While I'm preparing to schedule my test for CVoice and hoping for a first time pass; I'm also getting my ESXi server ready for CIPT1. I already have the domain controller installed along with the CUCM 8.5 Publisher server. I'm hoping that I have enough time today to get the CUCM Subscriber started. I will say that it's very tricky getting CUCM install up and going and it's quick to error out if your system doesn't meet it's "hardware requirements"; at least in VMware.
I used the following template settings to get this to work:
Linux Red Hat (32-bit)
1 Virtual Processor
2 GB RAM
80 GB Hard drive (SAS 0:0)
I believe it's picky about both the OS settings and the hard drive settings the most. Once the Publisher was up and running I took a snapshot, shut her down, decreased the memory to 1 GB and booted her back up. Cisco gave an error message about them not being responsible for me not using the recommended equipment but it booted right up!
hey Sean - what server hardware are you using? I'm taking my CCNA Voice soon, I have hardawre but I'm not spinning up a CUCM cluster for it as I work with it everyday. I'm already planning for my NP Voice which is why I'm wondering about hardware. thanks!
ReplyDeleteI was lucky and we had some left over Cisco 7800 Series MCS servers from last year since we moved everything to the Cisco UCS. I just loaded up some extra hard drive space on the secondary Unity server we had and a way I went. If I wasn't able to get that server I was just gonna build a $500 PC and call it a day. Really the $500 PC would be a lot faster than the MCS but you can't beat a free server lol. Best of luck on your studies
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'll probably just build a fast PC and go that route. How was the UCS conversion? We have a 7.x cluster and have an upgrade to 8.X on UCS on our roadmap for later this year.
ReplyDeleteNot too bad but we had a Cisco Vendor come in to assist with the cut over. I will say that we worked a 20 hour day, went home for a few hours and came back to knock out any remaining issues so that was rough.
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