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Convert a Virtualbox VM to a VMware Fusion VM

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KB ID 0001169 

Problem

I have a bunch of VM’s that I use with GNS3 that are in Virtualbox. I also run VMware Fusion, and since my upgrade to version 1.4.4 I need to run the GNS3 VM in VMware, (I could not get the Virtualbox version to work). So I decided to copy over the remainder of my VMs as well.

Solution

Within Virtualbox > File > Export Appliance.

Select the VM in question > Continue.

Important: Ensure you have selected OVF Version 1.0 (if you use version 2.0 it wont work) > Take a note of where the OVA file is going to be saved > Continue.

There’s no need to add anything else unless you want to  > Export.

The VM will export (depending on the size this can take a few minutes).

When complete, open VMware Fusion > File Import.

Browse to, and select the OVA file you just exported > Continue.

Choose a name of the new VM > Save.

Don’t panic! This is normal, simply click retry.

The VM will import.

Finish.

When you first boot the VM it may be a little sluggish (it’s just had its underlying hardware changed after all).  If it wants to try and install drivers, cancel the procedure and install the VMware tools.

Now you can remove the original VM from Virtualbox.

Delete all files.

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GNS3 Update – Could Not Find a VM Named ‘GNS3 VM’

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KB ID 0001160 

Problem

GNS3 had nagged me the last few times I tried to use it about upgrading, so I downloaded and installed the update and it stopped here;

Could not find a VM named ‘GNS3 VM’ is it imported in VMware or Virtualbox

I use both VMware Fusion and Virtualbox. But Virtualbox looks after all the VM’s I use in GNS3. Either way I did not know what I was looking for, and the download (and application folder) did not have a VM within it for me to import?

Solution

It turns out the link for the VM is on the GNS3version download page, (it redirects you  to another site).

Once you have it downloaded, you can import it into either Virtualbox, VMware Fusion or VMware Workstation.

Then you can select it, and progress.

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Cisco ISE NFR Appliance Setup

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KB ID 0001066

Problem

The Cisco ISE NFR appliance is for demos and test bench use, I’m currently building a test lab for ISE so I spun a copy up. I looked at the associated ReadMe.pdf for instructions on the basic setup, and found a hyper-link to the instructions, that didn’t work! bah.

Solution

The appliance comes as an OVA file for importation into vSphere/ESX, I’m assuming you have already imported the appliance.

VMware vSphere – How to Import and Export OVF and OVA Files

1. Default username and Password: Username admin Password ISEc0ld

Cisco ISE NFR Setup Basic IP Addressing.

2. By default the appliance has an IP address of 10.1.100.21, you can see that at CLI.

[box]ise/admin# show interface[/box]

3. Or here you can see the IP address in the vSphere console.

4. To change the IP (Note: The ISE appliance has two virtual NIC’s I’m just changing the default ones IP address).

[box]
ise/admin# configure
ise/admin(config)# interface GigabitEthernet 0
ise/admin(config-GigabitEthernet)# ip address 192.168.200.12 255.255.255.0

Enter ‘Y’ to restart the services.

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[box] ise/admin(config-GigabitEthernet)# exit
 ise/admin(config)#
ip default-gateway 192.168.200.1[/box]

Cisco ISE NFR Set Hostname and DNS Information

6. To change the appliances default domain;

[box]
ise/admin(config)# ip domain-name pnltest1.com

Enter ‘Y’ to restart the services.

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7. To set the DNS server to use for local lookups;

[box]ise/admin(config)# ip name-server 192.168.200.10

Enter ‘yes’ to restart the services.

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8. To set the Hostname, simply use the following syntax;

[box]ise/admin(config)# hostname ISE-01 [/box]

Cisco ISE NFR Set NTP Information

9. To set the timezone;

[box]ise/admin(config)# clock timezone GB [/box]

10. To set the NTP servers it’s a little more convoluted, you can have up to three, two are already configured. If you try and delete the pre-configured ones it will error. So you need to add one, then delete the two factory ones, then you can add up to another two.

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To Add an NTP Server

ise/admin(config)# ntp server 123.123.123.123
To Remove an NTP Server

ise/admin(config)# no ntp server 123.123.123.123

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11. As usual NTP can take a while to synchronise, I’d go and have a coffee at this point, to test;

[box]ise/admin(config)# show ntp [/box]

12. Save your changes.

13. At this point you should be able to get to the web console.

14. Logged in successfully.

 

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