Command-Line Options For Windows Installation - VMware VCENTER CONVERTER STANDALONE 4.3 User Manual

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide
If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.x manually
before you install Converter Standalone 4.3.
If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone
agent.
Procedure
1 Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site.
2 In the local directory to which you downloaded the installer, check the number of the build, which is a
part of the installer filename.
3 At the command line, install Converter Standalone silently with the log file written to the
VMware-converter-<build>.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=ALL /l*v %TEMP%\vmconvservermsi.log"
For more command-line options, see
What to do next
You can use Converter Standalone to convert physical or virtual machine sources to virtual machine
destinations.

Command-Line Options for Windows Installation

You can use the command-line installation options when you install Converter Standalone from the MS-DOS
command prompt in Windows or by writing a Windows batch file (
For a list of options to perform command-line installation, see
Table 3-1. Command-Line Options
Option
/s
/v" <params> "
/qn
/qb
/qf
<Logfile>
/l*v
/x
ADDLOCAL="ALL"
PROPERTY= <property value>
VMCE_HTTP_PORT
VMCE_HTTPS_PORT
VMCE_AGENT_PORT
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Table
Action
Does not display the Windows Installer version check.
Passes parameters to the msiexec.exe file.
Runs the msi command in silent mode.
Runs the msi command in basic mode.
Runs the msi command in full mode.
Records login information in the file provided in <Logfile>.
Uninstalls VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
Installs full package. The parameter is case-sensitive.
Sets the value of a property to <property value>.
Sets the HTTP port. The default is 80. Remote machines
connect to the server through this port to download the
Converter Standalone client.
Set the HTTPS port. The default is 443. Remote Converter
Standalone clients connect to this port on the server and
submit conversion tasks.
Sets an Agent port. The default is 9089. Remote Converter
Standalone servers connect to this port to convert this
machine.
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