[cisco-voip] WebEx Meetings Server 2.0 OVA

Wed Feb 26 20:06:09 EST 2014

Hey Tim, thanks for the response.  I was reading the documentation after I
sent the thread that last email, and it's exactly what I received when I
was working with Cisco on the 2.0 EFT.  I have CWMS running HA on four
different C460-M2 servers, so I can't see the automatic upgrade even being
an option.  I'm even more perplexed when it comes to the manual option and
having to modify the VMX files.  It just seems a little too easy in my
opinion.  I need to do it though to address a lot of the concerns my
recently deployed system has presented end users.  I'm scheduled to upgrade
on 3/15, so if you can provide any post-update information to me directly,
I would really appreciate your feedback.  Good luck!

John Parduhn
Huron Consulting Group
550 W. Van Buren | Chicago, Illinois 60607
312-880-2648 single-number reach
jparduhn at huronconsultinggroup.com
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On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Tim Smith <tim.smith at enject.com.au> wrote:

>  Hey mate,
>
>
>
> I have this very same question outstanding with TAC right now.
>
> I think the documentation is pretty slim in this regard.
>
>
>
> The upgrade info is in the CWMS Admin guide for 2.0 (and 1.5) I believe.
>
> But it is basically just a list of high level steps.
>
> It does say in that section that it will point to the relevant detail in
> the other sections, but it doesn't really do that in my opinion.
>
>
>
> I've spent a bit of time reading through and I've sent my interpretation
> of the process to TAC and asked them to confirm and fill in the blanks.
>
>
>
> My high level plan..  (assuming automatic)
>
> -          Clone the existing VM's for backup
>
> -          Start OVA deployment for new admin machine
>
> -          There should be an auto upgrade machine type in the wizard -
> i.e. 800 users auto upgrade
>
> -          Deploy the relevant machine (with a new temp IP address)
>
> -          Fire up the new machine - and I believe there will be an
> upgrade wizard in here
>
> -          You'll feed in the existing admin machine IP and user /
> password
>
> -          You'll feed in the Vcenter admin credentials
>
> -          It will start deploying new machines for you (they have a new
> suffix with date / time stamp)
>
> -          At some point here, old system goes into maintenance, and new
> one beings upgrade procedure - i.e. powers on machines and copies DB across
>
> -          You should be able to access admin machine on old IP (but it
> should be the upgraded system)
>
> -          You should be able to clean up the old VM's in Vcenter.
>
>
>
> As I say that's just my speculation. It's got to be close to that.
>
> I have an upgrade booked in for next weekend.
>
>
>
> Happy to post back results when I get my answers! (and hopefully BU will
> also update the docs too)
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
>
> *Tim Smith*
>
> Technical Consultant | m: +61 408 801 844 <//+614088018444/> | e:
> tim.smith at enject.com.au
>
>
>
> *From:* cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf
> Of *John Parduhn
> *Sent:* Thursday, 27 February 2014 8:23 AM
> *To:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] WebEx Meetings Server 2.0 OVA
>
>
>
> I have the EN OVA file, but I have not successfully located the most
> current upgrade documentation for CWMS 1.5 to 2.0.  I'm aware of the
> automatic versus manual processes, but I would like something definitive.
> Can anyone on this thread provide a link to this information?  Thanks in
> advance!
>
> John Parduhn
> Huron Consulting Group
> 550 W. Van Buren | Chicago, Illinois 60607
> 312-880-2648 single-number reach
> jparduhn at huronconsultinggroup.com
> www.huronconsultinggroup.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Tim Smith <tim.smith at enject.com.au>
> wrote:
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>  Hi Eric
>
>
>
> It might be worth waiting for media.
>
>
>
> 2.0 upgrade requires you to re deploy all the Ovas completely anyway.
> Either automatic or manual, but either way very similar effort to complete
> fresh install.
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> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Tim
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>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 27 Feb 2014, at 8:07 am, "Eric Pedersen" <PedersenE at bennettjones.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Thanks for the info Adam. I'll go with a 1.5 install and upgrade after.
>
>
>
> *From:* Adam Blomfield [mailto:adman at adman.net <adman at adman.net>]
> *Sent:* 26 February 2014 10:39 AM
> *To:* Eric Pedersen
> *Cc:* Tim Smith; Andy; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] WebEx Meetings Server 2.0 OVA
>
>
>
> I also got the AU image rather than the AE even though I ordered the SKU
> from PUT for encrypted audio. I contacted e-delivery support and they just
> replied back that they are looking into it. I did not receive any license
> PAKs either. I think the user piece is referring migrations from MP to
> CWMS. Before I could hit send I got another email from Cisco e-delivery
> support confirming that the image being included in the PUT orders in
> incorrect and that they will need to modify the BOM. They are putting all
> orders on NPH until this is resolved.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Eric Pedersen <
> PedersenE at bennettjones.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Erik and Tim for the tip on the image file.  I mounted the img file
> in a Linux VM and it turns out to be an NTFS image containing the OVA.
> Strange that eDelivery didn't just give me the OVA... It still doesn't seem
> quite right though because I ordered the standard encryption SKU but got
> the AU OVA.  The OVA file name is
> "cisco-webex-meetings-server-2.0.1.2.B-AU.ova". Is that what you have?
>
>
>
> What about licenses? I didn't get a PAK with eDeliery and one of the PDFs
> from eDelivery said that I need to order WBXMTSVR2-USR-K9= for that but I
> didn't see that SKU in PUT.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> *From:* Tim Smith [mailto:tim.smith at enject.com.au]
> *Sent:* 26 February 2014 4:20 AM
> *To:* Andy; Eric Pedersen; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* RE: [cisco-voip] WebEx Meetings Server 2.0 OVA
>
>
>
> Hey mate,
>
>
>
> It should be an OVA.
>
>
>
> Install and upgrade for that matter are both through deploying OVA via
> VCenter.
>
>
>
> I'm thinking they may have messed up your order.
>
>
>
> I have one download and it is 10 gig single OVA file.
>
> Just downloading another one now, and readme says that's an OVA too.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Tim.
>
>
>
> *From:* cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net<cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net>]
> *On Behalf Of *Andy
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 26 February 2014 9:36 PM
> *To:* Eric Pedersen; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] WebEx Meetings Server 2.0 OVA
>
>
>
> Erik,
>
> Its like a .iso file so you would need to mount it with an application
> such as ImgBurn or just extract it using winrar or 7-zip.
>
> It might be quite big as the 1.5.1.6 was 10Gb in size
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Andy
>
> On 25/02/2014 18:12, Eric Pedersen wrote:
>
> I ordered WebEx Meeting Server 2.0 from PUT and eDelivery provided a
> usb.img file. I want to do a fresh install though so I think I need an
> OVA.  Does anyone know how to get the OVA, or can I do an install with this
> usb.img file?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
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