VSAN-Troubleshooting-Reference-Manual

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Reference Manual – Virtual SAN
Launching RVC from Windows vCenter Server
RVC for Windows and RVC for Linux are practically identical. However there are
some nuances when it comes to launching. The same rules apply as before, where
knowing what single sign-on (SSO) has configured as the “default domain”. This will
determine which administrator is the default, and which password should be
supplied. This might be even more confusing on the Windows version of vCenter
Server since the Windows Operating system will also have a local administrator
user. Now we have Windows local administrator, an Active Directory administrator
(if configured) and a SSO administrator all as potential logins to RVC.
In the vCenter server 6.0, an rvc.bat file is used to launch RVC. You will find this file
in the following path:
C:\Program Files\VMware \VirtualCenter Server\rvc.
In vCenter 5.5, the path is:
C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\rvc.
Running rvc.bat with the ‘-h’ for help option, the following information is displayed:
Ruby vSphere Console.
Usage:
rvc [options] [username[:password]@]hostname
where [options] are:
--path : Initial directory
--create-directory: Create the initial directory if it doesn't exist
--cmd, -c : command to evaluate
--script, -s : file to execute
--script-args : arguments to script (default: )
--cookie, -k : authentication cookie file
--quiet, -q: silence unnecessary output
--version, -v: Print version and exit
--help, -h: Show this message
Username, password and hostname information must be provided at the command
line. In 6.0, if this information is not provided at the command line, the default login
for RVC has been set to the SSO administrator, administrator@vsphere.local, and the
default host has been set to localhost. Here is a default rvc.bat running:
C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\rvc>rvc.bat
Try "--help" or "-h" to view more information about RVC usage.
No argument is specified, connecting to localhost as administrator@vsphere.local
password:
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