VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual page 48

ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide
The installation script can reside in one of the following locations:
Default installation script
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FTP
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HTTP/HTTPS
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NFS
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USB flash drive
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Local disk
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Approaches for Scripted Installation
You can install onto multiple machines using a single script for all of them or using a separate script for each
machine.
One of the settings that you can configure in a script is the IP setting, which can be static IP or DHCP for the
host on which you are installing ESX. Choose one of the following approaches:
Create multiple scripts, each containing unique network identification information. The unique network
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information includes the static IP address and host name of each ESX host.
Create one script (or use a default script) that uses DHCP to set up multiple ESX hosts. After you complete
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a scripted installation, you can then configure each ESX host separately to assign a unique host name and
IP address. VMware recommends that you use static IP addresses.
The IPAPPEND PXE configuration option specifies that the same network adapter the machine boots from
is also used for connecting to the network. See
About Installation Scripts
The installation script is a text file, for example
The command section of the script contains the options specified for the ESX installation. This section is
required and must appear first in the script.
About Default Installation Scripts
Default installation scripts simplify the task of using scripted mode to perform ESX installations.
Instead of writing a script, you can use the following default scripts:
After your first interactive installation of ESX, the installer creates a
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filesystem. This script reflects the choices you made in the interactive installation. If you perform a second
interactive installation on the same host with choices that differ from the first,
with a new version.
The installation media contains the following default installation scripts:
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ks-first-safe.cfg
ks-first.cfg
When you install ESX using
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mypassword
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"IPAPPEND,"
, that contains supported commands.
ks.cfg
Installs ESX on the first detected disk and preserves the VMFS datastores
on the disk.
Installs ESX on the first detected disk.
or
ks-first-safe.cfg ks-first.cfg
on page 38.
script in the ESX
/root/ks.cfg
/root/ks.cfg
, the default root password is
is overwritten
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