Cisco – Install Call Manager 4.x with VMWare
Posted by Josh on Thu 28 Jun 2007Categories: Cisco , Cisco VOIP , virtualization - [172] Comments
Installing Call Manager version 4.x has been quite a task. All the tutorials I had been following until recently made reference to OS upgrade version 2000.2.6. However, this version no longer available for download on Cisco.com. I tried to follow the tutorials for version 2000.4.4a but ran into several issues … the registry hack did not work and version 2000.4.4a did not include MS Java … just to name a few. The following tutorials will walk you through every step to successfully install Callmanager with VMWare Player.
| Step 1: Download and install vmware player | Watch Video |
| Step 2: Download and extract the VMware session | Watch Video |
| Step 3: Install Windows 2000 Server SP4 | Watch Video |
| Step 4: Install VMware Tools inside the Virtual Machine | Watch Video |
| Step 5: Install Microsoft Java Virtual Machine | Watch Video |
| Step 6: Modify the windows registry | Watch Video |
| Step 7: Extract shutdown.exe into c:\utils\ directory | Watch Video |
| Step 8: Install Cisco OS 2000.4.4a Upgrade | Watch Video |
| Step 9: Install Cisco Call Manager | Watch Video |
Downloads:
Cisco OS 4.4a Upgrade
VMware Player
Virtual Machine Starter Session
VMware Tools Download
Cisco OS-2000.4.4a Registry Hack
Shutdown.exe
Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
References:
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Installing_VMware_Tools_with_VMware_Player.html
http://www.knuckledragger.net/Network/ccm4vmware.htm
June 30th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
nice Post — will be trying this in the next few days…
July 2nd, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Hi friend,
The link you provided to download Cisco OS 2000.4.4a Upgrade is not available now.Can you please post the link right again.Plz………….
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Done
July 3rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Hi Friend,
I appreciate your share.But unfortunately am not a registered user so i can’t download it.I have been trying to install ccm since february.If you dont mind can you please upload this file to rapidshare or any http://ftp.Thank you.
July 3rd, 2007 at 5:16 pm
you can see, without download, you can do double click in “watch” and show the video.
regards
July 5th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
i can´t found the ccm.reg for modify the registry
Somebody can help me ?
July 6th, 2007 at 12:52 am
It is under “Cisco OS-2000.4.4a Registry Hack”
July 10th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
The link to download “Cisco OS 4.4a Upgrade” opens the cisco web site but I dont have CCO login.
Can some one give me a link to download this os upgrade.
Thanks
July 16th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Thanks for putting up those videos. What do you get for $10? What about version 4.2(3)? Will this work as well? I assume you use any Windows 2000 SP4 server install disks?
July 16th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
For $10, you get all the CCM-vmware videos in a zip file. Basically, you have the videos on your hard drive instead of having to watch them from the website.
I believe the process will work the same for CCM 4.2(3) and you should be fine with any Win2k server disks with SP4.
Please let us know if 4.2(3) does not work.
August 7th, 2007 at 7:20 am
Hi Admin,
just wanted to ask about installing MSSQL2000.
Is the step included somewhere or it is before step9?
August 7th, 2007 at 10:25 am
MSSQL2000 is installed with CallManager in step 9
August 16th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Hi at the end I was able to do it, thank for your posts.
I installed version CCM4.1.3
At step 9 I got errors that SQL2000SP3A can not be installed. I downloaded it from cisco as cisco recommend but still it had some registry check and was failing to install.
So I removed MSSQL installed by CCM setup and installed a standalone version of MSSQL2000 and applied to it SP3A…and restarted CCM Setup and it works!
Thanks.
August 17th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Where to get Cisco OS 4.4a Upgrade
If someon ehave it please uload it to fome ftp server.
Trying to install CM 4.1.3 for about a month
thanks
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:49 pm
if sql 2000 install fails(included with CCM) during installation. Try installing MDAC 2.6 SP2. Restart the computer then try reinstalling. It worked… for me.
August 26th, 2007 at 2:14 am
I was unable to install CCM 4.1(3) using this procedure.
The error is “iuRunCommand” and “CreateProcess: Error: 193: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.”
Any ideas??
September 2nd, 2007 at 4:09 am
Hi i have a little problem with vmware…im using vmware workstation version 5.5.4
and the thing is that i can’t get the network driver to work…
I installed the vmware tools and all the other drivers were installed correctly only the network adapter not.
Can you tell me what to do?
Thanks a lot..
Greetings Kennis
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:15 pm
i can`t download Cisco OS-2000.4.4a Registry Hack and Cisco OS 4.4a Upgrade from http://www.cisco.com without registration, can any one help me
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:34 pm
i receive this message when i open ccm.vmx in step 3
“Not enough physical memory is available to power on this virtual machine.
If you were able to power on this virtual machine on this host computer in the past, try rebooting the host computer. Rebooting may allow you to use slightly more host memory to run virtual machines.”
after rebooting the host computer,the same situation.
can any one help me.
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:40 pm
@kennis
This is probably a better questions for the vmware forums…
http://www.vmware.com/community/index.jspa
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:45 pm
@Hany
Here is the link for the registry hack. No registration required.
http://www.blindhog.net/tutorials/ccm.reg
In regards to the memory error, you probably do not have enough physical memory on your computer. The vmware session available for download uses 1GB RAM. I would suggest 2GB RAM on you host machine.
September 4th, 2007 at 5:21 am
Ok they all don’t know the answer…but i going to tried to build the ccm on just a normal server..
that must also work i thing…
Thanks anyway
September 4th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Anybody helps me to download Cisco OS-2000.4.4a, win-OS-Upgrade-K9.2000-4-4a.exe? Pleae…
Thanks..
September 5th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
I don’t have CCO account in cisco.com website please send me another link to download. Thanks a lot.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:03 am
Is there a new link for the ccm.reg download?
the link above doesn’t work..
Thanks
September 6th, 2007 at 6:21 am
the link for the ccm.reg downloads as a .mp3 extension also renaming the file to ccm.reg won’t help…
September 6th, 2007 at 9:13 am
The link is fine. The problem is Internet Explorer. Use Firefox, or try this..
1) Right click on the link and selecting ’save link as’ or ’save target as’
2) Change the file type from ‘mp3 sound file’ to ‘all files’.
3) Change the name from ‘ccm’ to ‘ccm.reg’.
4) Save it to your hard drive.
Here a tutorial: http://www.blindhog.net/tutorials/save-ccm-reg.htm
September 6th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
could the admin tell me what program he use to make these tutorials .
September 7th, 2007 at 2:27 am
wink
September 8th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
I love the tards who dont have CCO access that think we’re going to give it to them.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
could the one who have the CCO account download Cisco OS 4.4a Upgrade and upload it on rapidshare or any other thing
thanks
September 8th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Thanks!!! this works fine….
September 14th, 2007 at 3:10 am
Gr8 tool dude. what a show….
real easy……..
September 15th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Hi,
I seem to be having the following error after call manager finally installed.
“Cisco CallManager could not install XML 3.0 SP5 at this time. When the installation has finished, please reapply the latest Cisco OS Upgrade Service Release.”
I have d/l xml 3.0 sp5 seperately, but it fail saying there a new version already installed. I have installed the OS upgrade specified in this doc but seem to be getting stuck at the final stages.
Please help!
September 19th, 2007 at 12:12 am
i have successfully installed call manager without Cisco OS 4.4a Upgrade
September 19th, 2007 at 4:07 am
Faruk,
I had the same error as well and used the same install packs. Any word on this?
September 21st, 2007 at 8:25 am
Had a problem with k9.2000-4-4a.exe not restarting after reboot. Found this on another site:
…. you can manually run the
install phases that do not automatically trigger. From a command line,
execute the MCSOsUpg.exe with the appropriate flag for the phase you need to
run.
Phase 1
C:\MCSOsUpg\MCSOsUpg.exe
Phase 2
C:\MCSOsUpg\MCSOsUpg.exe /SPBoot
Phase 3
C:\MCSOsUpg\MCSOsUpg.exe /PostBoot
September 21st, 2007 at 9:10 am
Correction!
C:\MCSOsUpg\MCSOsUpg.exe /Postboot
…if you do /PostBoot (vs the correct /Postboot) it will run phase 2 again.
September 25th, 2007 at 1:33 am
I have problems downloading the ccm.reg file from the registry hack link.Each time I try to down it Windows media player opens.. What can I do..
Secondly..Can I set up a full cluster with this. I mean, Can I install a publisher and then subscribers..How do i achieve this.
Thanks
September 25th, 2007 at 4:47 am
The link is fine. The problem is Internet Explorer. Use Firefox, or try this..
1) Right click on the link and selecting ’save link as’ or ’save target as’
2) Change the file type from ‘mp3 sound file’ to ‘all files’.
3) Change the name from ‘ccm’ to ‘ccm.reg’.
4) Save it to your hard drive.
Here a tutorial: http://www.blindhog.net/tutorials/save-ccm-reg.htm
A full cluster would be dependent on vmware. I am not sure if vmware player will allow more than one virtual machine at one time…If it does, then yes. You should be able to run a pub and sub cluster.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
I have the above steps for “Cisco – Install Call Manager 4.x with VMWare”.
On step3, when I try to install windwows2000with SP4, I get the error message
CDBOOT-cannot boot from CD- Error code 4.
but the CD seems to be o.k. any clue?
thanks
September 25th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I am not sure what that error means.
But, this link seems to have a lot of resources regarding the error.
http://www.google.com/search?q=CDBOOT-cannot+boot+from+CD-+Error+code+4
October 6th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Admin
After I installed windows 2000 server and edited the ccm.vmx file to have ide 1:1.fileName= “windows.iso”….
when i double click on this file, windows 2000 server does not start and when i click on ide1:1 it says “windows.iso” is not cd-rom image..
Please help..I have been on this all day
October 16th, 2007 at 3:07 am
Can this process be followed for Cisco Unified Communitcation Manager 6.0(1a)???
November 6th, 2007 at 4:04 am
Thanks;
It works.
I’m waiting for “Cisco – Install Call Manager 5.x with VMWare”
November 6th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I got CCM 5.1 to work on VMWare. I’m not a Linux or VM person but after researching a few commands like VI to edit the .conf file and others i got the machine to boot up. What I did was clone the hard drive (Image ALL on Ghost) from the 5.1 machine, then create a virtual machine with the BusLogic SCSI driver and followed the following tutorial with the latest Fedora Core recovery CD. It boots up and lets me know some hardware is no longer present, and I’m actually having trouble getting the NIC to work, but its going somewhere. If only I could figure out the NIC problem.
http://virtualaleph.blogspot.com/2007/05/virtualize-linux-server-with-vmware.html
November 14th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Why did you have to install Ubuntu first before installing Win 2K?
Can I go ahead and install Win2K straightaway, without first of all installing Ubuntu??
November 14th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Ayo,
Sorry for the confusion. The first video is intended to just show you how to install vmware player and make changes to the vmx file. You should not install Ubuntu.
Josh
November 20th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Hi all,
Here is the link for the win os upgrade thanks to certmagic.
hxxp://www.4shared.com/dir/4169580/1f542ffc/sharing.html
download before it is dead
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:25 pm
hi original,
it will be really nice if you could give a rapidshare.com link. it seems impossible to me to download 450+files.
November 27th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Hi original
could you please upload again part 135 of the win 0s upgrade, part 135 is missing
November 28th, 2007 at 12:15 am
HI…alll
Is that possible if I have
win-0s-2000-k9.4-5a
win-0s-2000.2-7
win-0s-2000-k9.4-3a
to install it on your registry hack
coz always got this massage
“youre hardware not supported only cisco platform hardware approve”
what is it mean
thanks
December 6th, 2007 at 8:57 am
I know this is an old thread, but I just wanted to share my gratitude for this info. Worked like a charm, now onto the CCVP!
Thanks Again
December 23rd, 2007 at 5:40 am
Hi Admin,
First of all this a great site and very very useful!!!
I have come across a slight issue when following call manager installation, right at the end when i have inserted disk 2 I get a error “Remote procedure call has failed” it then aborts installation and rolls back. Could please point me in the right direction or tell me what I am doing wrong??
Thanks again
Hammer
December 23rd, 2007 at 9:28 am
I am not sure … Are you using Win2000 sp4?
December 23rd, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Hi Again
Yes I am using win 2000 server sp4, it took forever trying to get hold of this version at the end I had to use a contact at Microsoft!!! I have no idea why it fails at this stage or what the error means……
December 31st, 2007 at 9:40 pm
I have not seen the video’s yet, but just reading the posts I hear great things. I’m curious if anyone knows what linux kernel type Cisco uses on CM5.1/6.0? Thinking about taking a stab at installing it with VM or XEN…
Thanks
January 1st, 2008 at 5:05 am
Hi,
I am trying to install CCM 4.1.2 on VMware. Following is what I did so far:
1) Install Win2k Server with SP4
Give Static IP Address to NIC 1.
2) Install SNMP & other tools Under monitoring tools
3) Upgraded to IE6 with SP1
4) Install Win2000.2.7
5) Install Win2000.2.7SR3
6) Copied Shutdown.exe from C:\Program files\Cisco\Updates 2000.2.7SR3 folder to C:\Utils
7) Give Read access to everyone on C:\Winnt\Registration folder
9) Install SQL 2000 (Per seat license 1000)
10) Edit Hosts and LMHosts files
I was able to start the CCM setup successfully. Once Disk 1 finished I am getting a message to insert “Cisco CallManager Installation, Upgrade, and Recovery Disk 2 of 2″, but when I am inserting the disk the Installation process doesn’t accept it and continue giving the same message.
I’ve Copied set of CDs from Original cisco media. I’ve tried making multiple Disks and changing the Disk name but the installation process gives same message.
Any help will be highly appreciated??
-inner_silence
January 1st, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Inner_Silence,
Have you tried the actual Cisco Media? Although, it should work with copies …
Do you see an error in the installation logs?
Josh
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Hi original .
The link is dead .
Can you upload it one more time ?
Or can you email to me about win os upgrade
Email: pvhung@cisnetpro.net
Many thanks
Here is the link for the win os upgrade thanks to certmagic.
hxxp://www.4shared.com/dir/4169580/1f542ffc/sharing.html
download before it is dead
January 24th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Thank you for the tutorials..I followed them but I am still getting an error that the hardware is not cisco approved hardware platform. Has anyone encountered this error and how did you fix it?
Thanks
January 24th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
What step are you getting this error on exactly?
January 27th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Hi Josh,
I was able to install CCM 4.1.3 from copied medias using the same method. Seeme CCM 4.1.2 has some problem with VM Ware.
I heard that CCM 4.1.2 is not supported on VM ware perhaps that’s the reason Disk 2 was not getting accepted.
Anyways, I’ve 4.1.3 running.
Thanks for your time.
-inner_silence
January 27th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Please each time I try to run the shutdown.exe, I get the error shutdown.exe is not a valid win32 application..
What can I do to resolve this problem
January 27th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
inner silence,
Glad to hear you were able to get 4.1(3) installed. Some people have had the same error message because they were not using cisco os 4.4a. The old 2.7.x (and earlier) OS looked in a different part of the registry to verify cisco hardware.
Deji,
You should not have to run shutdown.exe. If it is in the c:\utils directory, the call manager install will run it. Are you getting the error message during the call manager install?
January 28th, 2008 at 4:05 am
Ok. Thank you for your response. I have put the shutdown.exe in the c:\utils directory.
However when I try to install CCM I get a funny error message like this..
Name resolution successfull used name CCM6_PUB resolved IP 127.0.0.1 resolved name ccm6_pub
01/28/2008 10:02:45.140 CCMSetup.cpp fnrsPreinstall Message displayed: The installation has detected a loopback state while trying to resolve the computer name.
This can be caused by a disconnected network cable.
Verify that you have a network cable plugged in to the Network Interface Card (NIC).
For more information, review the log file C:\Program Files\Common Files\Cisco\Logs\CCMInst 01-28-2008 10.02.39.log and refer to the Cisco CallManager installation and upgrade documentation.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Guys Please help out. I seem to have a problem with installing the NIC driver for the VMware machine. How can I solve this problem..
January 28th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Do you have VMWare tools installed? I had this problem before installing vmware tools…
January 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Deji, If you use easyvmx to create a virtual machine, when you are configuring the NIC’s set the “connection type” as Bridged and set one of the “virtual devices” as VLANCE and the other as VMXNET. You can then look at the config file and copy\paste the NIC section in to your existing VM config. Same for CDROM Drives.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Guys, thanks. I have used vmware server to create my virtual machines and I never had this problem. I have a cluster running 4.2(3) publisher and subscriber with exchange 2003 and unity 5 running all good.
thanks
February 5th, 2008 at 11:27 am
i am installing CallManager 4.2.3 on VMware6. CallManager CD1 installed successfully, but couldn’t install CD2 successfully and i got the following statement in the log file ” Failed to create CCMuser windows webusers account” .. any idea how to solve this problem?
Thanks
February 5th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I have a CCO account. Can a 4.x CCM version be downloaded online. I unfortunately do not have install disks. I see that CCM upgrades and service release patches are available but I dont believe these are full install files.
February 5th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Unfortunately, I don’t believe you can download the install disks from Cisco.com.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Hi Orb,
Can you upload CCM upgrades and following in
rapidshare and give links to all.
win-OS-Upgrade-K9.2000-2-7.exe
win-OS-Upgrade-K9.2000-2-7sr8.exe
win-OS-Upgrade-K9.2000-4-4a-sr7.exe
win-OS-Upgrade-K9.2000-4-4a.exe
well this is CCM5 download link for those who need:
hxxp://www.blog.persianadmins.com/cisco-call-manger-5-ccm5-112-g-dvd-ciscocallmanager5011002-132.html
February 8th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Grab Os upgrade patch here !
http://www.sadikhov.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=110228
February 8th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Nice tutorial,
I am using Vmware to install CCM. I have 1GB RAM total.I dedicate 512Mb to Vmware .However, CCM4.1(3) requires 1GB(min). Is there any windows registry hack or VMware tweak so that it could show installer 1GB ram instead of 512mb .Or is there any way to bypass RAM check in installation?
I understand this can impact performance but i really can’t upgrade RAM now.Does anyone has any possible solution other than upgrading?
February 12th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Can anyone help me please i got the same error MSG as jason:
The error is “iuRunCommand” and “CreateProcess: Error: 193: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.”
jason i guess that u had solved ur prob
any suggestions or advices
Kindly for all thanks for this share really helpfull but until i’ll get my CCM working
February 14th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Just to mention, i was successfully able to install both CCM 4.1(2) and CCM 4.1(3) versions using this method. Thanks !
February 26th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Hi,
I installed CCM 4.1.3 in VM, installation went smoothly but I couldn’t login!
I am wondering why it’s using HTTP(S)?.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Regards
Here is internet explorer output page:
https://ccmpub/CCMAdmin/Main.asp
The page cannot be displayed
There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot be displayed.
————————————————————————-
Please try the following:
Click the Refresh button, or try again later.
Open the ccmpub home page, and then look for links to the information you want.
HTTP 500.100 – Internal Server Error – ASP error
Internet Information Services
——————————————————————————–
Technical Information (for support personnel)
Error Type:
Microsoft JScript runtime (0×800A01AD)
Automation server can’t create object
/CCMAdmin/includes/verify.asp, line 99
Browser Type:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)
Page:
GET /CCMAdmin/Main.asp
Time:
Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 2:57:58 AM
More information:
Microsoft Support
March 6th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Anyone has try to do this with CCM 5.x or 6.x?, if anyone now about any tutorial please provide me the link
Thanks
Nelson
March 20th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
[...] a previous tutorial, you learned how to install Call Manager 4.x in vmware. Installing CUCM 6.x in VMWare is much easier. Cisco did a great job with CUCM 6.x in terms of [...]
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I got both a Publisher and Subscriber loaded in VMWARE Server. I can get phones registered to Publisher but not Subscriber. I have change AUTO Registration to Pub and it works. When Sub is up phones wont register. ThHis is because I have it set first in CCM Group. Is this a SQL synchronization issue, SID issue, etc. Any advice is appreciated. Any tweaks necessary? I used the same hack, etc for the PUB and SUB.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Orb,
I am having a similiar issue. Except its an issue with the Services on the Sub. The CCM, TFTP, CTI simply will services will not start.
Anyone have any ideas why this would be? I have tried with Fresh installs of Pub and Sub and it is always the same problem on the Sub.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Orb,
I have great news. I don’t know what you are using for your VMWare Server but I am using an HP DL320-G2 with dual NIC’s. I set up the SUB to use NIC-2 (instead of bridging PUB and SUB on NIC-1) and now it works great. The PUB uses NIC-1 and the SUB uses NIC-2 and everything SYNC’s, all Services work on the SUB and the Phones can register in the SUB. Try this on your setup if you have Dual NIC’s and I bet it works. I think there is some issue here with the VMWare bridging and CCM PUB/SUB communications.
Good luck!
April 4th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Orb / Bill,
Sorry for the late response. I have been busy with an install this week.
I have not experienced any of these problems…yet. Were either of you able to get the issues resolved?
Josh
April 6th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Josh,
Yes I was. I am using an HP DL320-G2 with dual NIC’s as the VMWare Host Server Machine. Also want to mention I using VMWare Server(1.0.5) because before I had a chance to build a VM for Unity on the easyvmx website- the site was taken down and I had to build it myself. I set up the SUB to use NIC-2 (instead of bridging PUB and SUB on NIC-1) and now it works great. The PUB uses NIC-1 and the SUB uses NIC-2 and everything SYNC’s, all Services work on the SUB and the Phones can register with either the PUB or SUB to my liking.
Thanks.
April 6th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Thats odd the easyvmx.com site is back now. Well it was down for several days a week or so ago and not sure why.
April 6th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Bill,
Thank you for the feedback. Did both the pub and sub have the same mac address when using one NIC? I have not experienced these problems because I normally just build a publisher and work with just one server.
Thanks again for enlightening the rest of us on your findings.
Josh
April 16th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Does anyone have steps for creating Vmware images of Cisco Unity 4.X or Unity 5.X ?
June 12th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I can’t thank you enough for this post… I was able to install CCM 4.1.3 w/ little to no trouble…
I did run into some issues, but after investigating I found that it was a layer 8 issue
…
Again thanks, I will be trying to install 6.0 next…
June 12th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
@gussi321 – You are very welcome. Stay tuned to the blog. I have a guest blogger preparing for his Voice IE that I expect will bring some great posts related to Cisco IPT.
Josh
June 13th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Thanks Josh…
I looking forward to it…
June 21st, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Unfortunately, this didn’t work too well for me.
I have a second HD, which is not my C: drive. My C: drive is almost out of space, so I got another, much bigger one. I do have some files on it already, but it only takes up about 2 GB out of 320 GB or so. Well, I’ve used the tutorial at Blindhog [http://www.blindhog.net/cisco-install-call-manager-4x-with-vmware] to attempt to partition this second HD for a VMware player download.
However, when it’s time to install the vmware player, it won’t give me the option to install on my D: drive in place of my almost-used-up C: drive. I went ahead anyway, hoping that it would give me the option later in the setup/download, but when it was all said and done, this second created partition with the separate XP OS has been placed on my C: drive. I won’t be able to run Cisco CallManager on it, as that HD is simply out of space.
I’ve never created partitions before, so I’m a novice at it. Does anyone know how to set this up on a separate drive? Where is the option to change this? Thanks.
July 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Will the VMware CallManager work with the GNS3?
If yes what should I do in order to make this work?
July 13th, 2008 at 1:35 am
@JTD – Sorry, I don’t know what to tell you… Can you install VMWare player on your c: drive and install the call manager files on your d: drive?
Josh
July 13th, 2008 at 1:38 am
@AK – Yes, you can communicate with GNS3.
Here are all my gns3 tutorials. http://www.blindhog.net/category/gns3/
I don’t have one specifically for communicating with CCM yet, but there is enough information in the above tutorials to get you started.
Basically, you need to add a cloud object to your gns3 lab. Configure it for the vmware network adapter connected to the call manager, then connect the cloud to the switch or router in your gns3 lab.
Josh
July 20th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Hello,
I installed CCM 4.1(3) without problem. Very good document. Congratulations and Thanks!
Cassio
August 1st, 2008 at 9:01 am
Question?
1. Can I install Win2k server on vmware server;
Then do steps 4 – 9?
The reason I asked is that I have Win2k server with sp3 and I can download and install sp4.
Also do I need to install CCM with SQL along with Cisco OS 2000.4.4a Upgrade?
Do you think this would work?
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Ak,
You should be able to use the setup you are describing.
Josh
August 6th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Hi Admin,
I was wondering about the if I don’t have a a actual cd of windows 2000 server to fulfil the third step then would I be able to get an image file of this OS.
Thanks.
August 9th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
@Zbabur – I cannot give you any commercial software. Sorry.
Josh
August 11th, 2008 at 4:13 am
Hi Josh,
Thanks for your reply, now I am having problem connecting internet in my virtual machine. Is this because of I am using wireless connection. Do you recon me using ethernet cable or what?
Thanks,
August 12th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
@zbabur,
There are any number of reasons that you are not able to access the internet from your VM… I would imagine it has something to do with routing or your vmware interfaces.
Josh
August 13th, 2008 at 7:02 am
I have a somewhat strange VMWare problem, with Auto Registration to my subscriber.
I have built many VM based CCM and can get over most hurdles but this one has me stumped for the moment.
Auto Reg to publisher works fine. Once phones auto reg to pub they can be moved to home to Sub, change order of CCM Group List.
DHCP is always Pub (helper addr) and TFTP is always SUB (Otion 150).
If however I enable Auto Reg to Subscriber, giving Sub a DN range from the Sys->CallManager phones will not auto register.
The phones just sit in Registering state.
Pkt traces show tftp of default cfg file completes. Phone then sends regReq to which it gets ACK but no RegResp. It then sends Alarm and continual keepalives.
It is as though auto registration is not possible to anything but the publisher. I could understand this due to the database only being writable from the publisher. However there is zero refernce to anything like this on Cisco.
I have tested replication and it is good, proved by entries in both databases.
I have tried 1 NIC 2 NICs.
I have built a number of VMs to see if anything changes.
Ideas? Can anyone reference a Cisco doc which states Auto Reg should or should not work to Sub?
August 15th, 2008 at 3:35 am
It looks like this was a VM build issue.
I found traces which showed the subscriber could not write to the publisher database. But replication works from Pub to Sub, 100% certain.
This manifested itself in the failed auto reg to sub (since sub need to write to pub DB to add phone) and also in anything which required an addition to the DB through the gui from the sub, add phone / gw / etc. Processor would go to 100% for a while and then fail. Database layer logs showed a problem.
Done a completely new install on 2 physical servers and converted them to VMs things now work as expected.
For complete comparison just need to do the IPCC install.
A bit of a pain but a useful learning experience.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Great video my vmware 6.1 installation worked like a charm. I tried re-installing again but this time using a CCM 4.1 DMA export file but the installation process won’t let me get pass the “End User Password/PIN Configuration” section. Each time I enter the new Password and PIN’s I keep getting an error screen. Wonder if anyone else have come across this issue?
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
[...] How to install Call Manager 4.x in VMWare [...]
August 30th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Hi Josh,
can I connect my IP phones in call manager using Vmware?
Thanks,
August 31st, 2008 at 12:31 am
Zaheer,
Yes you can use IP Phones.
Subscribe to the RSS feed. I will do a tutorial on how to use ip blue’s softphone to register multiple ip phones (virtually) on a PC.
Josh
September 1st, 2008 at 3:37 am
Hi Josh,
Thanks for your reply, I’m using call manager 4.0(1) and I couldn’t find option of time of day routing in it.
Would you like to give some commments about it.
Cheers.
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:19 am
[...] Install Call Manager 4.x with VMWare [...]
September 5th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Hi Josh,
I’m still waiting for your tutorial on how to use ip blue’s softphone to register multiple ip phones (virtually) on a PC.
THanks,
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Zaheer,
Time of day routing may not be an option for Call Manager 4.0.
Here is the tutorial for multiple ip phones (virtually) on a PC.
http://www.blindhog.net/how-to-run-multiple-ip-blue-softphones-on-a-single-pc/
Josh
September 29th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Hi Josh,
I’m trying to installed the CCM 4.0(1) on the VMWare server 1.0.7. The Cisco OS installation with fine, but come to CCM, i was failed when inserted 2nd disc and process halt during the “Cisco Directory”. I’m suspecting something related to SQL. As i checked on the installation log, i found below:
CCMDBSETUP
9-28-2008 15:28:13 Checking SQL version…
9-28-2008 15:28:13 MS SQL 2000 SP2 or above not installed. aborting install…
CCMInst
=== Logging stopped: 9/28/2008 15:29:48 ===
MSI (c) (D0:34): Product: Cisco CallManager — Installation operation failed.
09/28/2008 15:29:48.140 CCMSetup.cpp fnRunCommand CreateProcess returned: 1603
09/28/2008 15:29:48.140 CCMSetup.cpp fnRunCommand Function ended
09/28/2008 15:29:48.140 CCMSetup.cpp fnInstallPackage msiexec.exe: Return Code: 1603: Fatal error during installation.
09/28/2008 15:29:51.296 CCMSetup.cpp fnInstallPackage Cisco CallManager Install did not complete successfully. Review the log file for more information.
09/28/2008 15:29:51.296 CCMSetup.cpp fnInstallPackage User responded “OK” to message box.
09/28/2008 15:29:51.296 CCMSetup.cpp fnInstallPackage Function ended
09/28/2008 15:29:51.296 CCMSetup.cpp WinMain Function ended.
As both msgs were logged at the sametime, i suspect would be something related to SQL.
Question,can i install a seperate copy of SQL 2000 with SP3 instead of the exe on CCMDISC1? I saw ppls using separate copy of SQL,how about the Service Pack? Using MS or Cisco?
Thanks
Orochi
September 29th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Orochi,
What version of the OS are you on? Did you reboot after the OS upgrade to 2000.4.4a?
Josh
September 30th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Hi Josh,
The OS base image is 2000.2.6, i was then upgrade it to 2000.2.7. As my CCM is ver 4.0(1),i assumed the requirement is there already. I didn’t upgrade it to the latest version as i want to try out the differences on each individual release.
rgds,
Orochi
September 30th, 2008 at 3:22 am
Hi Josh,
The OS base image is 2000.2.6,then i upgraded it to 2000.2.7. Due to my CCM version is 4.0(1), so i believe it meet the requirement for installations(the minimum is 2000.2.5) Another reason i didn’t upgrade to the lastest as i want to try out the difference on each release.
regards
Orochi
October 17th, 2008 at 7:42 am
An Error message appear sasy: windows 2000 is not installed,,,when i setup call manager…..and this is weird because i have already installed (win2000 sp4) and assured fron that when i saw the properties after installation….any suggestions????????
October 20th, 2008 at 4:10 am
I didn’t notice its a win 2000 pro…..thx guys
October 20th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
mohamed,
Glad you were able to figure the problem out. Thank you for sharing your solution.
Josh
October 28th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Could u tell me how i fix the 1G byte problem,,,,i read articles for editting the registry for OS.2000.7,,,,,,but i have Os.K9 2000-4-4a…………?
November 3rd, 2008 at 6:16 am
How do you get dial tone to the Call Manager. I am doing this from home and was hoping i could reach dial tone throught the internet?
thanks in advance,
Chris
November 4th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Hi Fellas,
Well, my problem is with the Ethernet in the VMWare session. I have tried to do several things from different forums and I still don’t get that the VMware gets an ethernet connection.Everything else seems to be ok.
Any hint?
Thanks,
Sephiroth
November 12th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Have you tried ESXi for the VM? Also, have you tried Call Manager 7.0?
November 13th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Josh,
Have you tried ESXi for the VM? Also, have you tried Call Manager 7.0?
November 16th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Hi all,
I have a new issue. I cannot access internet from the virtual CCM. I’m using the bridged option but it’s not working
November 17th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Seejpe,
I have not yet tried ESXi and 7.0 does work.
Josh
November 17th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Sephiroth,
How are you verifying internet connectivity?
Josh
November 17th, 2008 at 11:32 am
mohamed,
You only need 1GB to install CCM, after it is up and running, you can cut it back to 512MB.
Josh
November 17th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Chris,
I have used Asterisk and a sip provider, then create a SIP trunk between the Asterisk server and CCM.
I have heard rumors of people using an IPIPGW. Using the router to create a SIP connection to a provider and then an h323 trunk to the CCM server… I think…
Josh
November 26th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
For some one who is looking for the ccm.reg file.
Put the items below in a text file called, say, CCM.reg on the desktop.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cisco Systems\Model]
“Hardware”=”MCS7835″
“Memory”=”1024″
“Speed”=”1000″
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Spirian\System Info\OS Image]
“Version”=”2000.2.5″
Save… doble click.. and done…
November 27th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Hi,
I had similar problem with broken subscriber installation. IP phones wouldn’t register to it and no configuration change could be done on its web interface (iexplore.exe process hanged, hogging 100% CPU).
I tried assigning different NICs to publisher and subscriber, but it didn’t help. I think that the problem was in installing subscriber and publisher on the clone of the same Windows 2000 installation (I used VMware workstation).
Finally, the problem was solved by making two separate Windows installations on publisher and subscriber (and assigning different physical NICs to them, but I’m not sure if it’s relevant).
Thanks for this tutorial, it helped a lot!
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 am
Hi Josh,
I’ve installed ccm4.0.1(sr2) usin vmware in one laptop and have installed IP communicator in other laptop.
Now, I am trying to connect that IP communicator with call manager in VMware but it’s not connecting. Do you know how VMware network card would connect with the actual machine NIC.
How would my other laptop connect with the vmware NIC?
Hope that you understand my question.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
zaheer,
Make sure the CCM virtual machine is bridging to the lan. Configure the CCM ethernet card to use vmnet0.
Josh
December 7th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
JOsh,
My virtual Machine is already on bridging to LAN. But I am quite sure how to Configure the CCM ethernet card to use vmnet0.
THanks,
ZAheer.
December 9th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
But I am not quite sure how to Configure the CCM ethernet card to use vmnet0.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I got it all setup, but I’m using a switch and some phones I got from work. My problem is getting the phones to register in the call manager, I removed DNS reliance, and I setup the phones just like I do at work, but they are still not registering. I can telnet to the switch from the call manager and a show CPD Neighbors from the switch shows the CCM, my Router and the 2 phones. I have the phones pointed to the TFTP server on my call manager, but it seems like they can’t get there. I’m wondering should I setup my router as the TFTP server to let the phones get there load??? Any guidance on what direction I should take?
December 14th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
zaheer,
If you configure the Call Manager virtual machine to use a bridged interface, it should be connected to vmnet0 and your physical ethernet interface.
Josh
December 14th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
shodown,
The phones should use the tftp server on your call manager. Can you ping the phone from your call manager server?
Josh
December 18th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Hi everyone,
Can some tell me from where can i download ccm 4? Please help
January 12th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
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January 25th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Hi Josh,
Josh, I had fixed the issue. I don´t know what I did to solve it.
Now, I have the same issue(I formatted my PC xD). I cannot ping the Virtual machine with the real machine.
The virtual machine is ok. The issue began when I formatted my PC. So the issue is on the real PC.
What do you suggest me to check? When I issue ipconfig /all I have VMware Network Adapter VMnet1 and VMware Network Adapter VMnet8.
As I told you before I know the issue should be in the real machine. Please give me some hints xD.
PS:I have checked out router, firewall, antivirus settings.
Thanks,
Sephiroth
January 25th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I got this solved!!!
On real computer did the following:
Control Panel>Security Center>Windows Firewall>Advanced>VMware Network Adapter VMnet1 and VMware Network Adapter VMnet8>Settings>ICMP>check all the check boxes.
Now, I can ping internet from my Virtual CCM 4.x machine xD.
Thanks,
Sephiroth
February 9th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Josh,
i am trying to install ccm 4.2(3) using vmware windows 2000 advance server in it. It installs the SQL server normally but when it starts installing call manager while checking the system configuration and creating users account it just comes up with an error and stops installing it.
- I was wondering is there something wrong with the OS compatibilty.
OR do I have to change any settings to make it work.
Please Reply.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:03 am
zaheer,
Honestly, I am not sure if there is an OS incompatibility. In a real-world setup, Cisco provides an image that includes the Win2k with the OS updates already installed. It comes as Win2k server standard. I just matched that for the tutorial.
Josh
February 10th, 2009 at 3:58 am
Hi,
i have installed CCM 4.1(3) as suggested above and i am able to register IP phones also with this CCM and even able to establish call between two IP Phones but not able to register Cisco 2811 MGCP gateway with this CCM. ANy idea what is happening at the background or ever faced this issue?
Regards
Mangesh
February 10th, 2009 at 6:26 am
Thanks for the reply, I have a original ccm 4.2(3) cds. So you mean that these cds must have a built in image of Win2k server.
- Can I run it directly then on my host OS(vista)?
February 11th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Mangesh,
There are a lot of things related to MGCP that could be the issue. Send me an email with what you have tried and I will see if we can get it figured out for you.
Josh
February 11th, 2009 at 8:58 am
zaheer,
The old Call Manager came with an OS disk. This was basically a ghost image that only works on actual mcs servers. This blog post basically modifies windows 2000 server standard to the specs defined in the OS disk.
Josh
February 12th, 2009 at 6:54 am
Hi josh,
I am wondering if I install call manager version 6 in Ubuntu version then would I be able to run multiple IP blue phones in UBUNTU OS?
February 18th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Hi – have a working VM copy of CM4.1.3. Need to do a BARS restore of a system config to it for archival/reference (just upgraded prod environment to UCM6). After the BARS restore onto the 4.1.3VM, CallManager service and others will not start. Anything I need to do to the VM since I imported the config from another server?
February 21st, 2009 at 11:18 am
Got it to work by making sure the VM NIC had the MAC address of the actual pub I did the BARS restore from and also verifying that the name of the machine matched the name from the BARS restore.
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Hi josh,
-I’ve installed call manager 4.0(1)sr2 in my virtual machine with an IP communicator.
-I’ve also installed an IP comm. in my host OS(vista) which works fine with the ccm in VM.
-Now I am trying to connect another Laptop (XP) (including IP comm) using crossover cable with my virtual machine laptop(Vista) but unable to connect that XP IP comm with my Vista virtual machine ccm.
I’ve tried my best to explain this situation please would you share your experience with me.
Thanks,
February 24th, 2009 at 3:05 am
hi guys
can any one help me to obtain image for call manager vmware 4.1 , thank’s
thank’s…..
February 24th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Kevin,
Thank you for sharing!
For others, if you are restoring a BARS backup from an actual MCS server to a VM, the VM must have the same hostname and IP address to properly restore along with the same MAC address it seems.
Josh
February 24th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
zaheer,
Sounds like a routing / briding problem.
Josh
February 24th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Hesham,
Nope.
Josh
February 25th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Great site. I am looking to build a Linux server with VMWare and want to put both 4.x and 6.x CallManager versions on the same server. Anyone done this?
February 26th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Mike,
Yes, it works nicely.
Josh
March 13th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
hi everyone,
I’m preparing to do the CIPT exam and I can’t seem to find call manager 4.x on google to install and practise on vmware.
Can anyone recommend where I can get the iso file?
Thanks,
Elly
March 25th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Hi Josh,
Just looking for the installation of IPCC in a virtual machine. Can you please guide me on this?
Thanks,
April 8th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Hello, does anyone have a Cisco Call Manager 4.3? I am looking for this everywhere and cannot find. Can you please help by uploading somewhere like rapidshare or some ftp? Anything is appreciated.. Thanks
April 13th, 2009 at 6:10 am
Elly & TBS,
I cannot allow anyone to post a link to pirated software on this site and I can’t give you information for pirated software..
Josh
April 13th, 2009 at 6:12 am
zaheer,
I am sorry, I have not had time to test an IPCC VM install.
Josh
April 19th, 2009 at 8:14 am
zaheer,
I talked to our IPCC expert at work. He has built an MCS server then used VMWare tools to clone it to a virtual machine.
Josh
April 24th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Kevin and all with BARS problem, this is what I have done.
- Install the same CCM version + SR version
- IP Address and Hostname must be the same
Before you install BARS, you have to insert the
IWAM_Guest user in Webusers group and delete it from guest group.
- Install the same BARS version in the two server (old for backup, new for restore)
- Install the same Localization file (if You use it)
- Install and test the upgrade assistant tools (ex. CCMUpgdAsstInstall.4-3-8.exe)
- Backup the old server and restore in the new server
- Install Data Migration Assistant
- Export data and import in a new CM 6.x or 7.x during installation
That’s all
Frank
April 29th, 2009 at 7:43 am
[...] I also found some interesting information on running an older Call Manager version (4.x) as a VM – http://www.blindhog.net/cisco-install-call-manager-4x-with-vmware/ [...]
May 1st, 2009 at 5:27 pm
hi,
Seems a lot of people have come across the “Cisco OS 2000.4.4a Upgrade” download problem that i’m currently facing.
Can someone please share or upload on rapidshare!? Thanks
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:57 am
Hi,
Great videos. I need help in installing a ccm-sub and integrate it with the publisher. would luv to see a video on this
Thanks
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Can you someone pls upload Cisco OS 2000.4.4a Upgrade to 4shared again? It’s not on cco and can’t seem to find it anywhere. THanks
January 6th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
where can i get the CCM 4.1 installers? i already have the windows but i need the most important the CCM
andres
March 1st, 2010 at 12:59 pm
The link to dl 2000.4.4a is on cisco’s site just difficult to locate. here are a couple links, but you need CCO to get the file it is approx 667MB
http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/DownloadCart.x?imageGuId=7F00FD2BC88F8CAE1DDB2C537968EC080612673E
Without CCO you can see the link. It is first in the list.
http://tools.cisco.com/search/JSP/search-results.get?strQueryText=win-OS-Upgrade-K9.2000-4-4a.exe&Search+All+cisco.com=cisco.com&language=en&country=US&thissection=f&accessLevel=Customer&x=25&y=11