Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15
High-level deployment workflow
The next chapters of this document are dedicated to the phases summarized below. Each phase consists of
a set of tasks to perform.
a set of tasks to perform.
Note that:
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Each task is numbered.
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One phase and some tasks are optional, or depend on your deployment.
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All phases and tasks must be performed in the order that they are listed.
Figure 3: High-level workflow of a succesful deployment:
Planning
Set aside time for gathering data, evaluating the deployment changes, getting an overview of the
replacement process described in this document, and estimating the timing and scheduling of deployment
downtime.
replacement process described in this document, and estimating the timing and scheduling of deployment
downtime.
Initial staging
Before you can import data from the old deployment, you need to set up as much as possible of the new
deployment. During this stage, you will prepare all the elements that can be set up without interrupting the
current production environment.
deployment. During this stage, you will prepare all the elements that can be set up without interrupting the
current production environment.
Optional: Trial import (downtime)
We strongly recommend that you plan for two maintenance windows; one for a trial import and one for the
actual cutover. The trial import lets you see how importing meetings to Cisco TMS will work without
actual cutover. The trial import lets you see how importing meetings to Cisco TMS will work without
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