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Chapter B Remote and Scripted Installations
%vmlicense_text Section
ThissectioncontainsthelicensefilefortheESX Serverinstallation.Omitthissectionif
youdidnotspecifysingle‐hostlicensing.Thissectionmustcomeafterthecommands
section.
Sample Kickstart File
ThefollowingisasamplekickstartfileforanESX Serverinstallationusingalicense
server:
# Installation Method
cdrom
# root Password
rootpw --iscrypted $1$MpéRëÈíÌ$n9sgFQJweS1PeSBpqRRu..
# Authconfig
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
# BootLoader ( The user has to use grub by default )
bootloader --location=mbr
# Timezone
timezone America/Los_Angeles
# X windowing System
skipx
# Install or Upgrade
install
# Text Mode
text
# Network install type
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
# Language
lang en_US
# Language Support
langsupport --default en_US
# Keyboard
keyboard us
# Mouse
mouse generic3ps/2 --device psaux
# Reboot after install ?
reboot
# Clear Partitions
clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda
# Partitioning
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=sda
part / --fstype ext3 --size=1500 --ondisk=sda
part None --fstype vmkcore --size=100 --ondisk=sda
part None --fstype vmfs3 --size=900 --grow --maxsize=2500 --ondisk=sda
part swap --size=256 --grow --maxsize=512 --ondisk=sda
#VMware Specific Commands
vmaccepteula
