How to extract Prime Collaboration Deployment OVA from ISO file

[Iyad Musleh]

I've been trying to extract the necessary OVA file to install Prime Collaboration Deployment 12.5.   I ordered and downloaded the CUCM 12.5 software via PUT.  The ISO file from eDelivery is Bootable_PCD_UCOS_12.6.1.10000-21.sgn.iso.   The Admin Guide says to extract the PCD_VAPP.OVA from it.  However, I can find no such file or any .OVA file in this ISO.   Anyone know where to find this OVA file that the Admin Guide refers to?

[Jaime Valencia]

That's a different delivery method, you got a regular ISO, just as CUCM/CUC/IM&P/etc., deploy a blank VM for PCD and then load the ISO you have to install it.

[tarkington]

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@Jaime Valencia wrote:

That's a different delivery method, you got a regular ISO, just as CUCM/CUC/IM&P/etc., deploy a blank VM for PCD and then load the ISO you have to install it.

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Jaime can you clarify?  Are you advising using one of the ova templates from cucm, etc or creating a vm "from scratch" in esxi?

I noticed the virtualization wiki specifies 2 vCPU, 4GB vRAM, 80GB Disk per https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/uc_system/virtualization/virtualization-cisco-prime-collaboration-deployment.html#pcd

If we create the vm "from scratch"... will PCD work correctly?  I would think if it has pre-deployed partition alignment like the other applications, this won't be so simple.

Your response is appreciated.

[Jaime Valencia]

Deploy the CUCM OVA that matches the specs and that's all you need.

[tarkington]

Thanks Jaime!