need a working exmple how to set up a VM/VNF on vmware using ESC

[Zoltan Kinczli]

hey,

  i'm trying to set up a VM/VNF on VMware usign ESC

  i have ESC up on a VM, in sync w/ NSO

  trying to configure vm_group, but getting "operation_failed: undefined"  - not too informative

  a working example would be a lifesaver

thanks, cheers

  --z.

[Zoltan Kinczli · Accepted solution]

finally i have a VNF deployed, so i can answer my own question:

couple of gotha:

  - no tenants on vcenter - everything is under the default (admin) tenant

  - on vcenter datastore a folder called esc-ovas has to be created

  - OVA file may have to be edited

     remove serial console, CD-rom

     align network names in OVF ?manifest?

  - image under deployment/vm_group must have esc-ova specified as path

  - volume under deployent/vm_group must refer to volume defined under admin tenant

     yet, i had to define some size (with sizeunit) unde deployment/vm_group - no clue why

this just got me a VNF deployed and powered on

admin@ncs# show running-config devices device esc-aslab config | display xml

<config xmlns="http://tail-f.com/ns/config/1.0">

  <devices xmlns="http://tail-f.com/ns/ncs">

  <device>

    <name>esc-aslab</name>

      <config>

        <esc_datamodel xmlns="http://www.cisco.com/esc/esc">

          <tenants>

            <tenant>

              <name>admin</name>

              <description>Built-in Admin Tenant</description>

              <managed_resource>false</managed_resource>

              <vim_mapping>true</vim_mapping>

              <volumes>                                                  <==== refer to datastore on vcenter

                <volume>

                  <name>LocalDisk600GB</name>

                  <size>600</size>

                  <sizeunit>GiB</sizeunit>

                  <type>local</type>

                </volume>

                <volume>

                  <name>Netapp_4TB</name>

                  <size>4</size>

                  <sizeunit>TiB</sizeunit>

                  <type>network</type>

                </volume>

              </volumes>

              <deployments>

                <deployment>

                  <name>VPAGENT-VNI3000-ESC-ASLAB</name>

                  <locators>

                    <datacenter>aslab</datacenter>                              <==== VDC name in vcenter

                    <switch_name>dvSwitch-ESC</switch_name>        <==== must create a distributed switch in vcenter

                  </locators>

                  <vm_group>

                    <name>VPAGENT-VNI3000-ESC-ASLAB-VM</name>

                    <image>esc-ovas/vPag1</image>                             <==== esc-ovas folder must exist

                    <bootup_time>300</bootup_time>

                    <recovery_wait_time>120</recovery_wait_time>

                    <volumes>

                      <volume>

                        <name>LocalDisk600GB</name>

                        <volid>1</volid>

                        <size>5</size>

                        <sizeunit>GiB</sizeunit>

                      </volume>

                    </volumes>

                    <interfaces>

                      <interface>

                        <nicid>1</nicid>

                        <type>virtual</type>

                        <network>ESC-MGMT</network>                              <==== portgroup under distributed switch

                        <ip_address>192.168.0.1</ip_address>

                      </interface>

                      <interface>

                        <nicid>2</nicid>

                        <type>virtual</type>

                        <network>ESC-VM</network>                                    <==== portgroup under distributed switch

                        <ip_address>192.168.1.1</ip_address>

                      </interface>

                    </interfaces>

                    <kpi_data>

                      <enabled>true</enabled>

                      <kpi>

                        <event_name>VM_ALIVE</event_name>

                        <metric_value>1</metric_value>

                        <metric_cond>GT</metric_cond>

                        <metric_type>UINT32</metric_type>

                        <metric_collector>

                          <type>ICMPPing</type>

                          <nicid>1</nicid>

                          <poll_frequency>5</poll_frequency>

                          <polling_unit>seconds</polling_unit>

                          <continuous_alarm>false</continuous_alarm>

                        </metric_collector>

                      </kpi>

                    </kpi_data>

                    <rules>

                      <admin_rules>

                        <rule>

                          <event_name>VM_ALIVE</event_name>

                          <action>ALWAYS log</action>

                        </rule>

                      </admin_rules>

                    </rules>

                    <config_data>

                      <configuration>

                        <dst>day0-config</dst>

                        <file>http://host/path/vpagent-VNI3000-day0-confg.txt</file>

                        <variable>

                          <name>HOSTNAME</name>

                          <val>VPAGENT-VNI3000-ESC-ASLAB</val>

                        </variable>

                      </configuration>

                    </config_data>

                    <scaling>

                      <min_active>1</min_active>

                      <max_active>1</max_active>

                      <elastic>true</elastic>

                    </scaling>

                    <placement>

                      <type>zone_host</type>

                      <zone>infra</zone>

                    </placement>

                  </vm_group>

                </deployment>

              </deployments>

            </tenant>

          </tenants>

          <images>

            <image>

              <name>vPag1</name>

              <src>file://tmp/vPag1.ova</src>

              <size>52</size>

              <sizeunit>MiB</sizeunit>

              <disk_format>vmdk</disk_format>

              <container_format>ova</container_format>

              <serial_console>false</serial_console>

              <disk_bus>virtio</disk_bus>

              <visibility>public</visibility>

              <locators>

                <datacenter>aslab</datacenter>

                <switch_name>dvSwitch-ESC</switch_name>

              </locators>

            </image>

          </images>

        </esc_datamodel>

        <esc_system_config xmlns="http://www.cisco.com/esc/esc">

          <vim_connectors>

            <default_vim_connector>default_vmware_vim</default_vim_connector>

            <vim_connector>

              <id>default_vmware_vim</id>

              <type>VMWARE_VSPHERE</type>

              <properties>

                <property>

                  <name>vcenter_ip</name>

                  <value>10.10.10.10</value>

                </property>

                <property>

                  <name>vcenter_port</name>

                  <value>80</value>

                </property>

              </properties>

              <users>

                <user>

                  <id>user-name</id>

                  <credentials>

                    <properties>

                      <property>

                        <name>vcenter_password</name>

                        <value>password</value>

                      </property>

                    </properties>

                  </credentials>

                </user>

              </users>

            </vim_connector>

          </vim_connectors>

        </esc_system_config>

      </config>

  </device>

  </devices>

</config>

admin@ncs#