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Changing the network parameters of Appliance Virtualization Platform and Avaya Aura® applications

About this task

Change the network parameters for Appliance Virtualization Platform and each Avaya Aura® application from the application, and then change the IP address and FQDN of Avaya Aura® applications and Appliance Virtualization Platform from Solution Deployment Manager.

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. On the System Manager web console, click Services > Solution Deployment Manager, and then click VM Management.
  2. In VM Management Tree, select a location.
  3. On the Host tab, in the Hosts for Selected Location <location name> section, select an ESXi host and click Change Network Params > Change Host IP Settings.
  4. In the Network Parameters section, change the following as appropriate, and click Save:
    • IP address, subnetmask, and other parameters

    • Gateway IP address

    For more information, see "Change Network Parameters field descriptions".

  5. Change the network parameters first for each Avaya Aura® application on the host, and then for Utility Services.

    For more information, see Administering Avaya Aura® application available for each application. Also, see "Network Parameters for Avaya Aura® applications".

  6. On the Virtual Machines tab, in the VMs for Selected Location <location name> section, do the following first for all Avaya Aura® applications except Utility Services, and then for Utility Services:
    1. In the Edit VMs section, select a virtual machine and click Edit.
    2. Click Update IP/FQDN in Local Inventory.
    3. Click Update VM IP/FQDN.
    4. Provide the IP address and FQDN of the virtual machine.

      Update IPFQDN in Local Inventory updates the IP address or FQDN only in the local database in System Manager. The actual IP address or FQDN of the host does not change. Use Update Network Params in the Host tab to update the IP address or FQDN of the host.

  7. Click Save.
  8. Do the following first for all Avaya Aura® applications except Utility Services, and then for Utility Services :
    1. Click More Actions > Re-establish connection.
      noteNote

      To update IP address or FQDN for Utility Services , establish trust on all virtual machines that are running on the host on which Utility Services resides.

    2. Click More Actions > Refresh VM.
      noteNote

      To update IP address or FQDN for Utility Services, refresh all virtual machines that are running on the host where Utility Services resides.

    When you update the IP address and FQDN for Utility Services, the system also updates the Services Port static route for each application.