Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
Updating conference time zone data
Cisco TMS 14.2 introduced time zone support for all booking-related data. As this support was previously
missing, some bookings created using earlier versions of Cisco TMS and its extensions may currently have
incorrect time zone information. This is mostly an issue for recurrent meeting series that span a daylight
savings time (DST) change event.
missing, some bookings created using earlier versions of Cisco TMS and its extensions may currently have
incorrect time zone information. This is mostly an issue for recurrent meeting series that span a daylight
savings time (DST) change event.
Run the time zone update tool following the procedures provided if:
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You have users scheduling conferences from both the United States and Europe, or both the northern and
the southern hemispheres.
the southern hemispheres.
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You are in a country where DST rules vary between states or regions, for example Australia.
You do not need to perform these procedures 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.
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.
Using the Cisco TMS time zone update tool
The Cisco TMS time zone update tool helps you identify conference series that are in need of time zone
information, and that may currently be incorrect if the series is spanning a daylight savings time event or
scheduled change to time zones.
information, and that may currently be incorrect if the series is spanning a daylight savings time event or
scheduled change to time zones.
The tool also provides you with suggestions for what the correct time zone for each series might be, based on
information about the user from Cisco TMS and, if present in your deployment, Exchange through Cisco
TMSXE. The tool will compare information from the available systems and use the most reliable source to
suggest a time zone for each series.
information about the user from Cisco TMS and, if present in your deployment, Exchange through Cisco
TMSXE. The tool will compare information from the available systems and use the most reliable source to
suggest a time zone for each series.
In a deployment with Cisco TMSXE, the tool will perform the additional task of removing meetings from
Cisco TMS that originated from Cisco TMSXE and no longer exist in the original system.
Cisco TMS that originated from Cisco TMSXE and no longer exist in the original system.
Locating and running the tool
The tool is installed on your server when you install Cisco TMS 14.3.1.
1. In your server's program files folder, go to
TANDBERG\TMS\TimeZoneTool\ConferenceTimeZoneMigration.exe to locate the tool.
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If you are not using Cisco TMSXE, you can start the tool directly from its current location.
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If you have a Cisco TMSXE deployment, you must copy the tool to the Cisco TMSXE server.
2. Start the tool.
3. On the welcome screen, click Next.
4. Add the connection details for the Cisco TMS SQL database (tmsng) and click Next to validate them.
5. Add the Cisco TMS connection details and click Next to validate them.
The next screen presents a list of all conference series with meetings in the future.
6. From the conference list, you can choose to go through one conference series at a time, or use the bulk
editing options.
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