Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
Regenerating FindMe locations and devices
When you create or update location and device templates, the changes are not propagated out to impacted
FindMe accounts until you issue the command to do so by clicking Regenerate Locations and Devices....
FindMe accounts until you issue the command to do so by clicking Regenerate Locations and Devices....
You can issue this command at a number of levels, as explained below.
Level
Description
Account
Locations and devices are regenerated only for the selected account, based on the
templates available to that account.
templates available to that account.
This option is useful, for example, to test the impact of changes you have made to
FindMe location and device templates before regenerating at group level.
FindMe location and device templates before regenerating at group level.
Group
Locations and devices are regenerated recursively for all accounts in the selected
group and subgroups.
group and subgroups.
This option is useful if, for example, the changes you make to location and device
templates have an impact only on a few particular groups.
templates have an impact only on a few particular groups.
Location template
Locations and devices are regenerated recursively for all groups to which the
location template is assigned. All device templates associated with the location
template are also applied during regeneration.
location template is assigned. All device templates associated with the location
template are also applied during regeneration.
This option is useful if, for example, you make changes to a location template that is
associated to a number of groups.
associated to a number of groups.
Device template
Devices are regenerated recursively for all impacted groups. Changes are only
taken into account on existing device templates. New device templates are not
taken into account.
taken into account on existing device templates. New device templates are not
taken into account.
This option is useful if, for example, you make changes to a particular device
template that is linked to a number of location templates and impacts a number of
groups.
template that is linked to a number of location templates and impacts a number of
groups.
Note: Regenerating FindMe locations and devices is a background process that can take up to 30 minutes to
run with very large user bases. For this reason, best results are obtained by clicking the Regenerate button
once and then allowing the process to complete. Clicking the Regenerate button repeatedly will cause
multiple background processes requests to be issued needlessly, and might have a detrimental impact on
performance.
run with very large user bases. For this reason, best results are obtained by clicking the Regenerate button
once and then allowing the process to complete. Clicking the Regenerate button repeatedly will cause
multiple background processes requests to be issued needlessly, and might have a detrimental impact on
performance.
Accounts and groups
To regenerate FindMe locations and devices for a specific account or recursively for all accounts in a group
and subgroups:
and subgroups:
1. In Cisco TMS, go to
Systems > Provisioning > FindMe
.
2. In the
Accounts and Groups
container, in the explorer view, navigate to the required account or group.
3. In the details area above the
Locations
pane, click Regenerate Locations and Devices....
4. Select whether regenerating overwrites any changes made to locations and devices by the users by
clicking one of the following:
l
Yes to overwrite all existing locations and devices when applying the templates.
l
No to apply the templates without deleting or modifying user edits.
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