/mcpPreinstall Tasks for IM and Presence Service on VMware vSphere ESXi, on page 39 Procedure Purpose Command or Action Use this procedure to generate the configuration files (clusterconfig.xml and platformconfig.xml) Generate Answer Files for Touchless Install, on page 61 Step 1 with your network settings. The touchless install process uses these files to install and configure a single node or the various cluster nodes. Use this procedure to create ISO images from the answer files. You use this ISO image in your touchless installation. Generate ISO Images, on page 62 Step 2 Use this procedure to upload the ISO images to the datastore. Upload ISO Image to Datastore, on page 63 Step 3 Use this procedure to mount the UC application ISO images on their corresponding VM. Mount ISO Image to VM, on page 63 Step 4 Begin the single node or cluster installation. You can kick off all node installations simultaneously. Run Touchless Install, on page 64 Step 5 Generate Answer Files for Touchless Install Use this procedure to generate answer files for your touchless installation of your cluster. The answer files (clusterconfig.xml and platformconfig.xml) contain the configuration information that the install process installs and configures on each cluster node. Before you begin You must have already planned your network topology, including addresses for your Unified Communications Manager and IM and Presence Service cluster nodes. Procedure Step 1 Log in to the Cisco Unified Communications Answer File Generator application at https://www.cisco.com/c/ en/us/applicat/content/cuc-afg/index.html. Step 2 In the Hardware section, choose Virtual Machine. Step 3 From the Product section, select the product and version that you want to install. Step 4 In the Software Location of Data to Import section, check the Configure Software Location of Data to Import check box to configure Remote SFTP server details only if you choose to install using the Fresh Install with Data Import. Else ignore this step and proceed to step 5. For more details, see Install with Data Import, on page 75. Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the IM and Presence Service, Release 15 and SUs 61 Installation Methods Generate Answer Files for Touchless Install