Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Installation
You require one virtual machine to install and configure a standalone Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning setup. A distributed setup requires two virtual machines, one each for the database and application servers. The distributed setup is available only for a large OVA deployment in Advanced Prime Collaboration Provisioning. You can configure the virtual appliance after deploying the OVA file.
For more information on configuring OVA, see Configure Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning OVA.
Deploy Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning OVA
Ensure that requirements listed in Installation Requirements and System Requirements have been met.
Procedure
Step 1 |
Launch VMware vSphere Client and select File > Deploy OVF Template. |
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In the Deploy OVF Template window, click Deploy from file. |
Step 3 |
Click Browse and navigate to the location where you have saved the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning OVA file. Click Next. |
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In the OVF Template Details window, verify the details about the OVA file, including the product name, version, and the size, and then click Next. Ensure that the Publisher field in the OVF Template Details window displays Cisco Systems, Inc with a green check mark next to it. |
Step 5 |
Click Accept to accept the end-user license agreement. Click Next. |
Step 6 |
In the Name and Location window, specify a name and location for the template that you are deploying. The name must be unique within the inventory folder and can contain up to 80 characters. Click Next. |
Step 7 |
In the Disk Format window, select Thick provisioned format to store on the virtual disks, and then click Next. |
Step 8 |
Verify the options in the Ready to Complete window, and then click Finish to start the deployment. The deployment takes about 30 minutes to complete. Check the progress bar in the Deploying Virtual Appliance window to monitor the task status. |
Step 9 |
Click Close. The virtual appliance that you deployed appears in the left pane of the vSphere Client, under the host. |
Configure Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning OVA
Procedure
Step 1 |
Start the virtual machine by right-clicking the virtual appliance and selecting . |
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In the virtual appliance Console, enter setup at the localhost login prompt. |
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Step 3 |
Enter the required parameters at the prompts and press Enter to bring up the next parameter. Refer to Installation Prompts. |
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Step 4 |
Specify the Prime Collaboration Provisioning version for installation when prompted: 1. Standard Prime Collaboration Provisioning 2. Advanced Prime Collaboration Provisioning (with 90-day evaluation) Enter 1 for the Standard version and 2 for the Advanced version.
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Step 5 |
To install the Standard version, go to Step 10. To install the Advanced version, proceed to the next step. |
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Step 6 |
Specify the setup type when prompted: 1. Standalone 2. Distributed Enter 1 for the Standalone setup and 2 for the Distributed setup.
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For Standalone setup, go to Step 11. For Distributed setup, proceed to the next step. |
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Step 8 |
Select the type of the server: 1. Database Server 2. Application Server
Enter 1 to configure the current server as the Database Server. |
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Step 9 |
Enter the IP address of the Application Server. The virtual machine reboots. |
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Step 10 |
Perform the following steps to configure the Application Server: |
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Step 11 |
After completing the installation, wait approximately 30 minutes for the Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning processes to be listed on the console. |
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Step 12 |
Log in to the Application Server to verify the installation. Refer to Verify Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Installation.
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