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--ondisk=or--ondrive= Specifiesthediskonwhichpartitionswillbecreated.For example,
part --ondisk=sdacreatespartitionsonthefir stSCSIdriveonthe
system.
--fstype= Setsthefilesystemtypeforthepartition.
--badblocks Specifiesthatthepartitionshouldbecheckedforbadsectors.
reboot(optional) Rebootsthesystemafterscriptedinstallationisfinished.
rootpw
(required) Setstherootpasswordforthesystem.
[--iscrypted] Specifiesthatthepasswordisencrypted.
<password> Specifiesthepasswordvalue.
text (optional) Performsthekickstartinstallationintextmode.
timezone (required) Setsthetimezoneforthesystem.
[--utc] SetsthesystemhardwareclocktoUTC(GreenwichMean)time.
<timezone> Specifiesthetimezoneforthesystem.
upgrade(optional) Upgradesthe
system.
vmaccepteula (required) AcceptstheESX Serverlicenseagreement.
vmlicense(optional) Specifieslicenseinformation.Ifyouspecifycentralizedlicensing,the
commandtakestheform:
vmlicense --mode=server --server=<server>
[--features=<features>]
[--edition=<edition>]
where<server>isthehostnameorIPaddressofthelicenseserverin
theformatport@hostname.<features>isanoptional,
comma‐separatedlistoffeaturestorequestfromthe
licensingserver,
and<edition>istheESX Serveredition.
Ifyouspecifysingle‐hostlicensing,thecommandtakestheform:
vmlicense --mode=file [--features=<features>]
[--edition=<edition>]
Thecontentsofthelicensefilemustbeincludedinthe
%vmlicense_textsectionofthekickstartfile.
zerombr(optional) Zeroesoutthemasterbootrecord.
Table B-1. Kickstart Commands for ESX Server Installation (Continued)
Command Description
