Before you deploy the VMware Cloud Director Availability appliances, you must define the specific VMware OVF Tool parameters for deployment.
The following table describes the parameters you must define when deploying the
VMware Cloud Director Availability appliances by using the VMware OVF Tool scripts.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| OVA | The local client path to the installation OVA package. For example, use OVA="local_client_path/VMware-Cloud-Director-Availability-Deployment-release.number-xxxx-build_number_OVF10.ova", where Deployment is Provider or On-Premises. |
| VMNAME | Virtual machine name. |
| VSPHERE_DATASTORE | The VSPHERE_DATASTORE value is the datastore name as it is displayed in the . |
| VSPHERE_NETWORK | The name of the network on which the appliance to run. |
| VSPHERE_ADDRESS | The IP address of the vCenter Server instance on which you deploy the appliance. |
| VSPHERE_USER | User name for a vCenter Server administrator. |
| VSPHERE_USER_PASSWORD | Password for a vCenter Server administrator. |
| VSPHERE_LOCATOR | The VSPHERE_LOCATOR value contains the target data center name, the tag host, the name of the target cluster, and the IP address or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the target ESXi host. The VSPHERE_LOCATOR value depends on the topology of your vSphere environment. Following are examples for valid VSPHERE_LOCATOR values.
If the target ESXi host is not part of a cluster, skip the cluster-name element, as shown in the following examples.
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