cisco cucm 8 in vmware- License strange problem

hanimolani · ‎07-12-2010

Dear all

i have cisco callmanager cucm 8.0.2 on vmware esx version 4

after installation the problem is cucm mac address is 86:56:aa:xx:bb:aa

but when i refer to show status commnad on cli there is something else for MAC LICENSE

this item seems generated randomaly.

so i ordered cisco license team for a 500 DLU on MAC LICENSE who generated by random

when i tried to upload it to my cucm , returns error that this is not the correct mac address!!

its attached.

what shoud I do ??

Jaime Valencia · ‎07-12-2010

Customer Impact from New Licensing Procedures

Cisco Unified Communications Manager on VMware on Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers uses a different licensing model than Cisco Unified Communications Manager on an MCS server. The MAC address of the NIC card is no longer used to associate the license to the server.

Instead, the license gets associated to a license MAC, which is a 12 digit HEX value created by hashing the following parameters that you configure on the server:

•Time zone

•NTP server 1 (or "none")

•NIC speed (or "auto")

•Hostname

•IP Address (or "dhcp")

•IP Mask (or "dhcp")

•Gateway Address (or "dhcp")

•Primary DNS (or "dhcp")

•SMTP server (or "none")

•Certificate Information (Organization, Unit, Location, State, Country)

The ways to obtain the license MAC are as follows:

•Before installation, use the Answer File Generator (http://www.cisco.com/web/cuc_afg/index.html). When you generate the answer file, you also get the license MAC.

Note If you use this method, ensure that you enter the identical parameter values in the Answer File Generator and the Cisco Unified Communications Manager installation program, or the license will be invalid.

•After installation, navigate to Show > System in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.

•After installation, use the CLI command show status.

Obtaining New Licenses

The process to redeem a Product Activation Key (PAK) for licenses at www.cisco.com/go/license is changed for a license MAC. When redeeming a PAK for a license MAC at this URL, you get prompted to select the type of license that you want to obtain:

•A physical MAC address — this is used when Cisco Unified Communications Manager will be installed on an MCS server.

•A license MAC address — this is used when Cisco Unified Communications Manager will be installed on Cisco Unified Communications Manager on VMware on Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers.

After you make this selection, the generation and installation of the license file follows the same process.

Obtaining Rehosted Licenses When You Change License MAC Parameters

When you change any of the parameters that create the license MAC, the license that you obtained with it becomes invalid. You must request a rehosting of the license to obtain a valid license. The old license continues to work for a 30-day grace period.

To rehost your licenses, you must open a case with the licensing team. Contact the licensing team at licensing@cisco.com.

During the grace period, you can change the settings back to the licensed values to make your original license valid again. If you need more than 30 days of grace period, change your settings back to the licensed values, then change them back to the new values that you want to use. You will get another 30- day grace period.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/install/8_0_2/install/cmins802.html#wp584395

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