dnstest.com

NETWORKTASKUSER:administrator

CLIENTCONNECTIONPORT:52267

FEATUREFORINSTALLATION:VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat

PLUGINPATH:<C:\User\Desktop\Plugins>

BACKUPDESTINATIONPATH:\\<10.0.1.1\nf backup>

BACKUPUSER:Administrator

INCLUDEPROTECTEDDATAINBACKUP:true

VCUSERNAME:administrator

//STARTSERVICEATEND:

//AMXPATH:

//DEFAULTCHANNELPORT:

//BACKUPSOURCEPATH:

2 Rename the self-extracting file from <name>.exe to <name>.zip

3 Extract the contents of the self-extracting file into a temporary folder.

4 Navigate to Start > Run and type CMD to open a command window.

5 Navigate to the to the location of the temporary folder.

6Run the command:

start /wait setup –f:<parameter file> -DNSPassword:<DNS Password>

-BACKUPPassword:<backup password> -VCENTERPASSWORD:<vCenterPassword> -ni

OTE The parameters enclosed in <> can be enclosed in double quotes (") and should be if they

contain spaces, dashes or other potentially confusing characters.

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