Expressway OVA deployment ont ESXi 6.5 fails

[Matthias Brauchle]

Hi All,

I have a problem to provide the Expressway ova to ESXi 6.5.

When I want to create a new VM with the ova from the Cisco Homepage, I get an error message in the Browser and the Session to the ESXi is killed.

Sourcefile: s42700x8_10_0.ova

Used Browser: Chrome (it does not matter, with other Browser it is also not working).

Error Message:

Ursache: TypeError: Cannot read property 'replace' of null
Version: 1.21.0
Build: 5744014
ESXi: 6.5.0
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/60.0.3112.90 Safari/537.36

Ausnahmestapel:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'replace' of null
    at https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:368:13459
    at Object.r [as forEach] (https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:318:21020)
    at https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:368:13149
    at Object.r [as forEach] (https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:318:21126)
    at getPropertyFields (https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:368:12906)
    at new <anonymous> (https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:368:15748)
    at Object.e [as invoke] (https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:319:3874)
    at w.instance (https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:319:23885)
    at https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:319:15273
    at r (https://192.168.0.10/ui/scripts/main.js:318:21126)

I think it is not yet supported on ESXi 6.5, isn't it?

Kind regards, M

[Jitender Bhandari · Accepted solution]

Hi

ESXi 6.5 is only supported starting expressway Version X8.10

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/uc_system/virtualization/virtualization-cisco-expressway.html

(Rate if it helps)

JB

[Matthias Brauchle]

Hi All,

thanks for the answers. I tried it with the X8.10 Version, but I get the error I copied in my first post.

Of course this could be an error of the ESXi, but I just wanted to know, if someone has successful provided this OVA file. If so, what has he /she done. :)

Thanks!

Kind regards,

M

[Jaime Valencia]

The main virtualization wiki page shows 6.0 as the latest supported, but the VCS page does say 6.5

The same in the docs, one says 6.0, other says 6.5

Cisco VCS no longer supports ESXi 5.0 or ESXi 5.1 for virtual deployments. You must use ESXi 5.5 or ESXi 6.0.

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/telepresence/infrastructure/vcs/release_note/Cisco-VCS-Release-Note-X8-10.pdf

Added ESXi 6.5 support.
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/telepresence/infrastructure/vcs/install_guide/Cisco-VCS-Virtual-Machine-Install-Guide-X8-10.pdf

[Matthias Brauchle]

Hi All,

today I received a ESXi Web-Client Update to Version 1.23.0. Now the deployment of the OVA worked like charme.

Version Infos, with which it is working (on my system):

Clientversion:
1.23.0
Client-Build-Nummer:
6360286
ESXi-Version:
6.5.0
ESXi-Build-Nummer:
5310538

Kind regards,

M

[Jitender Bhandari]

Hi Matthias,

Sounds good, it's good you updated the post with this info.

JB

[uddinabu1]

Hi,

I am getting error:

Unfortunately, we hit an error that we weren't expecting.

The client may continue working, but at this point, we recommend refreshing your browser and submitting a bug report.

Press the Esc key to hide this dialog and continue without refreshing.

Existing ESXi 6.5 info:
Client version:1.21.0

Client build number:5724747

ESXi version:6.5.0

ESXi build number:5969303

Please let me know how and from where to download client version:1.23

[dbooth]

Have also come across this error and would like to know how to upgrade the web client to 1.23.0 ?

[JFerello]

Did you ever figure out how to update the client?

[davidpatton]

I believe the only way is to upgrade the ESXi software as the Client integration plugin (CIP) is no longer used. I had the same problem with ESXi 6.5SU1 and upgraded to SU2c using the Cisco ESXi 5.5 to 6.x upgrade instructions. I would always caution that if these server are under management of a datacenter practice / group / organization, you should contact them first. Also, consider the ramifications of upgrade with regard to vCenter, if used. Remember, if you are using 3rd party virtualization for UC on UCS (Expressway falls under this support model) you must use vCenter.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/vmware-esxi-cisco-ucs/211521-How-to-Upgrade-VMware-ESXi-from-version.html

In 6.0 you will need to enable SSH on the host and possibly http.

In 6.5 it's all http (html5) based so it's already enabled, just enable SSH.

In step 4 and 5, when you copy and paste the data, it will put it as 2 lines so use Notepad to help bring the lines together. My query for #4 (to obtain the latest 6.5 SU2c) is below.

esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml | grep ESXi-6.5.0-201808001-standard

Step 5:

esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p ESXi-6.5.0-201808001-standard

You'll need to follow the remaining steps to complete the upgrade.

[Wayne DeNardi]

The vSphere Web Client is packaged with the vCenter Server. You can install the vSphere Client from the VMware vCenter autorun menu that is part of the modules ISO file.

[varungulati]

Thanks Matthias .. Can someone mark this as Correct Answer?

[ANACLETOJHUNDELEON6726]

Mathias, where and how did you received the version 1.23?  Can you pls share or post the link?  thanks