mkvcenter

Use the mkvcenter command to add a new vCenter in the system.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram mkvcenter -typevcenter_type -partitionpartition_idpartition_namepartition_uuid-vcurlvcurl

Parameters

-type vcenter_type
(Required) Specifies the following features that need to be enabled for a vCenter:
  • vmfs : VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) only.
-partition partition_id | partition_name| partition_uuid
(Required) Specifies the name or ID or the universally unique identifier of the storage partition to associate with a vCenter.
-vcurl vcurl
(Optional) Specifies the URL for the VMware vCenter server.

An invocation example

mkvcenter -type vmfs -partition 0 -vcurl https://scale-vcsa-1.ssd.hursley.ibm.com

The resulting output:

vcenter, id [0], successfully created