[cisco-voip] Prime Collaboration Deployment Tool

Wed Nov 12 18:11:53 EST 2014

I must be a moron when it comes to navigating vmware's website, because I
cannot see where I grab an eval license that will work for PCD.

If I click on the link you provided, I am presented with a license, but
it's not eval.  Rather, it's a license for the free hypervisor, and it
doesn't list the API's as a feature.  I'm thinking PCD wouldn't work with
that license, but I haven't tried it.

Screenshot of the license installed from the link you sent, license masked:

[image: Inline image 1]

To get an eval license of the non free product, I would think I start here:
VMWare.com > My Evaluations > Start a New Evaluation

Which takes me to this URL
https://www.vmware.com/try-vmware

>From there, I select VMware vSphere, which takes me to this URL (similar to
the one you sent):
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=vsphere-55

I am then met with the following:
Your evaluation has expired.
0 days remaining on your evaluation.

And from there it looks like they are only providing me with the option to
purchase vSphere.  This is where in the past I have called VMWare and they
said to go to Cisco.

What am I missing here?  Surely, I cannot be the only person struggling
with this...or am I?

On Wed Nov 12 2014 at 4:32:03 PM Chris Ward (chrward) <chrward at cisco.com>
wrote:

>  Anthony,
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> You can grab the trial license by creating an account on vmware.com and
> requesting the ESXi license.  This is still how I get standalone ESXi
> instances running here at Cisco in my lab.
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> Login with your account, go to the below link, request a key.
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> https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi5&lp=default
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> +Chris
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> TME - MediaSense and Unity Connection
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> *From:* cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf
> Of *Anthony Holloway
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2014 5:15 PM
> *To:* Ryan Ratliff (rratliff); Boon
> *Cc:* cisco-voip voyp list
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> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Prime Collaboration Deployment Tool
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> Ryan,
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> Can you be more specific on where you get the trial license?  I heard this
> same thing mentioned at Cisco Live, and when I approached VMWare about it,
> they pushed me to Cisco, and Cisco pushed me to VMWare.
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> An alternative option, which I'm not endorsing, is to apply the key seen
> here in this Cisco Field Trainers video, temporarily of course, and then
> revert the key once done with PCD.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWsgXrlD4Ew#t=570
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> On Wed Nov 12 2014 at 3:57:42 PM Ryan Ratliff (rratliff) <
> rratliff at cisco.com> wrote:
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>  One small thing to add to Dennis' great post.  The trial ESXi license
> will work for a PCD migration if you are moving to a BE with the hypervisor
> license.  This will probably only work for new installs where you are still
> in the 60 day trial.  It's very easy to switch between the hypervisor and
> trial license.
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> -Ryan
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> On Nov 11, 2014, at 5:43 PM, Boon <ciscovoipuser at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Some great advice there thanks all
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> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Jason Aarons (AM) <
> jason.aarons at dimensiondata.com> wrote:
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>  I agree, device loads should be hard coded on devices and upgraded
> outside of CallManager upgrades.
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> *From:* cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf
> Of *Josh Warcop
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 11, 2014 9:13 AM
> *To:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
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> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Prime Collaboration Deployment Tool
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> Side note - I've started advocating assigning firmware loads to devices
> via BAT. I no longer want all phones to upgrade or downgrade immediately
> following a CUCM version switch.
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> Sent from my Windows Phone
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> *From: *Heim, Dennis <Dennis.Heim at wwt.com>
> *Sent: *‎11/‎11/‎2014 8:46 AM
> *To: *Boon <ciscovoipuser at gmail.com>; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject: *Re: [cisco-voip] Prime Collaboration Deployment Tool
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>           PCD is a tool, it is not a complete upgrade and patching
> solution (sales/marketing). It has specific versions and specific tasks
> that it can do. Many things it cannot (verify with cco).  It does work with
> all the caveats. You will need to upload all cop files and iso files to the
> PCD server. All files will be pushed from the PCD server as part of the
> upgrade task. If you have nodes at remote locations, this will be 4-5gb
> across your network (allocate necessary time). It will upgrade one node at
> a time, streamlining and parallel ops is not really in PCD’s deck of cards
> at this time. For example, it will do each cucm subscriber in serial,
> instead of all at the same time, or upgrading IM&P while it doing cucm.
> With proper time, it will complete.
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> Normally in a significant upgrade as 6.x to 10.x is, you are obviously
> getting new hardware. Without PCD, this would all be staged in an offline
> environment, so cut night is turning off the existing servers and turning
> on the new ones. VM migration and all that has to be planned for, etc.
> However, with PCD, everything happens the night of cut. PCD migrates the
> data out of the existing cluster, then it shuts those down and bring up the
> new VM’s.
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> Please also note that you need appropriate VMWare licensing to support the
> storage API’s .. you need foundation or standard the default that is
> offered as part of BE7K will not permit the use of PCD.
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> In your migration you will also  need to plan for endpoint firmware
> upgrades, depending on what you are running for some endpoints this may be
> a multi-step upgrade. Some have also noted there is a bug with the default
> 10.5 firmware as it relates to headset and transfer functionality, so
> following your upgrading to 10.X you will want to upgrade past the default
> firmware.
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> The trick with PCD is to figure out what you want your upgrade process to
> look like then determine where PCD can help. PCD is great for pushing cop
> files and firmware upgrades across medium to large size clusters (big time
> savings). When it comes to full upgrades, it does get the job done, but it
> does take longer.
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> Hope this helps,
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> *Dennis Heim | Collaboration Solutions Architect*
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> World Wide Technology, Inc. | +1 314-212-1814
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> *From:* cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> <cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net>] *On Behalf Of *Boon
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 11, 2014 3:49 AM
> *To:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] Prime Collaboration Deployment Tool
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> I'm planning on upgrading a customer's CUCM 6.1(5) to 10.5 in the next few
> weeks by using the new PCD tool. I've tried it out in the lab and it seems
> ok.
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> Has anyone used this tool to perform upgrades on production systems? If so
> what was your experience please, good or bad? Are there any gotchas that I
> need to be aware of?
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> Thanks
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> itevomcid
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