Deploy the OVA

Note: If your vCenter server release is below 6.5.0b, then Deploy OVF Template will not be available in the HTML5 client. If this is the case, you must use the Flash client for this step.

Note: The instructions are based on a Flash client. Your vSphere client may differ slightly from what is described below.

To deploy the OVA:

  1. Sign in to your VMware environment.

  2. Click Actions, then Deploy OVF Template….

  3. Select Local file, then browse to the OVA you have downloaded from cisco.com.

  4. Continue through the wizard to select name and location, resource, storage, and network details.

    Note:  

    • If you are asked for IP Allocation settings, leave them blank. Meeting Management has its own configuration and does not use this information.
    • When uploading OVA to Vcenter and deploying, the Publisher field should show (Trusted certificate). If you see a warning for an invalid certificate and not-trusted cert when importing the OVA, see this article: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/84240. You may have to add the intermediate and root certificates of your specific signing certificate to VECS store. If you continue to have issues, contact Cisco Technical Support.

  5. Make sure that the VM's memory is reserved:

    1. Go to the Configure tab.
    2. From the Settings drop-down, select VM Hardware.
    3. Click Edit.
    4. On the Memory tab, check Reserve all guest memory (All locked).
  6. If your deployment is large (see the Capacity table), change the VM Hardware settings:
    1. Go to the Configure tab.
    2. From the Settings drop-down, select VM Hardware.
    3. Click Edit.
    4. Change CPU from 4 to 8.
    5. Change Memory from 4 GB to 8 GB.
  7. When your new Meeting Management VM is deployed, power it on.