Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
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Member of the Site Administrator group in Cisco TMS. We
recommend creating a service account for this purpose either
locally or in Active Directory. For redundant deployments, use
an AD account.
recommend creating a service account for this purpose either
locally or in Active Directory. For redundant deployments, use
an AD account.
Information needed during installation
Cisco TMS username and password
The Cisco TMSPE installer asks for the username and password of a service user that belongs to the Site
Administrator group in Cisco TMS.
Administrator group in Cisco TMS.
These credentials will be:
n
added to the corresponding fields in the
Cisco TMS Connection
settings, which can be viewed and
modified after installation by going to
Administrative Tools > Configuration > Provisioning Extension
Settings
.
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used by Cisco TMSPE to request data from Cisco TMS.
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used to book on behalf of Smart Scheduler users in Cisco TMS. Every time a meeting is booked or
updated, an email notification will be sent to this user as well as to the meeting owner. If you do not want
this email sent to the service user, the user must be set up without an available email address.
updated, an email notification will be sent to this user as well as to the meeting owner. If you do not want
this email sent to the service user, the user must be set up without an available email address.
Database information
The installer detects where the Cisco TMS SQL database (tmsng) is located and recommends installing
Cisco TMSPE's SQL databases (tmspe, tms_userportal and tmspe_vmr) to the same location and
instance. tmspe, tms_userportal and tmspe_vmr must be co-located.
Cisco TMSPE's SQL databases (tmspe, tms_userportal and tmspe_vmr) to the same location and
instance. tmspe, tms_userportal and tmspe_vmr must be co-located.
In this case, the administrator needs to know the following about the tmsng database:
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SQL server name
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SQL server instance
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SQL server credentials with adequate privileges
Database location
During installation, the installer offers the possibility of storing the tmspe, tms_userportal and tmspe_
vmr
vmr
databases to another location and instance. However, we recommend storing them in the same location
as the tmsng database. Note that the database names must be tmspe, tms_userportal and tmspe_
vmr
vmr
, using the same casing and underscore.
If desired, the installer also offers the ability to use separate SQL credentials for tmspe to operate in. Select
Use separate SQL Credentials for the TMS Provisioning Extension during the installation to change
these credentials. See the section
Use separate SQL Credentials for the TMS Provisioning Extension during the installation to change
these credentials. See the section
for appropriate operation
permissions.
Feature options during installing
During the installation, Cisco TMSPE will display an option to select features to install.
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