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YoucaninstallavCLIpackageonaLinuxoraMicrosoftWindowssystem,ordeploythevSphere
ManagementAssistant(vMA)onanESXihost.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“InstallationOverview”onpage 13
“OverviewofLinuxInstallationProcess”onpage 14
“InstallingthevCLIPackageonRedHatEnterpriseLinux”onpage 16
“InstallingvCLIonLinuxSystemswithInternetAccess”onpage 17
“RunningCommandsonLinux”onpage 19
“UninstallingthevCLIPackageonLinux”onpage 19
“InstallingandUninstallingvCLIonWindows”onpage 19
“RunningCommandsonWindows”onpage 20
“EnablingCertificateVerification”onpage 21
“DeployingvMA”onpage 21
Installation Overview
YoucaninstallavCLIpackageonasupportedplatformordeploythevMAvirtualmachineonanESXihost.
vCLIpackages.InstallavCLIpackageonaphysicalorvirtualmachine.See“InstallingthevCLIPackage
onRedHatEnterpriseLinux”onpage 16,“InstallingvCLIonLinuxSystemswithInternetAccess”on
page 17,and“InstallingandUninstallingvCLIonWindows”onpage 19.
ThevCLIinstallerinstallsbothvSphereSDKfor
PerlandvCLIbecausevCLIcommandsrunontopofthe
vSphereSDKforPerl.Thecontentsoftheinstallerpackagediffersfordifferentplatforms.
Installing vCLI
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Platform Installation Process
Windows TheinstallationpackageincludesvCLI,vSphereSDKforPerl,andprerequisitePerl
modules.
RedHatEnterprise
Linux
Youmustinstallrequiredsoftware.See“InstallingRequiredPrerequisiteSoftwareforRed
HatEnterprise”onpage 16.
Whenyouruntheinstaller,youwillbepromptedwhetheryouwanttodownloadPerl
modulesfromCPAN.
IfyoudonothaveInternetaccess,youcanhavetheinstallerinstallsPerlmodulesthatit
doesnotfindonyoursystemfromtheinstallerpackage.
SLESandUbuntu YoumustinstallrequiredsoftwareandyoumusthaveInternetaccess.See“Installing
RequiredPrerequisiteSoftwareforLinuxSystemswithInternetAccess”on
page 17.
TheinstallerdownloadsotherPerlmodulesfromCPAN.
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