[cisco-voip] CCM 5 on VMWare Server 1.0.0

Fri Jul 28 12:10:25 EDT 2006

Sorry Israel
I discounted your post as a primer in layer2
addressing. However I tried the info and the tool you
provided in the link below and spoofing the logical
MAC as outlined does in fact allow you to use the a
different .lic file in Unity. So I would also guess
that changing the MAC under the advanced setting on
the NIC also works as Ryan and others outlined. I wish
I had known this a year ago when I had that issue with
unity licensing. Now the question remain can this also
be done in a Linux environment for CM5 with the
appliance model and lack of OS access. That would
certainly alleviate the hardware failure concerns with
CM5. 

--- Israel Lang <zephy316 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address
> 
> 
> Under Windows XP
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP>, the MAC
> address
> can be changed in the Ethernet adapter's Properties
> menu, in the Advanced
> tab, as "MAC Address", "Locally Administered
> Address", "Ethernet Address",
> "Physical Address" or "Network Address". The exact
> name depends on the
> Ethernet driver used; not all drivers support
> changing the MAC address in
> this way.
> 
> However, a better solution - requiring
> Administrative User Rights - is to
> pass over the System Registry Keys under
>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.
> Here settings for each network interface can be
> found. The contents of the
> string value called 'NetworkAddress' will be used to
> set the MAC address of
> the adapter when next it is enabled. Resetting the
> adapter can be
> accomplished in script with the freely available
> command line utility
>
devcon<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q311272>from
> Microsoft, or from the adapters context menu in the
> Network
> Connections
> control panel applet.
> 
> There is a FREEWARE tool called Technitium MAC
> Address Changer v3.1
>
(FREEWARE)<http://www.technitium.com/software/mac_changer_v3.1/mac_changer_v3.1.html>which
> allows you to change MAC address of your network
> interface card (NIC)
> in seconds, irrespective of its driver or
> manufacturer.
> 
> Note: to check your MAC address easily under Windows
> NT4, Windows 2000 or
> Windows XP: Click "Start", choose "Run...", type CMD
> and click OK, then type
> ipconfig /all in the Command Prompt window that
> appears. The number under
> physical address is the MAC address. If multiple IP
> are displayed, you
> should look under the label "Ethernet adapter x",
> where x is the name of
> your connection (which is Local Area Connection by
> default).
> 
> 
> On 7/27/06, Ted Nugent <tednugent69 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Ryan...
> > No.. perfect sidetrack and good point...! and
> actually
> > the customer came up with that idea before I did
> :-(.
> > But it was an older DL380-G2 and the HP dude
> informed
> > us that this could not be done on that vintage
> > server?? I remember doing this on IBM NICs and
> laptops
> > years ago so I could not beleive it wasn't an
> option.
> > I've honestly not had to do that before on an HP
> MCS
> > server myself but you can do it via the HP
> foundation
> > CDs??
> >
> >
> > --- Ryan Ratliff <rratliff at cisco.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Not to sidetrack the thread but in that case I'd
> be
> > > changing the mac
> > > on the Unity server.
> > >
> > > -Ryan
> > >
> > > On Jul 27, 2006, at 3:48 PM, Ted Nugent wrote:
> > >
> > > Right on with the hardware failure deal
> scenario...
> > > emailing licensing and waiting for someone in
> RTP or
> > > SJ to come on shift is unacceptable. During
> working
> > > hours in the states turn around is pretty quick
> but
> > > I've found that APT and EMEA are good at "AVVID"
> TAC
> > > but licensing is non-existent! I had the exact
> > > scenario you mentioned with Unity at 1am Eastern
> US
> > > time and had to wait until 8:30am the next day
> to
> > > get
> > > a .lic file! The customer was furious because
> they
> > > fronted most of their calls through a unity AA.
> The
> > > HP
> > > guy was there to replace the motherboard within
> 3
> > > hours as contracted but we had to wait an
> additional
> > > 4
> > > hours for a new .lic file. And yes I did try
> calling
> > > in a P1 but no one could and/or knew how to
> help.
> > > That's Unity
 now if you have the same problem
> with
> > > your CM Cluster its Goodbye Cisco and Hello
> Avaya
> > > for
> > > your customer.
> > >
> > > --- Ryan LaTorre <rlatorre at unislumin.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Not to tow the cisco line too much, I would
> argue
> > > > that the 3.4GB of
> > > > patches in three months is a good thing. 
> Cisco is
> > > > undoubtedly dealing
> > > > with a large number of bugs, which should be
> > > > expected of a new product.
> > > > Cisco has done their part to keep it on New
> > > Product
> > > > Hold, primarily
> > > > approving lab deployments in which the real
> issues
> > > > will be discovered.
> > > > The patches have come fast and furious which
> tells
> > > > me they're feverishly
> > > > ramping up the stability.
> > > >
> > > > Having said that, I agree with the demo
> licensing
> > > > sentiments 100%.
> > > > There needs to be something readily available
> for
> > > > partners and Cisco SEs
> > > > to work with.
> > > >
> > > > Demo licensing isn't my only concern though.
> > > > Consider the operational
> > > > impact. The publisher hardware dies (somehow).
> An
> > > > extra server is
> > > > brought into service to quickly replace it,
> but
> > > wait
> > > > - to activate and
> > > > use it a special licensing request has to be
> > > > fulfilled. I don't know how
> > > > long that takes, especially if it's 2am.  Or
> > > > replacing a subscriber with
> > > > new hardware - it may be advantageous to build
> a
> > > new
> > > > server with a new
> > > > entity, add it into the cluster, and
> subsequently
> > > > remove the existing
> > > > one a few days later.  This will no longer be
> > > > possible.
> > > >
> > > > I understand the need for licensing, but the
> > > > operational impact has to
> > > > also be considered and some flexibility
> built-in.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> > > > [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On
> > > > Behalf Of Jonathan
> > > > Charles
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 2:17 PM
> > > > To: Ted Nugent
> > > > Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net; Serg; Andrew
> Riley
> > > > Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] CCM 5 on VMWare
> Server
> > > > 1.0.0
> > > >
> > > > What's really stupid here is that they offer
> demo
> > > > licenses for Unity,
> 
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