Our requirement is, vCenter Server 5.5 should be installed silently with its default SQL express database.
To do this I am referring http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vcenter_server_cmdline_install.pdf documentation.
I am able to do silent installation of SSO and Inventory service components, but stuck to do silent installation of vCenter Server. On command line, I executed following command to install vCenter Server. This command should install vCenter Server silently but it is prompting to press next button to proceed.
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echo "Get hostname from system"
set host=%COMPUTERNAME%
echo %host%
echo "Installing vCenter Server"
start /wait D:\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe /S /W /L1033 /v ^
" /qr /quiet ^
VCS_GROUP_TYPE=Single ^
VPX_ACCOUNT_TYPE=System ^
DB_SERVER_TYPE=Bundled ^
FORMAT_DB=1 ^
SSO_ADMIN_USER=administrator@vsphere.local ^
SSO_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password@123 ^
VC_ADMIN_USER=administrator@vsphere.local ^
VC_ADMIN_IS_GROUP_VPXD_TXT=false ^
IS_URL="https://%host%:10443 ^
LS_URL=https://%host%:7444/lookupservice/sdk" ^
VCS_HTTPS_PORT=443 ^
VCS_HTTP_PORT=80 ^
VCS_HEARTBEAT_PORT=902 ^
TC_HTTP_PORT=8080 ^
TC_HTTPS_PORT=8443 ^
VCS_ADAM_LDAP_PORT=389 ^
VCS_ADAM_SSL_PORT=902 ^
/L*V "%temp%\vCenterServerInstall.log" /qr"
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On command line, it is not even complete the entire command with all arguments. On command line only following command is printed with 2 arguments rest are skipped.
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C:\install>start /wait D:\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe /S /W /L1033 /v " /qr /quiet VCS_GROUP_TYPE=Single VPX_ACCOUNT_TYPE=System
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Need to know,
1. How can I proceed with this silent installation?
2. Is there any mistake in my command arguments?