Deploy ISE PoV 2.3 OVA using ovftool

When you want to deploy the ISE Proof of Value OVA in a ESXi 6.5 this happens:

We create a new VM, specify the name and select the ova:[

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In the last step, you’ll receive an error that “A required disk image was missing.”

Most likely due to CSCvf26967

Instead of combining the 5 zip files you downloaded from box.cisco.com (.001-.005), you should extract them and use ovftool to deploy the vm.

You now have these files:

Deploy using ovftool:

ovftool --noSSLVerify --acceptAllEulas -ds="datastore-name" --network=network-for-vm -n=ISE-PoV-2.3 "e:\ISE 2.3-POV.ovf" vi://root:passw0rd!@ip-of-esxi-host/

This is what you’ll see:

After the deployment has completed successfully use the Web UI to change these values:

• VM Compatibility
• Guest OS to RHEL 7 (64-bit)
• CPUs
• Memory
• NIC to E1000

Enjoy!