08-01-2012 05:07 AM
Hi all,
I'm currently trying to install the Cisco LMS 4.2 Appliance on a VMware vSphere 4.0 environment.
I'm following the http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.2/install/guide/instl.html#wp1689675
guide.
I downloaded the Cisco_Prime_LAN_Management_Solution_4_2.iso and I started the server.
I get this screen and I choose option 1:
A Welcome message appears:
Welcome to Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.2
To boot from hard disk, press <Enter>
The following options appears:
•[1] Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.2 Installation
This option allows you to perform installation of LMS 4.2.
•[2] Recover administrator password
This option allows you to recover the administration password. Follow Step 3 to Step 17 of Recovering Admin Password on Soft Appliance Installed on VMware, to recover the administration password.
•<Enter> Boot existing OS from Hard Disk
This allows you to boot up the existing OS available in the hard disk.
However, unlike the installation on my laptop (using VMware Workstation) I cannot get to this part:
Enter the following configuration details of the server:
•Hostname
•IP Address
•Subnetmask
•Gateway
•DNS Domain
et cetera
What follows looks like an installation to me.
When this stops I get a
localhost login:
I cannot enter Setup as I get a password statement afterwards.
Can somebody please help me as I'm having no idea what went wrong..
Many thanks in advance.
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08-01-2012 06:41 AM
If you're getting "localhost login:", the initial installation has not completed properly. You may have downloaded the wrong file. It should generally be the .ova file - not the .iso - for a VMWare installation unless you are insallaing onto an NCS or UCS server.
I'd blow away that VM and start over with a fresh download.
08-01-2012 06:41 AM
If you're getting "localhost login:", the initial installation has not completed properly. You may have downloaded the wrong file. It should generally be the .ova file - not the .iso - for a VMWare installation unless you are insallaing onto an NCS or UCS server.
I'd blow away that VM and start over with a fresh download.
08-09-2012 11:36 PM
Thanks for your help, Marvin.
We went ahead with the .ova file and it worked alright.
We also did a little test and it seems that the .iso file does work on some VMware platforms. Our test environment had a VMware vSphere 4.1. When we started a VM with the same specs and the ISO file mounted, the installation did succeed.
08-10-2012 12:00 AM
You're welcome. I'm glad my suggestion worked.
Thanks for the rating.
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