Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
We recommend bulk editing per user that is organizing the meeting. Once you have identified the correct
time zone for a particular organizer, you can apply that time zone to all series booked by that user. Users
will rarely book different meeting series in multiple time zones.
time zone for a particular organizer, you can apply that time zone to all series booked by that user. Users
will rarely book different meeting series in multiple time zones.
7. When you have flagged all conference series that you want to update, click Update.
The tool will now update all flagged conference series by attempting to re-book them in Cisco TMS using
the new time zone information and then present a list of results.
the new time zone information and then present a list of results.
8. You can download the results as a list of comma-separated values by clicking Export to CSV.
If any conference re-bookings failed, we recommend contacting the organizer of each series to advise
them to delete their current booking and re-book the meeting series. This will ensure that the series has
the the correct time zone information and that all the necessary resources are available.
them to delete their current booking and re-book the meeting series. This will ensure that the series has
the the correct time zone information and that all the necessary resources are available.
You may run the tool several times if you did not update all conference series during the initial run.
Changes to Cisco TMS time zone handling
As of version 14.2, all booking-related functionality in Cisco TMS is fully time zone aware. This functionality
is necessary to ensure the validity of bookings that span daylight savings time (DST) change events and
other changes to time zones.
is necessary to ensure the validity of bookings that span daylight savings time (DST) change events and
other changes to time zones.
The changes include:
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Booking-related dates are now stored in UTC on the server, along with a full set of DST change rules for the
time zone in which the conference was booked.
time zone in which the conference was booked.
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Conferences that were booked prior to upgrading to Cisco TMS 14.2 will be automatically updated with the
current time zone information available for the server time zone.
current time zone information available for the server time zone.
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The Conference Booking Time setting in Conference Settings has been removed.
Existing data from previous releases may contain discrepancies affecting meetings spanning DST change
events.
events.
The Cisco TMS Time Zone Update Tool is supplied to assist administrators in avoiding incorrect meeting
times post upgrade from previous versions.For backwards compatibility with reporting functionality, dates
are also stored in the local server time.
times post upgrade from previous versions.For backwards compatibility with reporting functionality, dates
are also stored in the local server time.
The time zone update tool uses Cisco TMSBA to modify time zones. Note that you cannot change the time
zone of an existing conference using the Cisco TMS web interface.
zone of an existing conference using the Cisco TMS web interface.
The Cisco TMS booking extensions all rely on the Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Extension
Booking API. For further details on how this API handles time zones, see Cisco TelePresence Management
Suite Extension Booking API Programming Reference Guide.
Booking API. For further details on how this API handles time zones, see Cisco TelePresence Management
Suite Extension Booking API Programming Reference Guide.
Handling upcoming time zone changes
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Cisco TMS now uses Windows time zones for bookings made from the Cisco TMS booking pages.
Windows Update keeps these time zones and rules up to date.
Windows Update keeps these time zones and rules up to date.
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If not running Windows Update on your server, you will have to update the time zones manually as needed.
Changes to time zone rules are usually planned by countries well ahead of the time they actually happen,
giving Windows and any integrating clients using Cisco TMSBA time to get their rule sets updated.
giving Windows and any integrating clients using Cisco TMSBA time to get their rule sets updated.
In such cases, the actual time zone rule change should not impact bookings, as Cisco TMS will be aware of
the upcoming change and apply the new rule as conferences are booked to occur after the rule change.
the upcoming change and apply the new rule as conferences are booked to occur after the rule change.
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