Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
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The same options are selected in Cisco TMS Tools on both servers.
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The TLS certificates imported to both servers are identical.
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Both servers use the same mechanism for certificate revokation.
Testing that Failover Works
1.
Log in to Cisco TMS using the VIP of the NLB.
2.
Force a manual failover.
3.
Wait 1 minute, then refresh your browser.
4.
Go to
Administrative Tools > TMS Server Maintenance > TMS Redundancy
, and verify that a failover actually
happened by looking at the
Failover Activity Log
.
Upgrading Cisco TMS
Upgrading Cisco TMS to a later software version must be done during a maintenance window, as upgrading will make
Cisco TMS unavailable to users for a short period of time.
Cisco TMS unavailable to users for a short period of time.
As the two Cisco TMS nodes share a common database, they must run the same software version at all times. It is
therefore not possible to upgrade one node at a time and keep the other node operational to serve systems and users.
therefore not possible to upgrade one node at a time and keep the other node operational to serve systems and users.
1.
Log in to both Cisco TMS Windows servers.
2.
Disable file replication to temporarily stop synchronizing local files.
3.
Stop all the TMS services, as well as the IIS service on both nodes.
4.
Upgrade one of the nodes to the new software version. This will upgrade the tmsng database.
5.
Log in to the Cisco TMS web application on this server to verify that it works correctly.
The probes on the NLB will now pick up that the upgraded server is the active node. Users and managed systems can
now use Cisco TMS again.
now use Cisco TMS again.
1.
Upgrade the second Cisco TMS node.
2.
The installer will detect that the database has already been upgraded, and offer to continue using the updated
database: select Yes. The installer will then update the binaries and leave the database alone.
database: select Yes. The installer will then update the binaries and leave the database alone.
3.
Log in to the Cisco TMS web application on the active server, and force a manual failover. Verify that the
second server becomes active within one minute.
second server becomes active within one minute.
4.
Enable file replication.
Check that the network settings have not been changed during the install process:
1.
In the Cisco TMS application go to
Administrative Tools > Configuration > Network Settings
.
2.
Check that the following IP address(es) and hostnames are set to the NLB's virtual IP address(es) and
hostname:
hostname:
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Event Notification >
SNMP Traphost IP Address
—
Advanced Network Settings for Systems on Internal LAN
: all fields
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Advanced Network Settings for Systems on Public Internet/Behind Firewall
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Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Installation and Upgrade Guide
Setting up a Redundant Deployment