Comments on: Deploy VCSA via PowerShell

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 01:50:31 +0000

In reply to Christoph. Good question Cristoph! I typically use ovftool when I deploy vCenter using ansible, but in this case, I wanted to use the tool that VMware provided, vcsa-deploy.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:34:49 +0000

Hi – Great script! Nonetheless I’m pondering a bit why you don’t only extract the ova from the ISOvcsa and deploy using “ovf-tool”. Do you have any specific reason you could share?

By: KKrishna

KKrishna — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 15:23:59 +0000

Thanks for your prompt response.
Unfortunately. I’m new to PS and as well Git. But I liked your approach. For me, I’m looking for script that start from place where ISO already extracted. So of now I’m trying to tailor your script.

By: Jon Howe

Jon Howe — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 01:06:02 +0000

Hey @KKrishna, thanks for stopping by.

Re: #3 – You’re spot on.. I did use Linux to develop this, but it doesn’t make a difference. Just specify Windows paths to the 7-zip binary and your excel file and the rest should be fine.

For #1, I actually designed this to run without internet access. An example for how to do this is here: https://www.virtjunkie.com/poor-mans-autodeploy/#Web_Server

For #2, love the idea of pulling via FTP. I’d welcome a PR here: https://github.com/jonhowe/Virtjunkie.com/tree/master/VCSA-AutoDeploy

By: KKrishna

KKrishna — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:41:45 +0000

Interesting. There are few points which I would like to highlight.
1. deploying VCSA using this method where there is no internet to download.
2. Instead internet download, how about specifying alternative intranet locations such as FTP / NAS?
3. The script developed based on linux environment, Windows version would much helpful

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