Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance and Analytics Install and
Upgrade Guide - 11.0
First Published: September 14, 2015
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Overview 1
About Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 1
Cisco Prime Collaboration High Availability 2
Cisco Prime Collaboration Geo-Redundancy 2
CHAPTER 2
Cisco Prime Collaboration Licensing 3
Access to the Software Image, PAK, and License File 3
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Standard 4
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced Licensing 4
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance Licensing 4
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics Licensing 5
Endpoints and Contact Center Agents Count 5
PART I
CHAPTER 3
New Installation 7
Installation Requirements 9
Installation Requirements 9
Number of Servers 10
VMware Requirements 11
System Requirements—Server and Client Machine Requirements 11
Virtual Machine Requirements for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 12
Client Machine Requirements for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 13
Deployment Models—Assurance Standard and Advanced 15
CHAPTER 4
Install Cisco Prime Collaboration 17
Download Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 17
User Accounts 18
Installation Prompts 19
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Deploy and Configure Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 20
Deploy Small, Medium, and Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA 20
Configure Small, Medium, and Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA 21
Deploy Very Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA 22
Configure Very Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA File 23
Manage 15 or More Unified CM Nodes 24
CHAPTER 5
Get Started after New Installation 25
Log in to Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 25
Get Started with Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 26
Access the System Setup, Manage Network, and License 32
PART II
Upgrade to Cisco Prime Collaboration 35
CHAPTER 6
Plan for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Upgrade 37
Supported Upgrade Versions—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance (Includes
Analytics) 37
Feature Support After Upgrade—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 41
Migration from Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite 42
CHAPTER 7
Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 43
Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 43
Perform a Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Upgrade (Includes Analytics) 44
Upgrade Database Server for Very Large Deployment 46
Post Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics Upgrade 47
CHAPTER 8
Changes After Upgrade 49
Changes and Limitations After Upgrade 49
Navigation Changes in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Standard User Interface 50
Navigation Changes in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced User
Interface 52
PART III
Uninstall Cisco Prime Collaboration 57
CHAPTER 9
Uninstall Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 59
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Uninstall Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 59
APPENDIX A
Troubleshooting 61
Verify the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Installation (for Advanced and Standard
Modes) 61
Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Deployment Model 63
Downgrade the Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment Model 64
Configure a Second NIC for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 64
Change the IP Address on the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Server 64
Find the MAC Address of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Servers 65
Remove the SSL Certificate Warning 65
Remove the SSL Certificate Warning in Internet Explorer 66
If You Have a Safe URL Implemented 66
Remove the SSL Certificate Warning in Mozilla Firefox 67
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Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Overview
• About Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 1
• Cisco Prime Collaboration High Availability, page 2
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Geo-Redundancy, page 2
About Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Cisco Prime Collaboration provides real-time monitoring, proactive troubleshooting, and long term trending
and analytics in one integrated product.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance provides integrated service assurance management through a single,
consolidated view of the Cisco voice, and video collaboration environment. It includes continuous, real-time
monitoring and advanced troubleshooting tools for Cisco Unified Communications and Cisco TelePresence
systems including the underlying transport infrastructures. It proactively notifies operators of issues and
facilitates resolution through proactive fault detection and isolation using diagnostic tools. For video, the
solution allows operators to view end-to-end session paths and identify jitter and packet loss, which impacts
the session quality.
Cisco Prime Collaboration is available in two modes - Standard and Advanced.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Standard is included in Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing and Cisco User Connect
Licensing for Cisco Unified Communications 10.0 onwards. Cisco Prime Collaboration - Advanced, is a
purchased and licensed software product that is secured to the MAC address of the host server. Licensing is
ordered based on the collaboration management options required (Assurance, Analytics, or Contact Center),
and the quantity of the endpoints.
For details on differences between the Standard and Advanced versions of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance,
see the Cisco Prime Collaboration- Standard and Advanced Offerings.
Note
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced. OVA includes Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics
software. If you have purchased a Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics license, you can access the Cisco
Prime Collaboration Analytics dashboards. Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics helps you identify traffic
trends, technology adoption trends, and over- and underutilized resources in your network. You can also
track intermittent and recurring network issues and address service quality issues.
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Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Overview
Cisco Prime Collaboration High Availability
In the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced mode, you can select either the Enterprise mode
deployment or Managed Service Provider (MSP) deployment. In the enterprise mode, Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Advanced includes Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact
Center Assurance. If you have purchased the license for Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and Cisco Prime
Collaboration Contact Center Assurance, you can access the Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and Cisco
Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance dashboards. However, if you select the MSP deployment,
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics is not installed as part of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics helps you identify traffic trends, technology adoption trends, and overand underutilized resources in your network. You can also track intermittent and recurring network issues
and address service quality issues. For more details on the features available in Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics, see the "Prime Collaboration Analytics Dashboards and Reports" chapter in Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics Guide.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance is a monitoring and diagnostics tool that helps you
maximize the Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise uptime. For more details on the features available in
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance, see the "Overview of Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact
Center Assurance" chapter in Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance Guide.
Cisco Prime Collaboration High Availability
Cisco Prime Collaboration supports High Availability (HA) through the VMware vSphere HA feature. You
do not need an extra Cisco Prime Collaboration license to configure HA. For details on how to configure the
virtualization layer HA for Prime Collaboration, see the VMware vSphere HA for Cisco Prime Collaboration
white paper.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Geo-Redundancy
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance and Analytics support Geo-Redundancy through the VMware vSphere
replication. You do not need an extra Cisco Prime Collaboration license to configure Geo-Redundancy. For
more information on Geo-Redundancy, see Geo-Redundancy for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance and
Analytics.
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2
Cisco Prime Collaboration Licensing
Cisco Prime Collaboration is a licensed software product that is secured to the MAC of the virtual machine.
The Cisco Prime Collaboration license enables the features and endpoint quantities for the Cisco Prime
Collaboration application that you choose to install. You can order license based on the collaboration
management options required, and the quantity of the endpoints.
• Access to the Software Image, PAK, and License File, page 3
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Standard, page 4
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced Licensing, page 4
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance Licensing, page 4
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics Licensing, page 5
• Endpoints and Contact Center Agents Count, page 5
Access to the Software Image, PAK, and License File
The product numbers ordered for Cisco Prime Collaboration are: R-xxx and L-xxx. When you order the
product numbers for Cisco Prime Collaboration, an email is sent to your ship-to email address. This email
contains the instructions on how you can access the Cisco eDelivery site so that you can download the software
images and license Product Authorization Keys (PAKs). The software image is downloaded and installed on
the virtual machine. The license PAK ID from the ESD site allows you to access the Cisco Licensing Site to
associate the virtual machine MAC address to a license key or keys that are then installed on the virtual
machine(s). These license keys activate the Cisco Prime Collaboration software to be used in a production
environment. These license keys together also convert a trial installation into a production environment. Only
(1) R-xxx type license is required for each Cisco Prime Collaboration installation.
Note
The PAK is used to log in to the Cisco software site and has a virtual machine MAC address associated
to it. The PAK is emailed to you, and a license file is created for you to download. Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance requires individual license files. After you download the license files, register
them with the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance servers.
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Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Standard
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Standard
Cisco Prime Collaboration Standard does not require a license.
If you choose to install Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance in the Standard mode, it is directly deployed in
the Enterprise mode. The MSP mode or Enterprise mode deployment selection is available only when you
choose to install Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance in the Advanced mode. Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics and Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance are not supported in the Standard mode.
For details on the differences between the Standard and Advanced versions of Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance, see the Cisco Prime Collaboration - Standard and Advanced Offerings.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced Licensing
With Assurance, you can manage Cisco voice and video Collaboration Systems through a single, consolidated
view. It includes continuous, real-time monitoring and advanced troubleshooting tools for Cisco Collaboration
applications and endpoints, such as Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco TelePresence Video
Communication Server(Cisco VCS), Cisco TelePresence, and so on.
The two modes of installations are—Standard and Evaluation or Advanced. To learn more about Standard
and Advanced install modes, see Deployment Models—Assurance Standard and Advanced, on page 15.
The quantity of the endpoints determines the number of licenses that you need to purchase to manage your
network.
Along with the total number of endpoints, you must also consider the system capacity parameters, such as
the number of each supported endpoint types, and CDR limits, to choose the most suitable OVA for your
deployment. For more information on system capacity parameters, see the System Capacity for Cisco Prime
Collaboration wiki.
The Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Image (R-PC-xxxx) license is required to activate Cisco Prime
Collaboration in a production network. You must order one license for each server. A new license is required
for each major upgrade and is included in the upgrade parts and the Product Upgrade Tool entitlements.
You can purchase scale licenses based on the endpoints that you want to manage. For more information on
the scale licenses and part numbers, see Cisco Prime Collaboration Ordering Guide. You must have Cisco
partner privilege to access the Ordering Guide.
All Unified CM registered endpoints in a specific cluster must be managed in Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance to provide the statistics data to support all monitoring, testing, and reporting features in Cisco
Prime Collaboration Assurance and Analytics; for example, statistics from the Unified CM Publisher CDR
are required to compute route group utilization, Severely Conceal Seconds Ratio (SCSR)(%), and call failure
measurements. When the Unified CM publisher is discovered, all endpoints (including phones) registered
with it are discovered.
To add Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance license file, go to System Administration > License
Management. For more information, see the Add and Delete a License File section of “Manage Licenses”
chapter in the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Guide - Advanced.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance Licensing
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance requires the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Advanced license. The Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance licensing is based on the number
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Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics Licensing
of concurrent Unified Contact Center Enterprise (Unified CCE) agents logged in. Apply the Cisco Prime
Collaboration Contact Center Assurance license only after adding the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Advanced license.
Cisco Prime Collaboration polls the number of agents logged in to the Unified CCE every 30 minutes. If the
number of agents logged in exceeds the permitted number mentioned in the license file, the system displays
a popup window with a warning message.
Cisco Prime Collaboration raises one violation per day irrespective of the number of warning popup windows
displayed. If there are 10 such violations within the 30-day period, then your license expires within the next
30 days of receiving the tenth violation.
If you add the license file for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced but not for Cisco Prime
Collaboration Contact Center Assurance, you can access the features for Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact
Center Assurance only until the evaluation expiry or purchase of license. After the evaluation period for Cisco
Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced expires, you can access Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Standard mode only.
Upon license expiry, the Unified CCE infrastructure devices are not displayed in the UC Performance dashboard,
Threshold Rules, and Correlation Rules windows. You cannot view the Contact Center Topology page. To
continue using these features, purchase the required number of Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
concurrent agent licenses. You can view the license details for Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance by navigating to the System Administration > License Management page.
For details on the features that are enhanced after you add the Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance license, see the Overview of Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance chapter in Cisco
Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance Guide.
The number of agents that you can manage after you purchase a license remains the same as the Evaluation
mode. For more information, see Endpoints and Contact Center Agents Count section.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics Licensing
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics is supported only in the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced
deployment. Apply the Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics license after adding the Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Advanced license.
The total number of Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics scale licenses obtained must be greater than or equal
to the total number of scale licenses you have for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced. For example,
if you are managing 1000 endpoints in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced, you must have Cisco
Prime Collaboration Analytics license for 1000 or more endpoints.
Endpoints and Contact Center Agents Count
The number of endpoints and agents that are supported in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced
(including Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and Contact Center Assurance) depends on the OVA size.
The Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics endpoints count must be greater than or equal to the total number
of endpoints you have in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced.
You can manage the following endpoint and agent quantities in the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced and Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance. These numbers are applicable for
Evaluation and Licensed modes.
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Endpoints and Contact Center Agents Count
OVA
Deployment
Model
Total
Number of
Endpoints
IP
Phones/Software
Clients/DX
Series1
Collaboration Immersive
Room
TelePresence
Endpoints/EX
Series
Concurrent
Contact Center
Agent
Up to 3000
Up to 250
Up to 50
Up to 500
Up to 20,000 Up to 20,000
Up to 2500
Up to 500
Up to 4000
Large (Enterprise Up to 80,000 Up to 80,000
and MSP)
Up to 3000
Up to 500
Up to 12000
Enterprise Very
Large
Up to 150,000 Up to 150,000
Up to 5000
Up to 1000
Up to 12000
MSP Very Large Up to 150,000 Up to 150,000
Up to 5000
Up to 1000
Up to 50,000 2
Small (Enterprise Up to 3000
and MSP)
Medium
(Enterprise and
MSP)
1 You can have Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance deployment with only IP Phones/Software Clients/DX Series endpoints. This can include only hard phones
or a combination of soft phones and hard phones.
2
See System Capacity for Cisco Prime Collaboration for more details.
For more information on endpoint types, See Collaboration Endpoints.
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I
New Installation
• Installation Requirements, page 9
• Install Cisco Prime Collaboration, page 17
• Get Started after New Installation , page 25
CHAPTER
3
Installation Requirements
• Installation Requirements, page 9
• Number of Servers, page 10
• VMware Requirements, page 11
• System Requirements—Server and Client Machine Requirements, page 11
• Deployment Models—Assurance Standard and Advanced, page 15
Installation Requirements
Table 1: Installation Requirements
Requirements
Description
Number of servers
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance application
must be installed on virtual machines. To learn about
the installation modes and the required number of
servers, see Number of Servers.
Virtualization Requirements
The Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance images are
in the OVA file format. To learn more about the
VMware environment required, see VMware
Requirements.
System Requirements
System requirements vary based on the number of
endpoints that you want to manage. See System
Requirements—Server and Client Machine
Requirements .
For details on the maximum system capacity, such
as, number of access ports, number of device pools,
number of voice interfaces, and so on, see System
Capacity for Cisco Prime Collaboration.
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Requirements
Description
Ports Requirements
Cisco Prime Collaboration uses several protocols to
communicate with other processes and devices.
Ensure that the required ports are available for Cisco
Prime Collaboration to communicate. For more
details, see Required Ports for Prime Collaboration.
Device configurations
The voice and video endpoints and infrastructure
devices require certain configurations for the Cisco
(Cisco TelePresence Exchange (CTS-Manager),
CiscoTelePresence Management Suite (TMS), Cisco Prime Collaboration server to communicate. For more
Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), Cisco details, see Setting up Devices for Prime
TelePresence Video Communication Server(VCS), Collaboration for Assurance.
Cisco TelePresence Exchange (CTX), Video
endpoints, Multipoint Control Unit (MCU), and so
on)
Download Images
Cisco Prime Collaboration images are provided on
the eDelivery site and on the Cisco.com support
software download site. You must have an order for
an eDelivery or SWSS contract.
User Accounts and Installation Prompts
During installation, you must do the following:
• Specify the password for Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance—globaladmin, and
CLI user accounts.
See User Accounts.
• Specify the Virtual machine details.
See Installation Prompts.
Number of Servers
To install Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Standard or Advanced (without Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics), you need only one virtual machine. If you want to enable Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics
during the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced installation, the number of virtual machines that
are required to install Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance depends on the number of endpoints that you
want to manage in Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics:
• If you have fewer than or equal to 80,000 endpoints (small, medium, and large deployment models),
you need one virtual machine where you can install both the database and application. To learn about
configuring Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance for small, medium, and large deployment models,
see Configure Small, Medium, and Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA, on page 21.
• If you have more than 80,000 endpoints (very large deployment model), you need two virtual machines
to install the database and application separately on each machine. To learn about configuring Cisco
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VMware Requirements
Prime Collaboration Assurance for very large deployment model, see Configure Very Large Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance OVA File.
Before installing the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, ensure that you know the IP addresses for
each of the virtual machines.
VMware Requirements
Ensure that your VMware environment meets the following requirements:
• OVA is downloaded and saved to the same machine on which the vSphere Client is installed.
• VMware ESXi is installed and configured on the ESXi host. See the VMware documentation for
information on setting up and configuring your host machine.
The VMware vSphere Client is Windows-based. Therefore, download and install the client from a
Windows system.
After you install the vSphere Client, you can run it and log in to the virtual host, using the hostname or
IP address of the virtual host, the root login ID, and the password that you configured. You can add the
host to a vCenter if you want to manage it through vCenter. See the VMware documentation for details.
• VMware ESXi server hostname is configured in the DNS server.
• VMware ESXi server is synchronized with the NTP server.
System Requirements—Server and Client Machine Requirements
Cisco Prime Collaboration runs on any VMware-certified hardware with ESXi 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1 installed.
Large and very large deployment models require ESXi 5.0 or later.
Note
• We recommend that you install and run Cisco Prime Collaboration on Cisco Unified Computing
System (UCS), which is VMware-certified.
• Cisco Prime Collaboration allows you to configure a second NIC (network adapter). To understand
how to configure a second NIC, see Configure a Second NIC for Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance.
• Cisco Prime Collaboration runs on Cisco ADE-OS version 2.0.1.043. This operating system is
included with the Cisco Prime Collaboration application and is installed when the Cisco Prime
Collaboration OVA is deployed.
The OVA defines the configuration of the virtual machine that includes the CPU, memory, disk, and network
resources.
• Virtual Machine Requirements for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance , on page 12
• Client Machine Requirements for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, on page 13
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Virtual Machine Requirements for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
This table lists the virtual machine requirements for the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance application,
based on the number of endpoints that are managed in Cisco Prime Collaboration. The virtual machine
requirements mentioned in this table are also applicable for Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and Cisco
Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance. For details on the endpoint quantities supported in each OVA
deployment model, see Endpoints and Contact Center Agents Count section.
Managed
Endpoints
Number vCPU
RAM
of vCPUs Reservation
Memory
NIC
Reservation
IOPS
Disk Space
Enterprise and MSP: Small, Medium, and Large
Up to 3000
4
endpoints
(Small-Assurance
only)
8 GHz
14 GB
14 GB
1 GB
100
150 GB
Up to 3000
4
endpoints
(Small-Assurance
& Analytics)
8 GHz
14 GB
14 GB
1 GB
200
250 GB
Up to 20,000 6
endpoints
(Medium-Assurance
only)
12 GHz
22 GB
22 GB
1 GB
200
300 GB
Up to 20,000 6
endpoints
(Medium-Assurance
& Analytics)
12GHz
22 GB
22 GB
1 GB
400
300 GB
Up to 80,000 14
endpoints
(Large-Assurance
only)
28 GHz
30 GB
30 GB
1 GB
800
500 GB
Up to 80,000 14
endpoints
(Large-Assurance
& Analytics)
28 GHz
30 GB
30 GB
1 GB
1300
500 GB
36 GB
36 GB
1 GB
1000
750 GB
Enterprise: '
Very Large' - Up to 150,000 endpoints
Cisco Prime 22
Collaboration
Assurance
only
44 GHz
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Managed
Endpoints
Number vCPU
RAM
of vCPUs Reservation
Memory
NIC
Reservation
IOPS
Disk Space
Cisco Prime 22
Collaboration
Assurance
and Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Analytics
(Application
Server)
44 GHz
36 GB
36 GB
1 GB
1000
750 GB
Cisco Prime 8
Collaboration
Assurance
and Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Analytics
(Database
Server)
16 GHz
16 GB
16 GB
1 GB
1000
750 GB
32 GB
1 GB
1000
750 GB
MSP: ' Very Large' - Up to 150,000 endpoints
Cisco Prime 18
Collaboration
Assurance
Note
36 GHz
32 GB
• The IOPS measurements were taken using VMWare IO Analyser tool, available at: labs.vmware.com.
• vCPU speed depends the Cisco UCS server or the virtualized hardware.
• We do not support oversubscribing server parameters (not using a 1:1 ratio of physical to virtual
resources), such as, vCPU and memory.
Recommendations to Improve IOPS:
• RAID Configuration: RAID 10 provides better write performance and provides redundancy.
• Data store configuration: Dedicated data store for all ova types.
• Use SSDs or 15K RPM SAS disks for 80K and 150K deployments.
• Use Fibre Channel-SAN storage with dedicated LUN with IOPS mentioned in the preceding table.
Client Machine Requirements for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
This table lists the client machine requirements for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance application.
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Attributes
Values
Display resolution
1440 x 900
Supported Browser
The following browsers are supported:
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance:
• Mozilla Firefox 31 ESR, and 38 ESR
• Windows Internet Explorer 10 and 11
• Google Chrome 39 and 40
Cisco Prime Collaboration provides a self-signed
certificate (HTTPS). To allow access to the Cisco
Prime Collaboration client, ensure that security is set
to either medium or low in Internet Explorer and do
the following:
• Ensure that you enable cookies in the browser.
• Ensure that you install the operating system and
the browser in English version, and set locale
as English (United States) [en-US] for Cisco
Prime Collaboration Assurance.
• Ensure that you disable the popup blocker if
you have installed it as Cisco Prime
Collaboration uses popup dialog boxes at
several instances.
Adobe Flash Player
Install Adobe Flash Player on the client machine for
Cisco Prime Collaboration features to work properly.
We recommend that you download and install Adobe
Flash Player version 13.x or later from the Adobe
website.
Environment
Clients must be able to access Cisco Prime
Collaboration:
• Across a firewall—for information on how to
configure client access, see firewall
documentation.
• Across a VPN—the VPN tunnel must connect
the client and a VPN router or similar device.
For more information on required ports, see
Required Ports for Prime Collaboration.
Network Connectivity
If you have deployed Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance in a large or very large deployment, we
recommend that you have a minimum of 30-Mbps
network connectivity.
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Deployment Models—Assurance Standard and Advanced
Deployment Models—Assurance Standard and Advanced
You can install Cisco Prime Collaboration in one of two modes—Standard or Advanced. During installation,
you will be asked your choice of mode.
You can download the Cisco Prime Collaboration OVA deployment file based on the VM resources required
to handle the number of endpoints that you want to manage. For more information on the different types of
OVA deployment models and the endpoint quantities supported in each deployment model, see Endpoints
and Contact Center Agents Count.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance—Advanced
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced provides all the features that enable integrated assurance
management of applications and the underlying transport infrastructure. The Advanced mode of Cisco Prime
Collaboration supports multiple clusters. For more details on features available in Advanced mode, see the
Cisco Prime Collaboration Advanced Features section of “Overview of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance”
chapter in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Guide - Advanced.
If you choose to install Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance in the Advanced mode, you can select either:
• Enterprise mode deployment—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced OVA includes both
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance. Each
feature is licensed separately.
• Managed Service Provider (MSP) deployment—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced includes
only Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance. Analytics is disabled for MSP - multi-customer
enabled installations. Analytics support for MSP installations is being planned for a future release.
There are no separate Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced OVAs for Enterprise and MSP
deployments for Small, Medium, and Large deployment models. However, for Very large deployment model,
there are separate OVAs for Enterprise and MSP. By default, the Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance are installed as part of the Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance - Advanced Enterprise installation. For more details, see the System Requirements—Server and
Client Machine Requirements.
Note
In the MSP mode deployment, Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics is not installed as part of Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance Advanced.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance—Standard
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Standard provides basic assurance features that help you manage Cisco
TelePresence components and Cisco Unified Communications (versions 9.0 and later) applications, such as
Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco IM. For the list of devices
supported in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Standard, see Supported Device in Prime Collaboration
Standard. The Standard mode of Prime Collaboration supports single UC cluster, single TMS cluster, and
multiple VCS clusters. For more details on the available features, see the Cisco Prime Collaboration Standard
Features section of “Overview of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance” chapter in the Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance Guide - Standard.
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Deployment Models—Assurance Standard and Advanced
If you choose to install Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance in the Standard mode, it is directly deployed in
the Enterprise mode. The MSP mode or Enterprise mode deployment selection is available only when you
choose to install Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance in the Advanced mode.
There are no separate Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Standard OVAs for Enterprise deployment for
Small, Medium, Large, and Very Large deployment models. Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and Cisco
Prime Collaboration Contact Center Assurance are not supported in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Standard.
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Install Cisco Prime Collaboration
• Download Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 17
• User Accounts, page 18
• Installation Prompts, page 19
• Deploy and Configure Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 20
Download Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Cisco Prime Collaboration images are provided on the eDelivery site when the product is purchased, and on
the Cisco.com support software download site for patches and service packs. For those with a service
subscription, such as Cisco Unified Communications Software Subscription (UCSS)/ Cisco Prime Product
Assured Software Subscription (PASS) that are recently replaced by Cisco Software Support Service (SWSS),
download your major upgrades from the Product Upgrade Tool (PUT).
Important
Download the OVA file on a machine where the vSphere Client is installed. To ensure that the downloaded
OVA file is not corrupt, verify if the Message Digest 5 (MD5) checksum of the OVA file matches with
the value in the download site. To view the MD5 checksum of the OVA file available in Cisco.com support
software download site, hover your mouse pointer on the filename.
To install only Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, download the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
OVA file based on the number of endpoints that you want to manage.
You can configure the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance application for the following types of deployment
models:
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance and Analytics OVA for a small deployment—For up to 3000
endpoints (which can include up to 100 Cisco TelePresence systems only).
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance and Analytics OVA for a medium deployment—For up to 20,000
endpoints (which can include up to 1,000 Cisco TelePresence systems only).
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance and Analytics OVA for a large deployment—For up to 80,000
endpoints (which can include up to 6,000 Cisco TelePresence systems only).
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User Accounts
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA for a MSP very large deployment—For up to 150,000
endpoints (which can include up to 6,000 Cisco TelePresence systems only. Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics is not supported for this model.).
• Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA for a Enterprise very large deployment—For up to 150,000
endpoints (which can include up to 6,000 Cisco TelePresence systems only).
Note
To scale up your deployment model in order to manage more endpoints, run a tuning script. For more
information on the tuning script for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, see Upgrade Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance Deployment Model.
You must have a valid Cisco.com user account to download the files.
User Accounts
For Cisco Prime Collaboration, specify various passwords at different instances.
• globaladmin—Superuser who can access the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance User Interface.
• globaladmin password—Password that you enter when you configure your virtual appliance for a
standalone application, see Deploy and Configure Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance. You are also
required to specify this password when you log in to the User Interface, see the Password Rules for
globaladmin section.
• CLI Admin username—admin, by default. However, you can specify the username of your choice.
• CLI Admin password—Password for the Secure Shell (SSH) CLI admin. This password is used to log
in to CLI to check the application status and perform back up and restore, see the Password Rules for
CLI admin section.
CLI is supported only through SSH;telnet is not supported. You can log in through SSH using port 26
for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance.
Password Rules for the globaladmin
Follow these guidelines when you are making up passwords for a globaladmin:
• Must contain at least one lowercase letter, uppercase letter, number, and special character (exclamation(!),
at(@), hash(#), dollar($), asterisk(*), coma(,), full stop(.))
• Cannot repeat a character in the password more than three times.
• Cannot contain non-ASCII characters such as minus(-), percent(%), plus(+), ampersand(&) , or a space.
• Cannot be Cisco or ocsic or any variant by changing the capitalization of letters, or by substituting 1,
exclamation(!), Or pipe(|) for i, zero(0) for o, dollar($) for s.
• Cannot be the same as the username, or the username reversed.
• Must be between 8 and 80 characters.
• Cannot end with colon(:), asterisk(*), coma(,), semicolon(;) or hash(#).
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Password Rules for the CLI admin
Follow these guidelines when you are making up passwords for a CLI administrator:
• Minimum password length must be six characters.
• No character in the password must be repeated more than three times.
• Must contain at least one lowercase letter, uppercase letter, and number.
• Must not be same as the username itself.
Installation Prompts
We recommend that you know the values for the following parameters before configuring the virtual appliance:
• IP address—IP address of the virtual appliance
• IP default netmask—default subnet mask for the IP address
• IP default gateway—IP address of the default gateway
• Default DNS domain—Default domain name
• Primary nameserver—Primary name server. You may add the name server. To configure several name
servers, enter y.
• Primary NTP server[time.nist.gov]—Primary NTP server. To enter a secondary NTP server, enter y at
the next prompt.
Note
To configure a tertiary NTP server enter y at the next prompt after you specify a
secondary NTP server. Cisco Prime Collaboration supports three NTP servers.
• Time zone—Time stamp that is displayed on the User Interface is the server time. By default, the
configured time zone is UTC. For a list of supported time zones, see Supported Time zones for Prime
Collaboration.
• Username—CLI administrator username. The username is admin, by default. However, you can specify
the username of your choice.
• Password—CLI administrator password. This password is used to log in to CLI to check the application
status and to perform a backup and restore.
• IPv6 configuration—If you want to configure IPv6 when prompted, enter Y, and then enter the IPv6
address and route to proceed. If not, you can proceed with the installation by providing your inputs for
the next prompt.
• globaladmin password—Password for the “globaladmin” user.
Note
Cisco Unified Communication Manager release 9.x and later are supported in the Standard mode.
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Deploy and Configure Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Prerequisites
Ensure that the requirements listed in Installation Requirements and System Requirements—Server and Client
Machine Requirements have been met.
If you choose to enable Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics in very large OVA deployment of Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance, you require two virtual machines—database and application. Reserve two IP addresses
in advance for the database and application server, since the IP address of application server is required while
installing database server and database server IP address is required while installing the application server.
You must install database server before installing application server.
Note
We recommend you to not to stop or start services in the Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics database
server.
Based on the OVA that you have downloaded, you can deploy Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance as
follows:
• Deploy Small, Medium, and Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA, on page 20
• Deploy Very Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA, on page 22
After you install the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA, you can configure the Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance virtual appliance as follows:
• Configure Small, Medium, and Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA, on page 21
• Configure Very Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA File, on page 23
Deploy Small, Medium, and Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Launch VMware vSphere Client and choose File > Deploy OVF Template.
Click Browse and navigate to the location where you saved the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA
file. Click Next.
In the OVF Template Details window, verify the details about the OVA file, including the product name,
version, and size, and then click Next.
Click Accept to accept the end-user license agreement. Click Next.
In the Name window, specify a name for the template that you are deploying. The name must be unique
within the inventory folder and can contain up to 80 characters. In the Inventory Location window, select
the folder where you want to deploy the file, and click Next.
In the Disk Format window, select Thick provisioned format to store on the virtual disks, and then click
Next.
In case of multiple networks during Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA deployment, ensure that the
virtual machine network you select belongs to Cisco Prime Collaboration and is reachable.
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Step 7
Verify the options in the Ready to Complete window, and then click Finish to start the deployment.
The deployment takes about 30 minutes to complete. Check the progress bar in the Deploying Virtual
Appliance window to monitor the task status.
Step 8
Click Close.
The virtual appliance that you deployed appears in the left pane of the vSphere Client, under the host.
As a part of the next process, follow Configure Small, Medium, and Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
OVA, on page 21.
Configure Small, Medium, and Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Right-click the virtual appliance and choose Power > Power ON to start the virtual machine.
Step 3
Enter the required parameters at the console prompts. After entering each parameter, press Enter to bring up
the next parameter, see Installation Prompts. For the Installation Mode prompt, enter 1 to select Standard
Prime Collaboration Assurance, or enter 2 to select Advanced Prime Collaboration Assurance Evaluation.
The Default value is 1.
The virtual machine reboots.
In the virtual appliance console, enter setup at the localhost login prompt.
Time zone—The time stamp that is displayed on the user interface is the server time. By default, the
configured time zone is UTC. For a list of supported time zones, see Supported Time zones for Prime
Collaboration.
If you have selected the Advanced Prime Collaboration Assurance Evaluation option, you can select either
the Enterprise mode or Managed Service Provider (MSP) mode of deployment. Enter E to deploy Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance in the Enterprise mode or M to deploy in the MSP mode.
Each mode provides a different customer view option. For more information, see the "Overview of Cisco
Prime Collaboration Assurance" chapter in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Guide – Advanced.
Note
If you have selected the Standard Prime Collaboration Assurance option, it is directly deployed in
the Enterprise mode.
After you finish the installation (when you see the login prompt in the console), wait for approximately 20
minutes for the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance processes to be listed on the console.
Log in to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance server to verify the installation. See Verify the Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance Installation (for Advanced and Standard Modes).
Note
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
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Deploy Very Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Launch your VMware vSphere Client and choose File > Deploy OVF Template.
Click Browse and navigate to the location where you saved the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA
file. Click Next.
In the OVF Template Details window, verify the details about the OVA file, including the product name,
version, and size, and then click Next.
Click Accept to accept the end-user license agreement. Click Next.
In the Name window, specify a name for the template that you are deploying. The name must be unique within
the inventory folder and can contain up to 80 characters. In the Inventory Location window, select the folder
where you want to deploy the file, and then click Next.
If you choose to enable Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics in very large OVA deployment of Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance, you require two virtual machines - database and application. Reserve two IP address
in advance for database and application server, since IP address of application server is required while installing
database server and database server IP address is required while installing application server.
Configure the database server before you configure the application server. To configure the database server:
a) In the Host / Cluster window, select the Host or Cluster on which you want to run the deployed template,
and then click Next.
b) In the Storage window, select a destination for the virtual machine files, and then click Next.
c) In the Disk Format window, select the Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed format to store on the virtual disks,
and then click Next.
In case of multiple networks during Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA deployment, ensure that
the virtual machine network you select belongs to Cisco Prime Collaboration and is reachable.
d) Verify the options in the Ready to Complete window, and then click Finish to start the deployment.
The deployment takes about 30 minutes to complete. Check the progress bar in the Deploying Virtual
Appliance window to monitor the task status.
e) Click Close. The virtual appliance that you deployed appears in the left pane of the vSphere Client, under
the host.
f) (Optional) Before you proceed with configuring Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, right-click the
database server and select Edit Settings to change the server configurations. The recommended CPU for
database server configuration is 8 and Memory is 16 GB.
Note
If you reduce the CPU to 8, from the default value of 24, reduce the corresponding CPU Reservation
frequency to 16 Ghz from the default value of 48 Ghz.
To configure the application server:
a) In the Disk Format window, select the Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed format to store on the virtual disks,
and then click Next.
In case of multiple networks during Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA deployment, ensure that
the virtual machine network you select belongs to Cisco Prime Collaboration and is reachable.
b) On the Network Mapping page, select a network and then click Next.
c) Verify the options in the Ready to Complete window, and then click Finish to start the deployment.
The deployment takes about 30 minutes to complete. Check the progress bar in the Deploying Virtual
Appliance window to monitor the task status.
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d) Click Close. The virtual appliance that you deployed appears in the left pane of the vSphere Client, under
the host.
As a part of the next process, follow Configure Very Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA File,
on page 23.
Configure Very Large Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance OVA File
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Right-click the virtual appliance and choose Power > Power ON to start the virtual machine.
In the virtual appliance console, enter setup at the localhost login prompt.
Enter the required parameters at the console prompts. After entering each parameter, press Enter to bring up
the next parameter, see Installation Prompts. For the Installation Mode prompt, enter 1 to select Standard
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, or 2 to select Advanced Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Evaluation.
The default value is 1.
The virtual machine reboots.
Time zone—The time stamp that is displayed on the user interface is the server time. By default, the
configured time zone is UTC. For a list of supported time zones, see Supported Timezones for Prime
Collaboration.
If you select the Advanced Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Evaluation option, you can select either the
Enterprise mode or the Managed Service Provider (MSP) mode of deployment. Enter E to deploy Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance in the Enterprise mode or M to deploy it in the MSP mode.
Each mode provides a different customer view option. For more information, see the "Overview of Cisco
Prime Collaboration - Assurance" chapter in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Guide – Advanced.
Note
If you have selected the Standard Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance option, it is directly deployed
in the Enterprise mode.
If you have downloaded a very large OVA deployment model, you are prompted to specify the type of server
that must be configured.
Note
You can choose to enable Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance only or both Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance and Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics. If you choose to enable Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics, deploy the database server before you deploy the application server.
a) Enter y and you are prompted to enter application server IP address.
b) Enter application server IP address to complete analytics database server configuration.
c) After the analytics database server configuration, you are prompted to enter the analytics database server
IP address.
d) Enter y and enter the database server IP address to complete the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance and
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics installation.
Note
If you enter n in the server configuration prompt, you can install Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics at a later point in time using the steps displayed at the prompt.
Note
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
After you finish the installation (when you see the login prompt in the console), wait for approximately 20
minutes for the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance processes to be listed on the console.
Log in to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance server to verify the installation. See Verify the Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance Installation (for Advanced and Standard Modes).
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To enable or disable Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics after the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Advanced installation, see the "Prime Collaboration Analytics Licensing" section of “Overview of Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics” chapter in Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics Guide.
Manage 15 or More Unified CM Nodes
If you have deployed Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 10.5.1, and you have more than 15 nodes in a
Unified Communications manager cluster, increase the vRAM by 2 GB for the Cisco Prime Collaboration
server and perform the following the steps:
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Log in to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance server with the administrator privilege.
Open a new tab in browser and enter the URL this link
https://<pc-server-ip>/emsam/applications/emsam/PCDiagnostics/SystemProcessScript.jsp.
Where, pc-service-ip is the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance server IP address.
Step 3
In the drop-down list choose updateGpfMemForMegaCluster.sh, and then click Submit.
Step 4
Log in as admin user to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance server and restart the Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance server using the following commands:
application stop cpcm
application start cpcm
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Get Started after New Installation
• Log in to Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 25
• Get Started with Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 26
• Access the System Setup, Manage Network, and License, page 32
Log in to Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
You can invoke Cisco Prime Collaboration using the client browser.
Procedure
Step 1
Open a browser session from your machine.
See the System Requirements—Server and Client Machine Requirements for information about supported
browsers.
Step 2
Enter the https://<IP_address_of_Prime_Collaboration_application>
HTTPS has been enabled by default for Cisco Prime Collaboration. You may use either the IP address or the
hostname of the application. If you have configured DNS, we recommend that you use the hostname.
Based on the browser you are using, you see one of the following:
• In Windows Internet Explorer, the Certificate Error: Navigation Blocked window.
• In Mozilla Firefox, the Untrusted Connection window.
These windows appear because Cisco Prime Collaboration uses a self-signed certificate. Cisco Prime
Collaboration is shipped with self-signed certificate, which is valid for five years.
Step 3
Step 4
Remove the SSL certificate warning. For more information on removing SSL Certificate Warning, see Remove
the SSL Certificate Warning in Mozilla Firefox, on page 67.
In the login page, log in as globaladmin, using the same credentials that you specified during the configuration.
The Cisco Prime Collaboration landing page appears along with the Getting Started popup, where you can
click the links listed under System Setup and Manage Network to configure the Cisco Prime Collaboration
server.
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Get Started with Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
After you install the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, perform the tasks listed in the following table:
Step
Task and Description
Navigation in Cisco Prime Document to be referred
Collaboration Assurance
Application
Step 1
Add a new license file. System Administration
This step is applicable > License Management
only if you have
purchased Assurance
Advanced and/or
Analytics license.
Step 2
Manage Users and
Roles
Add a new user.
System Administration See the Add a User section of “Manage
> User Management
User” chapter in Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Guide - Advanced
Step 3
Define credentials.
Enter the required
device credentials to
manage devices in
Cisco Prime
Collaboration. For more
information, see Setting
up Devices for Prime
Collaboration.
In Advanced mode,
Device Inventory >
Inventory Management
> Auto Discovery >
Manage Credentials
In Standard mode, Device
Inventory > Current
Inventory
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See the Add and Delete a License File
section of “Manage Licenses” chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Guide
- Advanced
See the Manage Device Credentials chapter
in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Guide - Advanced and Device Inventory
Management in Standard section of
“Overview of Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance” chapter in Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance Guide - Advanced
Get Started with Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Step
Task and Description
Navigation in Cisco Prime Document to be referred
Collaboration Assurance
Application
Step 4
Standard mode
Device Inventory >
Current Inventory
• Discover Cisco
Unified
Communications
Manager
(including Cisco
Unified IM and
Presence) 9.x and
later and Cisco
Unity Connection
9.x and later
applications.
See the Current Inventory section of
“Manage Devices” chapter in Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance Guide - Standard
• Discover Cisco
TelePresence
Management
Suite
• Discover Cisco
Expressway
In Standard
mode,
CTS-Manager
discovery is
not applicable.
The Cisco Expressway,
Cisco Multipoint
Control Unit, Cisco
Profile and Codec,
default gateway, and
switches are discovered
along with Cisco
TelePresence
Management Suite.
Note
Cisco TelePresence
Conductor is not auto
discovered through
TelePresence
Management Suite. The
Cisco TelePresence
Conductor needs to be
discovered separately.
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Step
Task and Description
Navigation in Cisco Prime Document to be referred
Collaboration Assurance
Application
Device Inventory >
Inventory Management
> Auto Discovery >
Devices Discovery
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See the Auto Discovery section of “Discover
Devices” chapter in the Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance Guide - Advanced
.
Get Started with Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Step
Task and Description
Navigation in Cisco Prime Document to be referred
Collaboration Assurance
Application
Advanced mode
• Discover Cisco
TelePresence-Manager
• Discover Cisco
TelePresence
Management
Suite
• Discover Cisco
Unified
Communications
Manager
• Discover Cisco
Expressway
• Discover Cisco
TelePresence
Video
Communication
Server
• Discover
Expressway-Core
• Discover Cisco
Unified Customer
Voice Portal
Operation
Console(OAMP)
The Cisco Unified
Communications
Manager, Cisco
TelePresence
Multipoint Switch,
Cisco TelePresence
System, default
gateway, and switches
are discovered along
with Cisco
TelePresence-Manager.
The Cisco Expressway,
Cisco Multipoint
Control Unit, Cisco
Profile and Codec,
default gateway, and
switches are discovered
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Step
Task and Description
Navigation in Cisco Prime Document to be referred
Collaboration Assurance
Application
along with Cisco
TelePresence
Management Suite.
Cisco TelePresence
Conductor is not auto
discovered through
Cisco
TelePresence-Manager/TelePresence
Management Suite. The
Cisco TelePresence
Conductor needs to be
discovered separately.
Step 5
Verify Inventory
Device Inventory >
See the Manage Inventory chapter in the
Note
This step is
Inventory Management Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Guide
applicable only
- Advanced .
if you have
purchased
Assurance
Advanced
and/or
Analytics
license.
Verify whether all
discovered devices are
in the Managed state.
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Step
Task and Description
Navigation in Cisco Prime Document to be referred
Collaboration Assurance
Application
Step 6
Import Sessions
Diagnose > Session
Note
This step is
Diagnostics
applicable only
if you have
purchased
Assurance
Advanced
and/or
Analytics
license.
Import the video
collaboration sessions
from Cisco
TelePresence-Manager,
Cisco TelePresence
Management Suite, and
Cisco TelePresence
Multipoint Switch to
monitor the sessions.
To periodically import
sessions from Cisco
TelePresence-Manager,
Cisco TelePresence
Management Suite, and
Cisco TelePresence
Multipoint Switch,
define the polling
interval based on your
business needs, using
Diagnose > Session
Diagnostics > Import
Session .
See the Session Diagnostics Dashboard
section of “Monitor Sessions” chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Guide
- Advanced .
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Step
Task and Description
Navigation in Cisco Prime Document to be referred
Collaboration Assurance
Application
Step 7
Verify Sessions
Diagnose > Session
Note
This step is
Diagnostics
applicable only
if you have
purchased
Assurance
Advanced
and/or
Analytics
license.
Verify whether all
session details have
been imported from
Cisco
TelePresence-Manager,
Cisco TelePresence
Management Suite, and
Cisco TelePresence
Multipoint Switch.
See the Session Diagnostics Dashboard
section of “Monitor Sessions” chapter in
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Guide
- Advanced .
Cisco Prime
Collaboration collects
scheduled sessions data
for five days (for the
past one day, for the
current day, and for
three days ahead).
Access the System Setup, Manage Network, and License
Click the Toggle Navigation icon
on the Cisco Prime Collaboration page to view a list of dashlets and
reports. You can view indexes, set favorites, and use the search option in the same menu. The dashlets allow
you to perform the initial configuration and check the license details of the Cisco Prime Collaboration server.
You can click the pin icon at the top left of the page to hide or display the left pane. Click Getting Started
to view the Getting Started page where you can click the links that are listed under System Setup, Manage
Network, and License to perform the initial configuration and check the license details of the Cisco Prime
Collaboration server.
For a quick view of some of the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance system information. See the View About
Details section of “User Interface” chapter in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Guide - Advanced.
User Interface
The following table lists the menu items that are displayed on the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance user
interface:
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Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Standard
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced
Monitor
Getting Started
Getting Started
Monitor
Device Inventory
Device Inventory
Diagnose
Diagnose
Administration
Synthetic Test Center
-
Assurance Reports
-
Analytics
-
Assurance Administration
-
Analytics Administration
System Administration
Note
The session times out if there is no activity for 15 minutes.
The following is a list of pages where session timeout does not occur:
• OpsView
• Service Experience dashboards
• Alarms & Events
• Endpoint Diagnostics
• Performance dashboards
• All Topology pages
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PART
II
Upgrade to Cisco Prime Collaboration
• Plan for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Upgrade, page 37
• Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 43
• Changes After Upgrade, page 49
CHAPTER
6
Plan for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Upgrade
The supported upgrade versions are listed in the following table:
Before you upgrade to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0, you must know the supported upgrade versions and
virtual machine requirements for Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0. For details on virtual machine requirements
for Cisco Prime Collaboration, see Virtual Machine Requirements for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
, on page 12.
Note
The Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 11.0, Small OVA (Assurance & Analytics) requires 250-GB
disk space (100 GB more than what was required for the same Small OVA in Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance versions 10.5.1 and 10.6). Thus to upgrade to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 11.0,
Small OVA (Assurance & Analytics) increase the disk size by adding a new vDisk of size equal to 100-GB.
Refer to VMware documentation to upgrade or add the hardware resources.
For more information on feature support after Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance upgrade, see Changes
After Upgrade.
• Supported Upgrade Versions—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance (Includes Analytics), page 37
• Feature Support After Upgrade—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 41
• Migration from Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite, page 42
Supported Upgrade Versions—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance (Includes
Analytics)
To upgrade from Cisco Prime Collaboration 9.x and 10.x to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0, you must first
upgrade to any of the supported upgrade versions in the following table, and then upgrade to Cisco Prime
Collaboration 11.0. Purchase an upgrade license or order one through Product Upgrade Tools (PUT) because
the existing licenses of Cisco Prime Collaboration 9.x or 10.x, does not work with Cisco Prime Collaboration
11.0.
The following table lists the support details for each version of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance:
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Cisco Prime Deployment After Upgrade to
Collaboration Mode
Cisco Prime
Releases
Collaboration
10.5.1
License
Notes
Requirements
Standard—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
Evaluation—Cisco Not
applicable
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
After the evaluation expires, it comes back
to Standard mode.
Licensed—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
only
Licensed—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance, Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Analytics, and
Cisco Prime
Collaboration
Contact Center
Assurance.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance is a new feature supported from
the 10.5 and later. For more details, see
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance Guide.
Licensed—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
and Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Analytics
Licensed—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance, Cisco
Cisco Prime
Collaboration
Analytics, and
Cisco Prime
Collaboration
Contact Center
Assurance.
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Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance is not supported in the Standard
mode.
If your system does not have the sufficient
resources to run Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance and Analytics,
then, upon upgrade, Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics is disabled.
Supported Upgrade Versions—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance (Includes Analytics)
Cisco Prime Deployment After Upgrade to
Collaboration Mode
Cisco Prime
Releases
Collaboration
License
Notes
Requirements
The Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
10.5.1 license
files cannot
be used with
Cisco Prime
Collaboration
11.0.
If you are in
the
Evaluation
mode, you are
required to
purchase the
advanced
license file in
order to move
to the
Advanced
mode.
If the Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
license is not
purchased
before the
evaluation
period ends,
the Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
reverts to the
Cisco Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
Standard
deployment.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance is a new feature supported from
the 10.5 and later. For more details, see
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance Guide.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics is
enabled when you meet the system
requirements. If you choose to enable
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics in
very large OVA deployment of Cisco
Prime Collaboration Assurance, you
require two virtual machines—Database
and Application.
Note
If you do not wish to evaluate
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics, you can disable Cisco
Prime Collaboration Analytics.
See the Prime Collaboration
Analytics Licensing section of
“Overview of Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics” chapter
in Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics Guide for details on
disabling Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics.
You may choose to enable Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics anytime within
the evaluation period. However, the
evaluation period for Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics is not extended
from initial upgrade date.
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Cisco Prime Deployment After Upgrade to
Collaboration Mode
Cisco Prime
Releases
Collaboration
10.6
License
Notes
Requirements
Standard—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
Evaluation—Cisco Not
applicable
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
After the evaluation expires, it comes back
to Standard mode.
Licensed—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
only
Licensed—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance, Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Analytics, and
Cisco Prime
Collaboration
Contact Center
Assurance.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance is a new feature supported from
the 10.5 and later. For more details, see
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance Guide.
Licensed—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
and Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Analytics
Licensed—Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance, Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Analytics, and
Cisco Prime
Collaboration
Contact Center
Assurance.
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Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics and
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance is not supported in the Standard
mode.
If your system does not have the sufficient
resources to run Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance and Analytics,
then, upon upgrade, Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics is disabled.
Feature Support After Upgrade—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Cisco Prime Deployment After Upgrade to
Collaboration Mode
Cisco Prime
Releases
Collaboration
License
Notes
Requirements
The Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
10.6 license
files cannot
be used with
Cisco Prime
Collaboration
11.0.
If you are in
the
Evaluation
mode, you are
required to
purchase the
advanced
license file in
order to move
to the
Advanced
mode.
If the Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
license is not
purchased
before the
evaluation
period ends,
the Cisco
Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
reverts to the
Cisco Prime
Collaboration
Assurance
Standard
deployment.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance is a new feature supported from
the 10.5 and later. For more details, see
Cisco Prime Collaboration Contact Center
Assurance Guide.
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics is
enabled when you meet the system
requirements. If you choose to enable
Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics in
very large OVA deployment of Cisco
Prime Collaboration Assurance, you
require two virtual machines - Database
and Application.
Note
If you do not wish to evaluate
Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics, you can disable Cisco
Prime Collaboration Analytics.
See the Prime Collaboration
Analytics Licensing section of
“Overview of Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics” chapter
in Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics Guide for details on
disabling Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics.
You may choose to enable Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics anytime within
the evaluation period. However, the
evaluation period for Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics is not extended
from the initial upgrade date.
Feature Support After Upgrade—Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
To get information about feature support and limitations after the upgrade, See Changes After Upgrade.
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Migration from Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite
Migration from Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite
The data migration from Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite to Cisco Prime Collaboration
11.0 is not supported directly. If you want the data to be migrated to Cisco Prime Collaboration, see the
"Migrate from Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite" chapter in Cisco Prime Collaboration
Upgrade and Migration Guide.
After migration, upgrade to Cisco Prime Collaboration 10.5.1, and then to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0.
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7
Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
• Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 43
• Perform a Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Upgrade (Includes Analytics) , page 44
• Upgrade Database Server for Very Large Deployment, page 46
• Post Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics Upgrade , page 47
Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
You can upgrade to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 from a small, medium, large, or very large deployment
using the upgrade application bundle available on Cisco.com.
There are two separate upgrade application bundle available on cisco.com as follows:
• Application bundle for small, medium and large deployment.
• Application bundle for very large deployment.
You can choose the appropriate application bundle for upgrade to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0.
Prerequisites
• You must review the System Requirements—Server and Client Machine Requirements section and the
Prerequisites sections under the respective sections, before you perform an upgrade.
• We recommend that you take a full backup of your machine, and/or the OVA snapshot. If you do not
take a backup, you cannot bring back your old system intact if there is an upgrade failure, since rollback
is not possible.
Important Notes
• While upgrading to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 very large deployment model, before you initiate
the upgrade procedure, you must upgrade the database server. For steps to upgrade the database server,
see Upgrade Database Server for Very Large Deployment, on page 46.
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• We do not recommend that you upgrade from Cisco Prime Collaboration 9.x or 10.x to Cisco Prime
Collaboration 11.0 SP1 directly. You must first upgrade from Cisco Prime Collaboration 9.x or 10.x to
Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 and then to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 SP1.
• We do not recommend that you upgrade directly to a different Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment
model than what you currently have in Cisco Prime Collaboration 10.x , for instance, from Cisco Prime
Collaboration 10.x small deployment model to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 medium deployment
model.
For example, the recommended path to upgrade from a Cisco Prime Collaboration 10.x small deployment
model to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 medium deployment model is:
Move from Cisco Prime Collaboration 10.x small deployment model to Cisco Prime Collaboration
10.x medium deployment model, and then upgrade to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 medium.
Or
Upgrade to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 small deployment model, and then move to Cisco Prime
Collaboration 11.0 medium. See the Deploy and Configure Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
for details about the procedure to move from one deployment model to another within a version.
• The Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 11.0, Small OVA (Assurance & Analytics) requires 250-GB
disk space (100 GB more than what was required for the same Small OVA in Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance versions 10.5.1 and 10.6). Thus to upgrade to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 11.0,
Small OVA (Assurance & Analytics) increase the disk size by adding a new vDisk of size equal to
100-GB. You must execute the tuning script to assign newly added disk space to various partitions and
TAC assistance is required for executing the tuning script. For more information on the tuning script,
see Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Deployment Model, on page 63.
Caution
We recommend that you take a snapshot of the VMware instance before you start the upgrade so that you
have a clean backup in place to be used if the database is corrupted during the upgrade.
Before you take a snapshot of the VM instance:
1 Stop the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance services (log in as admin using SSH with port 26):
application stop cpcm
2 Take the snapshot of the VMware instance.
3 Start the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance services (log in as admin using SSH with port 26):
application start cpcm
Note
Running commands that are not documented in this document might result in errors.
Perform a Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Upgrade (Includes Analytics)
To upgrade to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 Assurance, ensure that you have reviewed the prerequisites,
and then perform the following steps:
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Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Shut down the Cisco Prime Collaboration 10.x virtual machine, and then update the CPU and RAM settings
to ensure that you meet the system requirements. See the prerequisites in Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance.
Download the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance application bundle from Cisco.com and place that
application bundle on an FTP/SFTP server.
Verify whether the Message Digest 5 (MD5) checksum of the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance application
bundle matches with the value in the download site.
To view the MD5 checksum of the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance application bundle available in
Cisco.com site, hover your mouse pointer on the filename.
Turn on the Cisco Prime Collaboration 10.x virtual machine.
Log in to the Cisco Prime Collaboration server as the administrator through the virtual machine console using
the vSphere Client.
Create a repository.
admin# configure terminal
admin(config)# repository repository name
repository name is the name of repository that you create.
Step 7
Link the URL for FTP server directory with locally created repository.
• admin(config-Repository)# url sftp://ftpserver/directory (for example)
• admin(config-Repository)# user admin password plain cisco (for example)
Step 8
Stop the services. As the admin user, enter the following commands:
admin# application stop cpcm
Wait approximately 10 to 15 minutes for all the processes to stop, after which you receive a message indicating
the successful completion of the command. To confirm if the processes have stopped, run the command show
application status cpcm.
Step 9
Upgrade the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance application.
admin# application upgrade application bundle name repository name
• application bundle name—The application bundle name, for example, PCAssurance-appbundle-version
number.xxxx.x86_64.tar.gz
• repository name—Name of the repository where you have placed the application bundle.
For example, if the repository name is test, run the following:
admin# application upgrade PCAssurance-appbundle-version number.xxxx.x86_64.tar.gz
testPCAssurance-appbundle-version number.xxxx.x86_64.tar.gz test
Step 10 Enter yes to save the current ADE-OS running configuration.
The duration of the upgrade process depends on the system data and the deployment model. The upgrade
process can take approximately 30 minutes for small deployment model, and up to 4.5 hours for a very large
deployment model. During the upgrade, messages appear on the admin console indicating the progress of the
upgrade. Wait for the upgrade successful message.
To verify whether the upgrade is successful, run the following command:
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show version
This command displays the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance version details.
After the upgrade completes, wait for ten minutes for the system to be up.
In case of issues, check the /var/log/ade/ADE.log and /var/log /cpcmupgrade.log files.
If there is an Application failed to start error in the upgrade console, stop all the processes and run the start
command again.
application stop cpcm
application start cpcm
Step 11 If you have deployed Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Standard, you can start using the application.
For Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced, you must rediscover the devices. For details on how
to rediscover the devices, see the "Rediscover Devices" section of “Discover Devices” chapter in Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance Guide - Advanced.
Note
While upgrading Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance very large OVA, you can choose to either upgrade
to Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance and Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics or Cisco Prime
Collaboration Assurance only.
If you want to enable Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics during the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
upgrade, you require two virtual machines—Database and Application. For more information on how to
enable and disable Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics, see the "Prime Collaboration Analytics Licensing"
section of “Overview of Prime Collaboration Analytics Licensing” chapter in Cisco Prime Collaboration
Analytics Guide.
Upgrade Database Server for Very Large Deployment
When you are upgrading to Cisco Prime Collaboration 11.0 very large deployment, before you initiate the
upgrade procedure, you must upgrade the database server.
To upgrade the database server perform the following:
Before You Begin
Root patch must be enabled to execute the following commands. Hence, you must raise a TAC case to obtain
the root access patch, and to enable root access on the database server.
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Shut down the Cisco Prime Collaboration 10.x application and database server.
Download the patch ( cpc-assurance-11.0.62354-verylarge-dbvm.tar.gz) for database upgrade from cisco.com
and place the downloaded file in the localdisk directory (/opt/emms/emsam) of the database server.
Step 3
Install the patch. Refer the instructions on the patch readme file to install the patch.
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Post Cisco Prime Collaboration Analytics Upgrade
If you have upgraded from 10.5.1 to 11.0, run the following script to ensure that the new features work as
expected.
To run the script:
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Go to the URL: https://<IP_address>/emsam/index.html#pageId=com_cisco_emsam_page_diag_links.
Click System Script.
On the System Script page,
• Choose the option updateDn.sh to modify External Directory Numbers as External DN.
• Choose the option inventoryUpdate.sh to update CDR aggregation tables with New device mappings.
• (Optional)Choose the option updateUser.sh to update CDR aggregation tables with Endpoint.
Step 4
Click Submit.
Logs are displayed, once the script execution is over.
Note
• Each script takes more than 4 hours to complete execution, depending on the available data.
• The user interface might logout without any upgrade status message when the script execution
is in progress. Hence, you must not restart the server for 4 to 5 hours after initiating the script
execution.
• Only one script can be executed at a time.
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8
Changes After Upgrade
• Changes and Limitations After Upgrade, page 49
• Navigation Changes in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Standard User Interface, page 50
• Navigation Changes in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced User Interface, page 52
Changes and Limitations After Upgrade
What's New in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 11.0
For new features and enhancements after upgrading Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, see the "What's
New in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 11.0" section in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance GuideAdvanced.
Root Access
Root access is disabled from Cisco Prime Collaboration 10.6 and later. As a result, many procedures requiring
root access earlier, can now be performed from the user interface such as SNMP MIB query.
You must raise a TAC case to get the root access patch to upgrade the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
deployment model.
Feature Changes
• All the calls that were graded as No MOS, Short Call, and Unknown in the CDR/CMR reports and
Sensor/NAM reports, will be graded as N/A after upgrade.
• Getting Started popup is moved to the left pane of the menu bar.
• Upgrade icon on the global toolbar is changed to Get Advanced icon.
• Device Work Center is changed to Device Inventory.
• The user interface is improvised to offer simplified navigation scheme. For more information, see
Navigation Changes in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced User Interface, on page 52.
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Features or Devices Not Supported from This Release
• The convergence of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance and Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning
applications is not supported.
• Cisco Unity devices are not supported.
• The IP SLA Video Operations (VO) tests for video endpoints are not supported.
Note
You can use Diagnose > Media Path Analyzer to perform the tests on video endpoints.
• The integration of Cisco Deployment Manager with Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance is not supported.
• Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) Test is not supported.
• Contacting Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) by using the user interface is not supported.
Navigation Changes in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Standard User
Interface
In Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Standard User Interface, the left pane displays Navigation tab, Index
tab, and Search Menu field. Double-click the pin icon at the top to hide the left pane or click the Toggle
Navigation icon to view the left pane as appropriate.
The navigation changes of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Standard User Interface after an upgrade
is listed in the following table:
Table 2: User Interface Navigation in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Standard
Before Upgrade
After Upgrade
Operate > Device Work Center
Device Inventory
Operate > Device Work Center > Current
Inventory
Device Inventory > Inventory Management >
Current Inventory
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Device Inventory > Cluster Inventory Discovery
Schedule > IP Phone Settings
• IP Phone Inventory Collection Settings
• Inventory Collection Settings
• IP Phone XML Inventory Collection Settings
• XML Inventory Collection Settings
• Cluster Data Discovery Settings
• Cluster Data Discovery Settings
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Device Inventory > SNMP MIB Query Tool
> SNMP Query
Home > Performance
Monitor > System View > Performance
Operate > Alarms & Events
Monitor > Alarms & Events
Operate > UC Cluster Status
Monitor > UC Cluster Status
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Before Upgrade
After Upgrade
Operate > Diagnose > Call Signaling Analyzer
Diagnose > Call Signaling Analyzer
Operate > Log Collection Center
Diagnose > Log Collection Center
Administration > Alarm & Event Setup > Event
Customization
Assurance Administration > Event Customization
Administration > Alarm & Event Setup >
Notification > Assurance Notification Criteria
Assurance Administration > Notification Setup >
Custom Notification
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Assurance Administration > Notification Setup >
> Assurance General Settings > E- mail set up
E- mail set up for Alarm & Event
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Assurance Administration > CDR Source Settings
> SFTP Settings
> CUCM SFTP Credentials
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Assurance Administration > CDR Source Settings
> Call Quality Data Source Management
> Manage Call Quality data Sources
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Assurance Administration > CDR Analysis
Settings
• Call category
• Configure Call Grade
• Gateway Code
• Set Call category
• Dial Plan Assignment
• Gateway Code Configuration
• Dial Plan Configuration
• Assign Numbering Plan to a Cluster
• Numbering Plan for Call Classification
Administration > User Management
System Administration > User Management
Administration > License Management
System Administration > License Management
Administration > Backup
System Administration > Backup settings
Administration > Single Sign-On
System Administration > Single Sign-On
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup System Administration > LDAP Settings
> LDAP Settings
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup System Administration > Log Management
> Log Management
Administration > job Management
System Administration > job Management
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup System Administration > Certificate Management
• Device Certificate Management
• Certificate Authentication
• Prime Collaboration Certificate Management
• Prime Collaboration Certificate Management
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup System Administration > 360 Integration
> Cisco Prime 360 Integration
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Navigation Changes in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance - Advanced User
Interface
Click the Toggle Navigation icon
on the Cisco Prime Collaboration page to view a list of dashlets
and reports. You can click the pin icon at the top left to hide or display the left pane. You can also view
indexes, set favorites, and use the search option in the same menu.
The navigation changes of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced (MSP or Enterprise) user interface
after an upgrade is listed in the following table:
Table 3: User Interface Navigation in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Advanced
Before upgrade
After upgrade
Home
Monitor > System View
• OpsView
• OpsView
• Service Experience
• Service Experience
• Alarm
• Alarm
• Performance
• Performance
• Contact Center Topology
• Contact Center Topology
Operate > Alarms & Events
Monitor > Alarms & Events
Operate > Utilization Monitor
Monitor > Utilization Monitor
Operate > UC Cluster Status
Monitor > UC Cluster Status
Operate > Device Work Center
Device Inventory
• Inventory Management
Operate > Diagnose
Diagnose
Operate > Diagnose
Diagnose
• Endpoint Diagnostics
• Endpoint Diagnostics
• Session Diagnostics
• Session Diagnostics
• Call Signaling Analyzer
• Call Signaling Analyzer
• IP-SLA Diagnostics
• Media Path Analyzer
• Media Path Analysis
• CME Diagnostics
• CME Diagnostics
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Before upgrade
After upgrade
Operate > Log Collection Center
Diagnose > Log Collection Center
Operate > Diagnostics Test Center
Synthetic Test Center
Operate > Diagnostics Test Center
Synthetic Test Center
• Synthetic Test
• UC Application Synthetic Test
• Audio Phone Features Test
• Audio Phone Features Test
• Node-to-Node Test
• IP SLA Voice Test
• Video Test Call
• Video Test
• Phone Status Test
• Phone Status Test
• Batch Test
• Batch Test
Report > Administrative Reports
Assurance Reports > Administrative Reports
Report > Communications Manager Reporting
Assurance Reports > Launch CUCM Reports
Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive Reports Assurance Reports > Miscellaneous Reports
Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive Reports Assurance Reports > Miscellaneous Reports
• UCM/CME Phone Activity Reports
• UCM/CME Phone Activity Reports
• Voice Call Quality Event History Reports
• Voice Call Quality Event History Reports
• Miscellaneous Reports
• Other Reports
Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive Reports Assurance Reports > Miscellaneous Reports >
> Telepresence Reports > Conferencing Device
Other Reports > Conferencing Device Utilization
Utilization Report
Report
Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive Reports Assurance Reports > Session Reports > All Session
> Telepresence Reports > All Session Summary
Summary Report
Report
Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive Reports Assurance Reports > Session Reports > Session
> Telepresence Reports > Session Detail Report Detail Report
Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive Reports Assurance Reports > Telepresence Endpoint
> Telepresence Reports > Endpoint Utilization
Reports > Endpoint Utilization Report
Report
Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive Reports Assurance Reports > Telepresence Endpoint
> Telepresence Reports > No Show Endpoint
Reports > No Show Endpoint Summary Report
Summary Report
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Before upgrade
After upgrade
Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive Reports Assurance Reports > NAM & Sensor Reports
> UCM/CME Voice Call Quality Reports >
Sensor/NAM
• Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive
Reports > Telepresence Reports >
UCM/CME Voice Call Quality Reports >
Endpoints
Assurance Reports > CDR & CMR Reports
• Report > Assurance Reports > Interactive
Reports > Telepresence Reports >
UCM/CME Voice Call Quality Reports >
CDR
Report > Assurance Reports > Scheduled Reports Assurance Reports > Scheduled Reports
Administration > Alarm & Event Setup > Event
Customization
Assurance Administration > Event Customization
Administration > Alarm & Event Setup >
Notification
Assurance Administration > Notification Setup
Administration > Alarm & Event Setup >
TelePresence Settings
Assurance Administration > Session Path
Threshold Settings
Administration > Alarm & Event Setup > Polling Assurance Administration > Polling Settings
Settings
Administration > Backups
System Administration > Backup Settings
Administration > Single Sign-On
System Administration > Single Sign-On
Administration > Job Management
System Administration > Job Management
Administration > License Management
System Administration > License Management
Administration > User Management
System Administration > User Management
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Assurance Administration > E-mail Setup for
> General Settings
Alarms & Events
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Assurance Administration > 1040 System Setup
> General Settings > 1040 Sensors Setup
Assurance Administration > Assurance Domain
Management
Assurance Administration > Domain Setup
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Before upgrade
After upgrade
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup System Administration > 360 Integration
> Cisco Prime 360 Integration
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Assurance Administration > CDR Source Settings
> Call Quality Data Source Management
> Manage Call Quality Data Sources
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup System Administration > LDAP Settings
> LDAP Settings
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup System Administration > Log Management
> Log Management
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Assurance Administration > CDR Source Settings
> SFTP Settings
> CUCM SFTP Credentials
Device Inventory > Inventory Schedule > IP Phone
• Administration > System Setup > Assurance Inventory Schedule
Setup > IP Phone Inventory Collection
Settings
• Administration > System Setup > Assurance
Setup > IP Phone XML Inventory Collection
Settings
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Device Inventory > Inventory Schedule > Cluster
> Cluster Data Discovery Settings
Data Discovery Schedule
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Device Inventory > SNMP MIB Query Tool
> SNMP Query
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup System Administration > Certificate Management
> Prime Collaboration Certificate Management > Prime Collaboration Certificate Management
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup System Administration > Certificate Management
> Device Certificate Management
> Device Certificate Management
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Before upgrade
After upgrade
Analyze
Analytics
• Technology Adoption
• Technology Adoption
• Asset Usage
• Asset Usage
• Traffic Analysis
• Traffic Analysis
• Capacity Analysis
• Capacity Analysis
• Service Experience
• Service Experience
• UC System Performance
• UC System Performance
• Video Conferences
• Video Conferences
• Custom Report Generator
• License Usage
• Scheduled Reports
• My Dashboard
Administration > License Management
System Administration > License Management
Administration > Analytics Group Management Analytics Administration > Group Management
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Analytics Administration > Trunk Traffic Max
> CDR Trunk Utilization Settings
Capacity Settings
Administration > System Setup > Assurance Setup Analytics Administration > sFTP Settings
> General Settings
Note
Analyze > Custom Report Generator
Analytics > Custom Report Generator
Analyze > Scheduled Reports
Analytics > Schedule Reports
Administration > Backups
System Administration > Backup settings
Assurance Administration > CDR Analysis Settings is a new menu path that contains the following
tabs:
• Configure Voice Call Grade
• Set Call Category
• Gateway Code Configuration
• Dial Plan Configuration
• Dial Plan Assignment
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III
Uninstall Cisco Prime Collaboration
• Uninstall Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 59
CHAPTER
9
Uninstall Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
• Uninstall Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 59
Uninstall Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Note
Before you uninstall, ensure that you delete all the node-to-node tests from the application. If you do not
delete these tests, they continue to run on the router.
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Log in to the vSphere Client and connect to the ESXi server that is running the virtual appliance that you want
to uninstall.
Right-click the application, choose Power > Shut Down Guest (or choose Power Off).
Right-click the application and in the Confirm Delete window, choose Delete from disk.
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A
Troubleshooting
• Verify the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Installation (for Advanced and Standard Modes), page
61
• Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Deployment Model, page 63
• Downgrade the Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment Model, page 64
• Configure a Second NIC for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, page 64
• Change the IP Address on the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Server, page 64
• Find the MAC Address of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Servers, page 65
• Remove the SSL Certificate Warning, page 65
Verify the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Installation
(for Advanced and Standard Modes)
If you are unable to launch Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, it could be because the required processes
are not running on the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance server.
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Log in to the Assurance server using the SSH service and with the CLI admin that you created during OVA
configuration. By default, the username is admin.
Display the processes that are running.
show application status cpcm
The following is sample output of the status command, for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance- Advanced
11.011.5 server:
S<l 11866 root Decap_main 13-01:10:20
S 11988 postgres postgres 13-01:10:18
S 12132 primea postmaster 13-01:10:07
Sl 12262 root emsam_mq 13-01:09:50
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Sl 12327 root cpc_multiproclo 13-01:09:42
Sl 12362 root emsam_inventory 13-01:09:42
Sl 13141 root emsam_perfmonen 13-01:08:03
S<l 13222 root emsam_tomcat 13-01:07:53
Sl 13314 root emsam_poller 13-01:07:28
Sl 13448 root emsam_fault 13-01:07:07
Sl 13885 root emsam_troublesh 13-01:06:18
Sl 13919 root emsam_sessionmo 13-01:06:17
Sl 14733 root cpc_datapurge 13-01:04:31
Sl 14828 root cpc_segserver 13-01:04:26
Sl 15027 root cpc_qovmserver 13-01:04:15
Sl 15386 root cpc_pifserver 13-01:04:00
Sl 15539 root cpc_ipiudataser 13-01:03:47
Sl 15572 root cpc_srstserver 13-01:03:45
Sl 15974 root cpc_stserver 13-01:03:38
Sl 17685 root cpc_sshd 13-01:01:04
Sl 17724 root cpc_qovr 13-01:01:02
Sl 17746 root cpc_smdbmonitor 13-01:01:00
Sl 17792 root cpc_ipslaserver 13-01:00:57
Sl 17889 root cpc_toposerver 13-01:00:52
Sl 19542 root cpc_gpf 13-00:54:09
The following is the output of status command for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance- Standard 11.011.5
server:
STAT PID USER COMMAND ELAPSED
===============================================
S<l 3086 root Decap_main 21:44:29
S 3204 postgres postgres 21:44:28
S 3335 primea postmaster 21:44:16
Sl 3378 root emsam_mq 21:43:59
Sl 3445 root cpc_multiproclo 21:43:51
Sl 3479 root emsam_inventory 21:43:51
Sl 4336 root emsam_perfmonen 21:42:23
S<l 4417 root emsam_tomcat 21:42:13
Sl 4592 root emsam_poller 21:41:49
Sl 4736 root emsam_fault 21:41:29
Sl 5976 root emsam_troublesh 21:40:38
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[root@DragonSmokeTestStd bin]#
The parameters in the COMMAND column are the processes that are running on the Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance server (Standard/Advanced). If you do not see all of these processes running, enter the following
commands to restart the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance services:
<hostname>/admin#application stop cpcm
<hostname>/admin#application start cpcm
The application start cpcm/cpcmcontrol.sh start takes 10 to 15 minutes
for execution and application stop cpcm/cpcmcontrol.sh stop takes 10
minutes.
Step 3
Repeat Step 2 and check whether all the processes are running.
If all the required processes are still not running on the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance server or if you
are unable to access the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance URL, contact TAC team.
If all the processes are running, see Get Started with Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, on page 26.
Upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Deployment
Model
To upgrade Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance deployment model, first upgrade your hardware resources,
such as, vRAM, vCPU, and vDisk. You must increase the disk size by adding a new vDisk of size equal to
the required extra size. See the VMware documentation to upgrade or add the hardware resources.
Note
• Do not select existing vDisk and increase its size. Add a new vDisk.
• If you are using Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance 10.6 or later release and/or Cisco Prime
Collaboration Analytics 10.6 or later release, you must contact Cisco TAC team to get the root access
to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance server. The root access enables you to run the tuning
script.
You must log in as root user and upgrade the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance deployment model to
medium, large, or very large using the following tuning script.
For Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance version 10.5 or later:
# /opt/emms/emsam/bin/newcpcmtuning.sh
From the options displayed, choose the deployment model (excluding option 1) that you wish to upgrade to,
and then select Y to proceed with upgrading or N to reselect the deployment model.
For information on installing Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, see Client Machine Requirements for
Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, on page 13
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Downgrade the Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment Model
Cisco Prime Collaboration does not support the downgrade of the deployment model; that is, you cannot
downgrade from the Cisco Prime Collaboration large deployment model to the small deployment model.
Configure a Second NIC for Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance
You can add a second NIC to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance as follows:
• Use the vSphere Client (Edit virtual machine settings option) to add a second virtual network adapter
to the virtual machine.
• Log in to the Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance admin CLI to configure the IP address for the second
interface.
• Configure the IP route gateways for the two interfaces (with the same CLI access).
Log in as admin user to configure the IP address for the second interface:
admin# configure
admin (config)# interface GigabitEthernet 1 (Note that the first interface is GigabitEthernet 0)
admin(config-GigabitEthernet)# ip address <ip address> <net mask> admin (config-GigabitEthernet)
# exit
Configure the IP routes to the two different gateways:
admin (config)# ip route <network addr> <net mask> <route-specific gateway1>
admin (config)# ip route <network addr> <net mask> <route-specific gateway2> ……
Change the default route (0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0) to the appropriate gateway if needed.
Change the IP Address on the Cisco Prime Collaboration
Assurance Server
Procedure
Step 1
Log in to CLI as admin and execute the following command:
IPAddress-Change/admin# conf t
Step 2
Execute the following configuration commands, one per line, and end each of them with "control Z".
• IPAddress-Change/admin(config)# interface GigabitEthernet 0
• IPAddress-Change/admin(config-GigabitEthernet)# ip
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• IPAddress-Change/admin(config-GigabitEthernet)# ip address 10.64.91.177 255.255.255.0
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Enter y when the following message is displayed: "Changing the IP may result in undesired side effects on
any installed application(s). Are you sure you want to proceed? [y/n] y"
IPAddress-Change/admin(config-GigabitEthernet)# exit
IPAddress-Change/admin(config)# exit
IPAddress-Change/admin# wr mem
Restart VM after IP address change and execute the script EMSAM_HOME/bin/updateJmsProps.sh
Find the MAC Address of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Servers
To find the MAC address of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Click the About icon at the top right corner of the user interface.
On the About page, click the Assurance Information link to launch the system information details for Cisco
Prime Collaboration Assurance.
For all the other versions of Cisco Prime Collaboration, you can check the MAC address through the vSphere
Client.
Remove the SSL Certificate Warning
• Windows Internet Explorer—You can permanently remove the SSL certificate warning by installing
the Cisco Prime Collaboration self-signed certificate.
• Mozilla Firefox—You can remove the SSL certificate warning only by adding an exception.
• Google Chrome—You can remove the SSL certificate warning by using the Manage Certificates option
under HTTPS/SSL on the Settings page.
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Remove the SSL Certificate Warning in Internet Explorer
Remove the SSL Certificate Warning in Internet Explorer
Procedure
Step 1
Choose Continue to this website (not recommended).
Step 2
Choose Tools > Internet Options.
Step 3
In the Internet Options dialog box, click the Security tab, choose Trusted sites, and then click Sites.
Step 4
Confirm that the URL that appears in the field and matches the application URL, and then click Add.
Step 5
Step 6
Close all dialog boxes and refresh the browser.
Choose Certificate Error to the right of the address bar, and then click View certificates.
Step 7
In the Certificate dialog box, click Install Certificate.
Step 8
In the Certificate Import Wizard dialog box, click Next.
Step 9
Click the Place all certificates in the following store radio button, and then click Browse.
Step 10 In the Select Certificate Store dialog box, choose Trusted Root Certification Authorities, and then click
OK.
Step 11 Choose Next > Finish.
Step 12 In the Security Warning message box, click Yes.
Step 13 In the Certificate Import Wizard message box, click OK.
Step 14 In the Certificate dialog box, click OK.
Step 15 Repeat Step 2 and Step 3.
Step 16 Select the URL in the Websites section, and then click Remove.
If You Have a Safe URL Implemented
Procedure
Step 1
Choose Tools > Internet Options .
Step 2
In the Internet Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab .
Step 3
In the Security section, uncheck the Warn about certificate address mismatch check box.
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Remove the SSL Certificate Warning in Mozilla Firefox
Procedure
Step 1
Click I Understand the Risks >Add Exception.
Step 2
In the Add Security Exception dialog box, click Confirm Security Exception.
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