Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
Entering Release Keys Post Installation
If no release key was entered during installation, the server will run in trial mode. Add a release key by logging into
Cisco TMS with Site Administrator privileges via the portal web page.
Cisco TMS with Site Administrator privileges via the portal web page.
1.
Go to Administrative Tools > Configuration > General Settings.
2.
Enter your release key in the field labeled TMS Release Key.
3.
Click the Save button.
Changes take effect immediately. Your Cisco TMS release key will now appear in the bottom right corner of
the application window.
Changes take effect immediately. Your Cisco TMS release key will now appear in the bottom right corner of
the application window.
Entering Option Keys Post Installation
Add an option key to an existing Cisco TMS installation by logging into Cisco TMS with Site Administrator privileges
via the Portal webpage.
via the Portal webpage.
1.
Go to Administrative Tools > Configuration > General Settings > Licenses and Option Keys.
2.
Click the Add Option Key button.
If the key is verified successfully it will be added to the list of option keys displayed. Changes take effect immediately.
How Groups and Permissions Work
Administrators must plan their Cisco TMS deployment in terms of which features and permissions users need access
to in Cisco TMS.
to in Cisco TMS.
This is controlled through group membership, group permissions, and system permissions. All permissions in Cisco
TMS are set on a group level.
TMS are set on a group level.
A user can be a member of multiple groups. Users who belong to more than one group are granted all of the
permissions for all of the groups to which they belong.
permissions for all of the groups to which they belong.
Group Membership
There are three ways to add members to a Cisco TMS group:
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Editing the group itself.
On the Edit Group page, click the Add Members tab to specify users you want to add to the group. You can
also edit a user's groups going to Administrative Tools > User Administration > Users and editing the user.
On the Edit Group page, click the Add Members tab to specify users you want to add to the group. You can
also edit a user's groups going to Administrative Tools > User Administration > Users and editing the user.
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Assigning the user to a group automatically when the user's profile is created.
Groups set as Default Group are automatically added to any new user that logs in.
Groups set as Default Group are automatically added to any new user that logs in.
Note that after installation, the Site Administrators group is a Default Group, which is what allows the
administrator to log in and start configuring Cisco TMS. See
administrator to log in and start configuring Cisco TMS. See
instructions on changing this setting and verifying that only approved administrators are members of this
group.
group.
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Active Directory Groups.
Cisco TMS lets you import existing groups from Active Directory. Active Directory group memberships are
automatically updated in Cisco TMS groups when the user logs in.
Cisco TMS lets you import existing groups from Active Directory. Active Directory group memberships are
automatically updated in Cisco TMS groups when the user logs in.
Note that it is not possible to manually edit groups created from Active Directory.
System Permissions
Permissions in Cisco TMS are a combination of feature permissions and system permissions:
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