Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
Setting up a redundant deployment
Cisco TMS supports deployment in a redundant configuration, increasing the availability of the application.
This chapter describes the requirements, configuration, and limitations of deploying Cisco TMS in the two
supported redundant scenarios.
supported redundant scenarios.
It is assumed that the reader has an understanding of Cisco TMS, Cisco TMS installation, and Windows
Server operating systems, as well as an advanced level of understanding of computer networking and
network protocols.
Server operating systems, as well as an advanced level of understanding of computer networking and
network protocols.
Preliminary information
Supported configurations
For a fully redundant Cisco TMS deployment with an automatic failover process, you must set up two Cisco
TMS servers with a network load balancer (NLB) in front. For new deployments, we recommend using an F5
BIG-IP load balancer for load-balancing IP traffic between the two Cisco TMS servers, therefore this
document describes how to deploy Cisco TMS with an F5 BIG-IP appliance. We also support using a Cisco
ACE 4710 Application Control Engine Appliance. Migrating from the previous redundancy model to this
improved model if you are using an ACE load balancer is described in
TMS servers with a network load balancer (NLB) in front. For new deployments, we recommend using an F5
BIG-IP load balancer for load-balancing IP traffic between the two Cisco TMS servers, therefore this
document describes how to deploy Cisco TMS with an F5 BIG-IP appliance. We also support using a Cisco
ACE 4710 Application Control Engine Appliance. Migrating from the previous redundancy model to this
improved model if you are using an ACE load balancer is described in
This chapter also describes how to deploy two Cisco TMS servers using a Hot Standby model.
Regardless of which of the two redundancy models you choose to deploy, no more than two Cisco TMS
servers can be used. Deploying more than two Cisco TMS servers in a redundant setup is neither tested nor
supported by Cisco.
servers can be used. Deploying more than two Cisco TMS servers in a redundant setup is neither tested nor
supported by Cisco.
Deploying two Cisco TMS servers will increase Cisco TMS availability, but will not in any way increase
Cisco TMS scalability.
Cisco TMS scalability.
Other models of load balancer with alternative configurations may work with Cisco TMS, but have not been
tested by Cisco.
tested by Cisco.
Licensing
Only one live database can be used in a redundant Cisco TMS implementation, therefore both servers will
use the same Cisco TMS serial number and the same set of release and option keys.
use the same Cisco TMS serial number and the same set of release and option keys.
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