Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Maintenance Manual

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If two people are on a zero-port meeting and forget to log out, the meeting 
continues extending itself for up to 24 hours. The meeting expires if it 
encounters a meeting ID conflict.

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Meeting guard time minutes and meeting ID guard times are added to the 
meeting start and end times. For example, if the start and end guard times 
are both 10 minutes, the meeting itself is scheduled for an hour, and the 
Start and End Meeting ID guard times are set to 10 minutes, the total time 
reserved for the meeting ID is one hour and forty minutes.

Run times determine how early someone can call into a meeting before its 
scheduled start time, how long a meeting can be extended, and when ports 
should be released.

Run-time parameters take effect at the start of each meeting. As each new 
meeting begins, the system looks to the current run-time settings to determine 
how to manage the meeting.

Mtg. ID start 
guard time (min)

Number of minutes before a meeting that the associated meeting ID or DID/DDI 
number is reserved. Both this parameter and Mtg. ID end guard time control when 
meeting IDs become available to be re-used. This is to ensure that two meetings do 
not have the same ID at the same time, and callers do not inadvertently enter the 
wrong meeting.

If users try to enter the meeting before the meeting ID start guard time begins, they 
are told, “This is not a recognized meeting ID number.” Callers in the voice 
conference hear it as a voice prompt. Users logging into a web conference see it on 
their screen. 

After the Mtg. start guard time begins, callers who try to enter the voice conference 
hear the message “The meeting has not started.” The recommended value for this 
parameter is 15 minutes.

Mtg. ID end guard 
time (min)

Number of minutes after a meeting that the associated Meeting ID or DID/DDI 
number is reserved. If callers call into a voice conference during this period, they 
hear “The meeting has ended.” Users logging into a web conference see it on their 
screen. After this period, users are informed, “This is not a recognized meeting ID 
number.” The recommended value for this parameter is 15 minutes.

End of mtg. 
warning (min)

Amount of time before meeting will end that users are first warned. 
(Recommended time is 10 minutes.) Users receive another warning two minutes 
before the meeting ends.