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<div>I thought it was the no license installed mode for the first 60 days that could be used unrestricted<br>
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On 12 Nov 2014, at 23:16, Anthony Holloway <<a href="mailto:avholloway+cisco-voip@gmail.com">avholloway+cisco-voip@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.<br>
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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.
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To get an eval license of the non free product, I would think I start here:
<div><a href="http://VMWare.com">VMWare.com</a> > My Evaluations > Start a New Evaluation</div>
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<div>From there, I select VMware vSphere, which takes me to this URL (similar to the one you sent):</div>
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<div>I am then met with the following:</div>
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<div><span style="line-height:1.5">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.</span></div>
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<div>What am I missing here? Surely, I cannot be the only person struggling with this...or am I?</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">You can grab the trial license by creating an account on
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Login with your account, go to the below link, request a key.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Anthony Holloway<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 12, 2014 5:15 PM<br>
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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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed Nov 12 2014 at 3:57:42 PM Ryan Ratliff (rratliff) <<a href="mailto:rratliff@cisco.com" target="_blank">rratliff@cisco.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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trial. It's very easy to switch between the hypervisor and trial license. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] Prime Collaboration Deployment Tool<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hope this helps,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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