Panorama VM CMS Prompt

[BatD]

Hi

I tried installing Panorama Base image ova on VMWare Workstation and also on VMware Fusion and every time it boots into “PA-CMS login:” mode.

I have tried different options with different Workstation and Fusion versions and different guest settings. I also tried different Panorama base images: 8.0.2, 8.1, 9 and getting the same result.

I have also tested opening firewall ova and this works ok. I had successfully installed Panorama VM in the past on the same hosts and have instances  on Workstation and Fusion, which boot ok, but it just fails every time I do a new install.  

Have you experienced this before and have you any idea what is causing it?   

[reaper]

how long did you let it 'sit' like this before scrapping the install and moving on?

the PA-CMS prompt is when the operating system has booted but the services are still coming online with ManagementServer being the last one to come up and provide you the regular prompt. It may take a while for everything to come up depending on your alotted resources

[BatD]

@reaper Thank you for your response.

I tested again a few times and left the CMS promt for over an hours and it did not change. 

I actaully managed to boot 8.1 VM by changing virutal hardware version from 9 to 10 (although docs says that is should be 9). However I tried a lot of different options for Panorma 9.0.x base images and only gets to  CMS. 

[Venkatesan_radhakrishnan]

Hi,

Any resolution for this issue.

Regards

Venky

[vzamy]

Hi,

I experienced the same issue, and while reviewing the panorama admin-guide I noticed

that while I was importing the ova file the disk type is automatically selected as Thin provisioned, if i continued with this setting the VM would not come up and get stuck in CMS-login mode. What solved it for me was doing as the admin-guide says, pick the thick provision type of disk and the system reboot properly. I hope someone finds this helpful.

Regards,

Valentin