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3. Once started, the Cisco TMSXE service will continue importing meetings in the background until all future
meetings have been processed.
Approximately 4 conferences can be saved per second in Cisco TMS. Actual numbers will depend on the
size of deployment, number of bridges, and bridge configuration in Cisco TMS.
Approximately 4 conferences can be saved per second in Cisco TMS. Actual numbers will depend on the
size of deployment, number of bridges, and bridge configuration in Cisco TMS.
4. Monitor the Cisco TMSXE log in the tool of your choice,
The test import has completed when the log indicates that the service has stopped.
Unless you make significant changes to the deployment after the trial import, the time used by the trial import
is a good indication of how long the final import will take. However, the replication to Exchange during the
final import will impact Cisco TMS for some time after the import has completed.
is a good indication of how long the final import will take. However, the replication to Exchange during the
final import will impact Cisco TMS for some time after the import has completed.
Should you wish to perform the trial import multiple times, you must complete the trial import phase including
the procedures to revert both Cisco TMS and Cisco TMSXE first.
the procedures to revert both Cisco TMS and Cisco TMSXE first.
Task 23: Using Meeting Updater on trial import data
The Meeting Updater tool is delivered with Cisco TMSXE. It parses export files from Cisco TelePresence
Manager and tries to add features that were not imported from Exchange to the bookings that are already
saved in Cisco TMS:
Manager and tries to add features that were not imported from Exchange to the bookings that are already
saved in Cisco TMS:
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Meeting Updater can add a fixed number of dial-in participants to guarantee capacity for unscheduled
and/or external participants. The number of dial-ins to add is set once in Meeting Updater for all affected
meetings. This applies to meetings that were:
and/or external participants. The number of dial-ins to add is set once in Meeting Updater for all affected
meetings. This applies to meetings that were:
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Marked as using Interoperability in Cisco TelePresence Manager, either by enabling Interoperability or
scheduling Video Conference Endpoints
scheduling Video Conference Endpoints
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Booked as Intercompany hosted by Our Company.
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For single-participant meetings in Cisco TelePresence Manager that used Number to Dial, Meeting
Updater can add that number as a dial-out participant, so that the number will appear in the OBTP menu of
the scheduled endpoint.
Updater can add that number as a dial-out participant, so that the number will appear in the OBTP menu of
the scheduled endpoint.
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For meetings booked with WebEx OneTouch in Cisco TelePresence Manager, Meeting Updater can re-add
WebEx if CMR Hybrid is already set up with Cisco TMS.
WebEx if CMR Hybrid is already set up with Cisco TMS.
At this stage, you can do a trial run of Meeting Updater to see how many meetings can be automatically
updated.
updated.
If adding WebEx to your meetings during this trial run, dummy WebEx bookings will be added to the meetings
to verify that they can be set up and routed, but no actual meetings will be created on the WebEx side.
to verify that they can be set up and routed, but no actual meetings will be created on the WebEx side.
No setup is required for the tool. Meeting Updater will read the configurations from the Cisco TMSXE
configuration tool, including the setting that enables and disables trial import mode.
configuration tool, including the setting that enables and disables trial import mode.
To run the tool:
1. On the Cisco TMSXE server, go to the directory Program Files/Cisco/TMSXE/ and run
TMSMeetingUpdater.exe.
The updater opens to a welcome screen.
The updater opens to a welcome screen.
2. Click Start to open the main Meeting Updater screen.
3. Click Browse, locate the .tsv file containing all the meeting data from Cisco TelePresence Manager, and
click Open.
Meeting Updater will read the file and display the total number of meetings, as well as the number of
meetings with properties that you may want to add to the bookings in Cisco TMS.
Meeting Updater will read the file and display the total number of meetings, as well as the number of
meetings with properties that you may want to add to the bookings in Cisco TMS.
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