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2 Network storage (
remote
)
3 USB disks (
usb
)
You can change the order of the disks by using a comma separated list
appended to the argument. If you provide a filter list, the default settings are
overridden. You can combine filters to specify a particular disk, including
esx
for the first disk with ESX installed on it, model and vendor information,
or the name of the vmkernel device driver. For example, to prefer a disk with
the model name ST3120814A and any disk that uses the mptsas driver rather
than a normal local disk, the argument is
--firstdisk=ST3120814A,mptsas,local
.
--deletecosvmdk
If the system is being upgraded from ESX, remove the directory that contains
the old Service Console VMDK file,
cos.vmdk
, to reclaim unused space in the
VMFS datastore.
--forcemigrate
If a version 4.x host contains customizations, such as third-party VIBS or
drivers, that are not included in the installer .ISO, the installer exits with an
error describing the problem. The
forcemigrate
option overrides the error
and forces the upgrade. If you are upgrading a 5.0.x host, supported custom
VIBs that are not included in the ESXi installer ISO are migrated. You do not
need to to use the
forcemigrate
option.
See the vSphere Upgrade documentation for imformation about upgrading
hosts that have third-party custom VIBs.
C
AUTION
Using the
forcemigrate
option might cause the upgraded host to
not boot properly, to exhibit system instability, or to lose functionality.
%include or include (optional)
Specifies another installation script to parse. This command is treated similarly to a multiline command, but
takes only one argument.
filename
For example:
%include part.cfg
%pre (optional)
Specifies a script to run before the kickstart configuration is evaluated. For example, you can use it to
generate files for the kickstart file to include.
--interpreter
=[python|busybox]
Specifies an interpreter to use. The default is busybox.
%post (optional)
Runs the specified script after package installation is complete. If you specify multiple
%post
sections, they
run in the order that they appear in the installation script.
--interpreter
=[python|busybox]
Specifies an interpreter to use. The default is busybox.
--timeout=secs
Specifies a timeout for running the script. If the script is not finished when
the timeout expires, the script is forcefully terminated.
--ignorefailure
If true, the installation is considered a success even if the
%post
script
terminated with an error.
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