Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
Versions Earlier than 14.2
Cisco TMS time zone support was improved in 14.2, and a time zone update tool was provided to mitigate discrepancies
in time zone data after upgrading from previous versions. The last version that supported this tool was 14.3.2.
in time zone data after upgrading from previous versions. The last version that supported this tool was 14.3.2.
You must upgrade to 14.3.2 and run the time zone tool before upgrading to the current version if:
■
You have users scheduling conferences from both the United States and Europe, or both the northern and the
southern hemispheres.
southern hemispheres.
■
You are in a country where DST rules vary between states or regions, for example Australia.
Caution:
Upgrading directly in either of the above scenarios will lead to data inaccuracies.
You do
not need to upgrade by way of 14.3.2 if Cisco TMS and all organizers booking meetings on your telepresence
network are in the same time zone or in time zones with the same DST rules, such as the United States excluding
Arizona and Hawaii.
Arizona and Hawaii.
For details and instructions on the time zone update, see
Cisco TMS Installation and Upgrade Guide for 14.3.2.
After sorting out any time zone inconsistencies, you can upgrade to 15.3.
Cisco TMS Agent Legacy Provisioning
If upgrading from 13.2.x or any earlier version using the legacy provisoning feature, you must migrate to Cisco
TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension
TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension
before upgrading to Cisco TMS 15.3.
Note that this migration requires Cisco TMS version 13.2; if currently using an older version, you must:
1.
Upgrade Cisco TMS to 13.2.x.
If upgrading from a version earlier than 13, you will need to obtain a Cisco TMS 13 release key from Cisco to
perform this upgrade.
If upgrading from a version earlier than 13, you will need to obtain a Cisco TMS 13 release key from Cisco to
perform this upgrade.
2.
Install Cisco TMSPE, migrating your provisioning database following the instructions in
Cisco TelePresence
Management Suite Provisioning Extension Deployment Guide for Cisco TMS 13.2.
3.
.
4.
Any time zone issues resolved, upgrade to Cisco TMS 15.3.
Versions Earlier than 13.2
The default booking confirmation email templates and phrase files were updated in 13.2. If you are upgrading from any
version prior to 13.2 where these templates have been customized templates, the new additions are not automatically
added to your customized files, but are still available for use.
version prior to 13.2 where these templates have been customized templates, the new additions are not automatically
added to your customized files, but are still available for use.
To see the default usage of these new values and have them in your templates, customers with customized Booking
Confirm templates or phrases must:
Confirm templates or phrases must:
1.
Go to Administrative Tools > Configuration > Edit Email Templates.
2.
Open the Booking Confirm template.
3.
Click Revert to Default.
Once set to default, you can re-add the customizations back into the templates or phrase files.
Versions Earlier than 13.0
Upgrades back to and including version 13.0 are tested and supported for Cisco TMS 15.3. For earlier versions, perform
a new installation rather than an upgrade, as changes to the server requirements, database and backend have been
substantial.
a new installation rather than an upgrade, as changes to the server requirements, database and backend have been
substantial.
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Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Installation and Upgrade Guide
Prerequisites