Move IP Office server edition over to Nutanix

[Tripoth]

Have an IP Office VMware server edition version is 11.0.4.6.0 Build 18
Client is thinking about migrating over to Nutanix.
Is there a compatibility issue and what would that entail?
Thank you for any assistance you can provide.

 

[derfloh]

I can only tell that I installed SBCs on Nutanix and it was smooth. Inhabe experience with IP Office.

 

[finest]

Please let us know if you ever do this and if it works or not

 

[msalvary]

There is a compatibility issue - the virtio_scsi module, required by Nutanix AHV, is not loaded by default with Avaya IP Office Server Edition.

To check if it loads, issue the following from an elevated console login:
lsinitrd | grep virtio | awk '{print $9}'

If the virtio_scsi.ko is missing, then issue the following command to rebuild the initramfs:
dracut --add-drivers "virtio_scsi virtio_pci" -f -v /boot/initramfs- `uname -r`.img `uname -r`

Re-running the first command should now show that the require module is available now.

The VM can now be powered off and exported to be imported into Nutanix AHV. Of course, there are specific steps for this as well.

To most this procedure sounds a bit scary, but it works.

 

[derfloh]

Since Avaya does not provide Nutanix images yet (even if I heard rumors that they are evaluating this), you will not get any support and it is a bet if all will work especially after doing updates.