Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15
Task 8: Installing Cisco TMSPE (optional)
If you wish to use Smart Scheduler and/or Collaboration Meeting Rooms:
1. Install Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension on the Cisco TMS server following
VCS-based ).
2. Deploy the desired features as described in the deployment guide, but do not send out account information
to users until the transition and import is completed.
Task 9: Adding Unified CM to Cisco TMS
When adding Unified CM to Cisco TMS:
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"Adding Unified CM" to locate the instructions).
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Use the Unified CM network address (FQDN recommended) and the application user previously used for
Cisco TelePresence Manager.
Cisco TelePresence Manager.
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Do not add any endpoints into Cisco TMS yet.
Task 10: Verifying that Unified CM-registered endpoints can
be added to Cisco TMS
be added to Cisco TMS
Give Cisco TMS sufficient time to discover the endpoints before proceeding. Cisco TMS will discover up to
100 endpoints from a Unified CM cluster per minute.
100 endpoints from a Unified CM cluster per minute.
To verify that systems have been discovered:
1. In Cisco TMS, go to
Systems > Navigator
.
2. Click Add System.
3. Select the
Add from
Unified CM
or TMS
tab.
4. Compare the list of endpoints to the list created during planning and make sure that all are present. Do not
add any endpoints yet, as this will conflict with the existing Cisco TelePresence Manager deployment.
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Endpoints must be online and registered in Unified CM to be discovered by Cisco TMS.
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Investigate any missing endpoints from the planning list, verifying that they are not offline with status
Unknown.
Unknown.
Task 11: Optional: Notifying users of downtime for trial
import
import
If planning to do a trial import, this will require a maintenance window with downtime. Make sure users are
properly notified before making systems unavailable.
properly notified before making systems unavailable.
Replacing Cisco TelePresence Manager with Cisco TMS and Cisco TMSXE Deployment Guide (14.5 and
4.1)
4.1)
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