Avaya SDM Client

Avaya SDM Client - ESXI integration
  

 Prerequisites 

 

 Server with vSphere ESXi installed 

 ESXi License with  vSphere API  enabled (the free one doesn’t work) 

 Avaya SDM client on Windows 

 Local DNS Services 

 

   

 Afer SDM installation go to Applications 

 

 

 

 Go to applications and add new location, choose a name and save 

 

 

 go to platforms and add a new platform 

 

 

 

 You need to specify a FQDN if you choose IP the certs will fail, make sure the hostname match your esxi server and your fqdn responds then save. 

 

 

 

 if you need to rehost your ESXI server or reegenerate your  

 [root@esxi:~] esxcli system hostname set --host=esxi

[root@esxi:~] esxcli system hostname set --fqdn=esxi.htf.com.mx

[root@esxi:~] /sbin/generate-certificates 

[root@esxi:~] /etc/init.d/hostd restart && /etc/init.d/vpxa restart

watchdog-hostd[528910]: Terminating watchdog process with PID 528633

hostd stopped.

hostd started.

watchdog-vpxa[528967]: Terminating watchdog process with PID 528666

vpxa stopped.

vpxa started.

 

 

 after you sync SDM client with esxi you can go to applications to deploy system manager

Avaya SDM Client - System Manager ova deployment
Go to home/esxi/applications 

 add new application 

 

 

 Select your platform (esxi on our case) and your data store 

 

 

 Select browse, search your local PC for the system manager ova and click ok, wait until it reach 100% then click submit file 

 

 

 Fill out details for System manager, remember to setup root password, scroll down and last option is where you enable root. 

 

 Setup network parameters and click deploy