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ClearPass Policy Manager 6.1

Tech Note: Installing or Upgrading on a Virtual Machine

0511221-03 | Apr 2013 1

ClearPass 6.1 VMware software packages are distributed as zip files. Download the software image and

unzip it to a folder on your server, and then unzip each file to access the VMware OVF files.

Be sure that your system meets the minimum specifications required for the Policy Manager Virtual

Appliance. The ClearPass VMware ships with a 10GB hard disk volume. This has to be supplemented with

an additional storage/hard disk through the VMware's settings by adding a new hard disk. The additional

space required depends on your package.

Recommended VMware ESX/ESXi Server Specifications

The following are recommended requirements for the ClearPass Policy Manager 6.1 Virtual Appliance to

properly operate in 64-bit VMware ESX or EXSi Server installations. These recommendations supersede

earlier requirements that were published for ClearPass Policy Manager 5.x installations.

Supported ESX/ESXi Versions

 4.0 (This is the recommended minimum version of software for the CP-VA-500 and CP-VA-5K as it does

not support greater than eight virtual CPUs required for the CP-VA-25K.)

 5.0

 5.1

CP-SW-EVAL (Evaluation Version)

 2 Virtual CPUs

 40 GB disk space

 4 GB RAM

 2 Gigabit virtual switched ports (Only one is needed if you do not use separate ports for data and

management traffic.)

CP-VA-500

 2 Virtual CPUs

 250 GB disk space

 4 GB RAM

If you do not add a new hard disk to the VM before it is powered on, then it will continue to restart with kernel

panics.

An additional hard disk equal to the size of the new hard disk is required in order to upgrade to future versions.

Please refer to Upgrading ClearPass Policy Manager on a Virtual Machine for more information.

VMware Player is not supported.

Summary of content (9 pages)

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ClearPass Policy Manager 6.1 Tech Note: Installing or Upgrading on a Virtual Machine ClearPass 6.1 VMware software packages are distributed as zip files. Download the software image and unzip it to a folder on your server, and then unzip each file to access the VMware OVF files. Be sure that your system meets the minimum specifications required for the Policy Manager Virtual Appliance. The ClearPass VMware ships with a 10GB hard disk volume.
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 2 Gigabit virtual switched ports (Only one is needed if you do not use separate ports for data and management traffic.) CP-VA-5K  8 Virtual CPUs  250 GB disk space  8 GB RAM  2 Gigabit virtual switched ports (Only one is needed if you do not use separate ports for data and management traffic.
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4. Click Next. 5. On the End User License Agreement page, click Accept, then click Next. 6. On the Name and Location page, the Name is set by default to Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager Appliance. You can change it as you wish, then click Next. 7. On the Storage page, select a location for the virtual machine files, then click Next.
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8. On the Disk Format page, leave the default option of Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed, then click Next. 9. On the Ready to Complete page, do not select the Power on after deployment check box. Just click Finish. You will need to reconfigure the VM settings by adding a hard disk before you power on. Add a hard disk to the virtual machine See the VMware specification guide for information about server hardware requirements. 1.
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3. On the Device Type page of the Add Hardware wizard, select Hard Disk, then click Next. 4. On the Select a Disk page, select Create a new virtual disk, then click Next. 5. Leave the default settings on the Advanced Options page (the Virtual Device Node should be SCSI(0:1)), then click Next.
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. Click Finish. 7. Power on the virtual machine. You should see the following in the console: 8. Press y.
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During the first boot process you will see a Kernel Panic message. This is normal and part of the boot up process. After the Kernel Panic message, the VM will reboot itself one more time within 30 seconds. After that reboot, ClearPass VMs will power on and boot up in the next couple of minutes. The whole process from the Deploying the OVF image to the final startup screen should take anywhere between 30 and 40 minutes.
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Once you see the banner on the virtual machine console, you can log in by following the instructions in the ClearPass Policy Manager Quick Start Guide. Upgrading ClearPass Policy Manager on a Virtual Machine Review the release notes for the current release before you upgrade ClearPass Policy Manager. Disk Space Requirements An additional hard disk equal to the size of SCSI(0:1) is required in order to upgrade. The size that you specified for SCSI(0:1) depends on the package.
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. When the installation is complete. click Reboot. The updated version of ClearPass Policy Manager starts after the reboot and the configuration from the previous version is migrated to the new version.