Deploy-PhotonAppliance

Synopsis

Deploy a Photon appliance.

Syntax

Deploy-PhotonAppliance [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [-sddcDomain] <String>
 [-hostname] <String> [-domain] <String> [-ipAddress] <String> [-netmask] <String> [-gateway] <String>
 [-dnsServer] <String> [-ntpServer] <String> [-rootPassword] <String> [-enableSsh] <String>
 [-enableDebug] <String> [-portgroup] <String> [-folder] <String> [[-ovaPath] <String>]
 [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Deploy-PhotonAppliance cmdlet deploys the Photon appliance to a vSphere Cluster of a workload Domain.

The cmdlet connects to SDDC Manager using the -server, -user, and -password values:

• Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to SDDC Manager
• Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to the vCenter Server
• Deploys the Photon Appliance into a vSphere Cluster

Examples

Example 1

Deploy-PhotonAppliance -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user administrator@vsphere.local -pass VMw@re1! -sddcDomain sfo-m01 -hostname sfo-m01-hrm01 -ipAddress 172.18.95.50 -netmask "24 (255.255.255.0)" -gateway 172.18.95.1 -domain sfo.rainpole.io -dnsServer "172.18.95.4 172.18.95.5" -ntpServer ntp.sfo.rainpole.io -rootPassword VMw@re1! -enableSsh True -enableDebug False -portGroup sfo-m01-cl01-vds01-mgmt -folder sfo-m01-fd-hrm -ovaPath .\vvs_appliance_v0.0.1.ova

This example deploys the Photon appliance named sfo-m01-hrm01.

Parameters

-server

The fully qualified domain name of the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-user

The username to authenticate to the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-pass

The password to authenticate to the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-sddcDomain

The name of the workload domain to deploy the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-hostname

The hostname of the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 5
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-domain

The domain namespace for the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 6
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ipAddress

The IP address of the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 7
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-netmask

The netmask of the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 8
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-gateway

The gateway of the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 9
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-dnsServer

The DNS servers for the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 10
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ntpServer

The NTP servers for the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 11
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-rootPassword

The root password for the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 12
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-enableSsh

Enable SSH on the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 13
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-enableDebug

Enable debug mode on the Photon appliance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 14
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-portgroup

The portgroup to place the Photon appliance on.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 15
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-folder

The virtual machine folder to place the Photon appliance in.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 16
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ovaPath

The path to the Photon appliance OVA file.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 17
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

Progress Action

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.