How to convert IBM CP4D Virtual Box to VMware vSphere /ESXi and Upgrade it to NPS v11.2.1.4

Steps

1. Make sure you have enough space on your PC (around 70Gb)

2. Download the emulator.

3. Download virtual box and import OVA.

4. Export to {Select the virtual machine} -> Go to main menu -> File -> Export appliance. Make sure Format is “Open virtualization format 1.0“.

   

   
   Note: It can take some time (with NVME drives took 1 hour)

5. Launch VM Ware Player and import OVA.

   

   N.B. You will get warnings – simply ignore – click retry. Import also will take some time.

6. Edit vmx file and change virtual HW version: virtualhw.version = "12".

7. Upload all files to ESXI (enable ‘sshd’ in services first) into VM directory.

   

8. Import virtual machine. And then convert disk with:

   vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore1\ \(3\)/CP4D\ 2.X/CP4D2X-disk1.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1\ \(3\)/CP4D\ 2.X/CP4D2X-disk1-proper.vmdk`

9. In ESXi add existing disk and remove old one.

10. Enable hardware assisted virtualization as below:

    

11. Power on VM. We almost have CP4D NPS ready in ESXi (remove additional network card if it appears).

12. Launch terminal and run:

    sudo su –
    systemctl set-default multi-user.target

and note ip address (ifconfig)

13. Reboot

From here we are going to run everything in terminal.

14. The default install doesn’t create enough space, neither does /nz partition… we need to increase it manually by removing some from /home.

15. As nz: (if system is started). nzstop

16. As root:

    mkdir /tmp/homebackup
    yes | cp -pr /home/* /tmp/homebackup/
    umount /home
    lvremove /dev/centos/home
    lvcreate -L 10G -n home centos
    mkfs.xfs /dev/mapper/centos-home
    mount -a
    cp -pr /tmp/homebackup/* /home/
    lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n nz centos
    mkfs.xfs /dev/mapper/centos-nz
    mount /dev/mapper/centos-nz /mnt/
    cp -pr /nz/* /mnt/
    rm -rf /nz
    echo "/dev/mapper/centos-nz /nz                       xfs     defaults        0 0" >> /etc/fstab
    mount -a
    chown nz:nz /nz
    su – nz
    nzstart

Outputs of system commands should be as following:

[nz@localhost ~]$ nzrev
Release 11.2.1.0 [Build 30]
[nz@localhost ~]$ nzstate
System state is 'Online'

Now let’s upgrade.

17. Go to Fix Central Fix Central

18. From upgrade packages extract NPS application files:

    npsos.11.2.1.4.tar.gz
    unpack

19. Upload those to the VM.

20. Run, as root:

    chmod +x unpack
    ./unpack

    rm -rf /nz/kit
    ln -s /nz/kit.11.2.1.4/ /nz/kit
    chown nz:nz /nz/kit -R
    su – nz
    nzrev (should show 11.2.1.4)
    nzinitsystem -reinit
    mkdir /nz/kit/sbin/vspu
    cp /nz/kit.11.2.1.0/sbin/vspu/libvspunzds.so /nz/kit.11.2.1.4/sbin/vspu/
    nzstart -newSystem

Voila! With those few easy steps you are now running upgraded NPS in version 11.2.1.4.

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