Solution Deployment Manager client capabilities

Last Updated : Aug 11, 2023 |

The Solution Deployment Manager client provides the following capabilities and functionality:

  • Runs on the following operating systems:

    • Windows 8.1, 64-bit Professional or Enterprise

    • Windows 10, 64-bit Professional or Enterprise

    • Windows 11, 64-bit Professional or Enterprise

    • Windows Server 2016, 64-bit Professional or Enterprise

    • Windows Server 2019, 64-bit Professional or Enterprise

    • Windows Server 2022, 64-bit Professional or Enterprise

  • Supports the same web browsers as System Manager.

  • Provides the user interface with similar look and feel as the central Solution Deployment Manager in System Manager.

  • Supports deployment of System Manager. The Solution Deployment Manager client is the only option to deploy System Manager.

  • Supports the Flexible footprint feature. The size of the virtual resources depends on the capacity requirements of Avaya Aura® applications.

  • Defines the physical location for Avaya Aura® Appliance Virtualization Platform Release 8.x or earlier, ESXi host, or Avaya Solutions Platform 130 (Avaya-Supplied ESXi 7.0), and discovers virtual machines that are required for application deployments and virtual machine life cycle management.

  • Manages lifecycle of the OVA applications that are deployed on the Avaya Aura® Appliance Virtualization Platform Release 8.x or earlier or ESXi host. The lifecycle includes start, stop, reset virtual machines, and establishing trust for virtual machines.

    Note:

    For the Avaya Aura® Messaging element, trust re-establishment is not required.

  • Deploys the Avaya Aura® applications that can be deployed from the central Solution Deployment Manager for Avaya Aura® Virtualized Appliance and customer Virtualized Environment. You can deploy one application at a time.

    Note:

    • System Manager must be on the same or higher release than the application you are upgrading to. For example, you must upgrade System Manager to 10.2 before you upgrade Communication Manager to 10.2.

      All the applications that are supported by System Manager do not follow the general Avaya Aura® Release numbering schema. Therefore, for the version of applications that are supported by System Manager, see Avaya Aura® Release Notes on the Avaya Support website.

    • Solution Deployment Manager Client must be on the same or higher release than the OVA you are deploying. For example, if you are deploying Communication Manager 10.2 OVA, Solution Deployment Manager Client version must be on Release 10.2 or higher. Solution Deployment Manager Client cannot be on Release 10.1.

  • Configures application and networking parameters required for application deployments.

  • Supports selecting the application OVA file from a local path or an HTTPS URL. You do not need access to PLDS.

  • Supports changing the hypervisor network parameters, such as IP Address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS, and NTP on Appliance Virtualization Platform.

  • Supports installing patches for the hypervisor on Appliance Virtualization Platform.

  • Supports installing software patches, service packs, and feature packs only for System Manager.

    Note:

    To install the patch on System Manager, Solution Deployment Manager Client must be on the same or higher release as the patch. For example, if you are deploying the patch for System Manager Release 10.2, you must use Solution Deployment Manager Client Release 10.2 or higher.

    However, to install the patch on System Manager Release 10.2, Solution Deployment Manager Client must be on Release 10.2.

    Avaya Aura® applications use centralized Solution Deployment Manager from System Manager to install software patches, service packs, and feature packs. For the applications that cannot be patched from centralized Solution Deployment Manager, use the application Command Line Interface or web console.

    For more information about supported releases and patching information, see Avaya Aura® Release Notes on the Avaya Support website.

  • Configures Remote Syslog Profile.

  • Creates the Appliance Virtualization Platform Kickstart file.

  • Creates the Avaya Solutions Platform S8300 (Avaya-Supplied ESXi 7.0) Release 5.1 Kickstart file.

  • Supports the Pre-staging feature to prestage the System Manager OVA, service pack or feature pack, or data migration utility files to deploy, upgrade, or update the System Manager application.