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Manual database creation, max security limited role. Ask your SQL server administrator to create:
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A database named tmsng with the appropriate options. The database collation must be Latin1 General
CI (case insensitive) and AI (accent insensitive). (Latin1_General_CI_AI)
CI (case insensitive) and AI (accent insensitive). (Latin1_General_CI_AI)
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An SQL user and login to use for the Cisco TMS Service account and grant the user the dbowner role for
the tmsng database.
the tmsng database.
Note: For Cisco TMS to function properly, the SQL user supplied must always have dbowner permission on
the tmsng database, even after installation.
the tmsng database, even after installation.
Required snapshot isolation settings
In a Cisco TMS-created database, these settings will be configured automatically.
If manually creating the database, the following settings are requied for tmsng:
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ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION must be set to ON
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READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT must be set to OFF
Maximum deployment size
The maximum deployment supported for Cisco TMS includes:
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5000 systems added to Cisco TMS
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1500 total ports of MCU capacity
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A peak booking throughput of approximately 6 meetings per second, based on typical meeting patterns.
Other applications on the server
For a deployment this size, the SQL server must be external to the Cisco TMS server, and both servers must
be dedicated to Cisco TMS; there can be no co-resident applications or database sharing. Exempt from this
are:
be dedicated to Cisco TMS; there can be no co-resident applications or database sharing. Exempt from this
are:
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Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension (Cisco TMSPE)
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Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Analytics Extension (Cisco TMSAE)
Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Extension for Microsoft Exchange (Cisco TMSXE) may only be co-
resident with Cisco TMS in very small deployments where fewer than 50 endpoints have mailboxes in
Exchange.
resident with Cisco TMS in very small deployments where fewer than 50 endpoints have mailboxes in
Exchange.
Hardware minimums
The following hardware requirements are necessary as minimums for the servers:
Minimum CPU
Quad-Core Pentium-compatible 3.0 GHz
Recommended OS
Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit (any edition)
Minimum server memory
8 GB RAM
Minimum disk space for installation and application
4 GB
Table 1: Cisco TMS server
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