Deploying the OVA on an Avaya Solutions Platform server

Last Updated : Mar 19, 2021 |

About this task

Interfaces on different VMware ESXi versions might differ.

Before you begin

Download the file to the computer where you execute the vSphere client. Note down the folder and the file name for the download.

Decide on the browser to use for gaining access to the vSphere client. VMware recommends using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

Note:

For an Avaya Solutions Platform server, Avaya or Business Partner personnel downloads the OVA from PLDS and deploy the OVA on the Avaya Solutions Platform server.

Procedure

  1. On your web browser, type the VMware ESXi URL.
  2. In the User name field, type your user name.
  3. In the Password field, type your password.
  4. Click Login.
  5. (Optional) If the VMware ESXi client browser displays a warning message about an untrusted SSL certificate, select the appropriate action based on your security policy below:

    • To ignore the security for this login session only, click Ignore.

    • To ignore the security warning for this login session, and install the default certificate so that the warning does not appear again, select Install this certificate and do not display any security warnings for this server and click Ignore.

      Select this option only if the default certificate does not present a security problem in your environment.

    • To install a signed certificate before proceeding, click Cancel and ensure that a signed certificate is installed on the vCenter Server system before you attempt to connect again.

  6. In the Home navigation pane, click Host.
  7. In the Host window, select Create/Register VM.
  8. In the Select creation type window, select Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file and then click Next.
  9. In the Select OVF and VMDK files window, do the following:
    1. Enter the name of the virtual machine.
    2. Select the Click to select files or drag/drop check box.
    3. Browse to the location of the CMS OVA file, select the OVA file, click Open.
    4. Click Next.
  10. In the Select storage window, click the storage resource and then click Next.
  11. In the End User License Agreement window, review the license agreement. If you agree to the terms, click I agree and then click Next.
  12. In the Deployment options window, implement the following settings.
    1. From the Network Mapping drop-down list,  select a subnetwork.
    2. From the Disk Provisioning drop-down list,  select Thick.
    3. Select the Power on automatically check box.
    4. Click Next.
  13. In the Additional settings window, click Next.
  14. In the Ready to Complete window, verify the deployment settings and then click Finish.

    The Deploy OVF window closes and installation begins, the Recent Tasks pane displays information for tasks Upload disk (Target VM name) and Import VApp package, the Completed column shows the percentage complete, and the installation should last 10-15 minutes depending on the processing power of the server.