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  • 1.  AOS8 VMC licenses

    Posted Jun 26, 2017 09:05 AM

    Hi,

    I will do a controller replacement at a high profile customer next week I will replace multiple 620 and 3000 series controllers for a vMM/vMC cluster. 

     

    I have 2 questions: 

    1)

    I need some help understanding the new license structure for AOS8. In particular adding VMC licenses in a VMM.

     

    I have a MM and 2 VMC running in my lab. I have added a EVAL license to my MM and I see both VMC enabled.

    When I want to add the VMC EVAL license to the MM I get the error "Adding centralized license is disallowed on local controller. Please install on Master Controller."

    When I add the same license to the MM I getr the error "Failed to decrypt key"
    The eval license is created with the VMC passphrase.

    When I create a EVAL vmc new license, with the MM passphrase I see the MC-VA license pool upgraded but the VMC only takes MM licenses, no VMC license.

     

    Adding an AP doesn't seem to work. I can ping the AP from the MM, the AP is discuvering the MM but is not coming up.

     

    Converting an IAP gives the error "Status not available"

     

    I tested with AP-105, IAP-105 and IAP215.

    2)

    I won't have access to the access points so I cannot default them. Access points are discovering the master by DNS. I will configure the same AP Groups on the new AOS8 cluster. Will changing the DNS record to the MM address and boot the AP work?

     

    thanks

     

    Erik

     

     

     



  • 2.  RE: AOS8 VMC licenses

    Posted Jun 26, 2017 10:22 AM

    both questions resolved. I just found a thread explaining that you have to point aruba-master DNS to a MD, not the MM.

    https://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Wireless-Access/AP-Termination-in-Master-Local-AOS-8-1/m-p/297810

     

    tests changing the DNS record to a MD moves the AP to the AOS8 cluster. 

     

    rgds, Erik