Compatibility between CUCM 8.6 and VMWare ESXi 5.0

[Andrei Neshkov]

Hello guys.

I'm planning to install CUCM 8.6 on VMWare with hypervisor ESXi 5.0. On cisco's wiki page about virtualization for UC i found only information about compatibility with hypervisor ESXi 4.0 or 4.1.

So my question is:

- Does anybody know about compatibility between CUCM 8.6 and ESXi 5.0?

- If there is any document about installion CUCM 8.6 on ESXi 5.0 can you send me a link?

Thank you/

[Jonathan Schulenberg · Accepted solution]

It hasn't completed testing yet which is why you do not see it on the DocWiki. You should continue using ESXi 4.1.

[lpaquin]

Hi Jonathan, do you have any estimated time for support ESXi 5.x ?

Thanks

Louis

[Chris Deren]

Louis,

Most applications are now supported with ESXi 5.0, here is a reference link:

http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_VMware_Requirements

HTH,

Chris

[lpaquin]

Thanks!

[Michael Owuor · Accepted solution]

ESXi 5.0 is not yet supported. The plan is to have support for 5.0 by the end of the year.

[Sylvain Stucker]

Any updates on certifying ESXi 5.0?  How fast does DocWiki get updated once a feature gets tested?

Thanks

[Rob Huffman]

Hi Sylvain,

The Wiki has been updated to include support for 5.0

http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_VMware_Requirements#VMware_vSphere_ESXi_Version_Support_for_Call_Processing_and_System_Management_Applications

Cheers!

Rob

"Clocks go slow in a place of work
Minutes drag and the hours jerk" 

-The Clash

[Sylvain Stucker]

Thanks Rob,  I did see that but under the list of features for CUCM and CER  it has no entry for "Same EXSi 4.1 features supported in ESXi 5.0" and it states "No" on line "All vSphere ESXi 5.0 Features".  Under Unity Connection there is no line to reference ESXi 5.0 feature support.

So I'm a little confused. 

Thanks

[Rob Huffman]

Hi Sylvain,

Here is the Unity Connection part of the doc;

VMware vSphere ESXi Version Support for Messaging and Presence Applications

Application	VMware vSphere ESXi 4.0	VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1	VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
Cisco Unity Connection	8.0(2)+, 8.5(x), 8.6(x), 9.0(x)	8.0(2)+, 8.5(x), 8.6(x), 9.0(x)	8.0(2)+, 8.5(x), 8.6(x), 9.0(x)
Cisco Unity	7.x and later	7.x and later	7.x and later
Cisco Unified Presence	8.0(2)+	8.0(2)+	8.6(1)+

I'm sorry, I'm not sure about the other reference....

Cheers!

Rob

"Clocks go slow in a place of work
Minutes drag and the hours jerk" 

-The Clash

[Sylvain Stucker]

Feature list further down the page:

VMware Feature Support for Call Processing and System Management 8.0(2) through 9.0(1)

Feature	Unified CM	CER	SME	Unified Attendant Consoles	UPM	UOM, USM, USSM	CIME
vSphere ESXi 4.0 Features
VM Templates (OVAs)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y	Y	Y(C)
Copy Virtual Machine	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	No	Y(C)	No	Y(C)
Restart Virtual Machine on Different ESXi Host	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)
Resize Virtual Machine	Y(P)	Y(P)	Y(P)	Y(P)	No	No	Y(P)
VMware Hot Add	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Multiple Physical NICs and vNICs	Y(P)	Y(P)	Y(P)	Y(P)	Yes	Y(P)	Y(P)
VMware High Availability (HA)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	No	Y(C)	No	Y(C)
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	No	Y(C)	No	Y(C)
VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	No	Y(C)	No	Y(C)
VMware vMotion	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	No	Yes	No	No
VMware Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
VMware Dynamic Power Management	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Long Distance vMotion	No	No	No	No	Y(C)	No	No
VMware Storage vMotion	Y(C)	Y(C)	No	No	Yes	No	No
VMware Update Manager (VUM)	Y(P)	Y(P)	Y(P)	Y(P)	Y(P)	Y(P)	Y(P)
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VMware Data Recovery (DR, VDR)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
VMware Snapshots	No	No	No	No	Y(C)	No	No
VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)	No	No	No	No	Y(C)	No	No
VMware vCenter Converter	No	No	No	No	Y(C)	No	No
VMsafe	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VMware vShield	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Virtual Appliance Packaging of UC apps	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
3rd-Party VM-based Backup Tools (e.g. Veeam, Viziocore, esXpress)	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
3rd-Party VM-based Deployment Tools (e.g. rPath, Platespin)	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
3rd-Party Physical To Virtual (P2V) Migration Tools	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
All others not listed	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
vSphere ESXi 4.1 Features
VMware Boot from SAN	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	Y(C)	No	Y(C)
All other vSphere ESXi 4.1 Features	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
vSphere ESXi 5.0 Features
Same EXSi 4.1 features supported in ESXi 5.0					Y	Y
All vSphere ESXi 5.0 Features	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

[kevinmpotts]

Yes ESXI 5.0 is used and be sure to download the correct OVA to setup your VM. Do not load up 5.1 as its not supported yet.

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