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How to finally inject OVF properties into VCSA when deploying directly onto ESXi?

05.27.2014 by William Lam // 40 Comments

One of my biggest pet peeve when it comes to deploying the VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) and other OVF/OVA directly onto an ESXi host is the lack of OVF property support. If you have deployed the VCSA before, you are probably aware of the different user experience when deploying to a vCenter Server versus deploying directly to an ESXi host. For those of you who are not familiar, the difference is when you deploy an OVF/OVA that contains custom OVF properties such as the VCSA, you have the ability to provide input to these parameters when deploying to a vCenter Server as seen in the screenshot below.

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Categories // Automation, ESXi, OVFTool, VAMI, VCSA, vSphere Tags // ESXi, fusion, injectOvfEnv, ova, ovf, ovftool, VCSA, vcva, workstation

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