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Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cluster creation and maintenance (Cisco VCS X6.1)
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Peer 1 IP address
Set to the IP address of this (the master peer) Cisco VCS
Note: If the Cisco VCS has dual network interfaces, the Peer IP address MUST specify the LAN 1
interface address.
interface address.
8. Click Save.
To the right of the Peer 1 IP address field the words “
This VCS
” should appear (though this may
require the page to be refreshed before they appear).
9. Restart the Cisco VCS (select Maintenance > Restart, then select Restart system and confirm
OK.).
After the restart, on the Master Cisco VCS web interface:
1. Check that the configuration (including Zone configuration, Transforms configuration, CPL and
other configuration for items from the System Configuration, VCS configuration and Application
menus) is as expected.
menus) is as expected.
2. Backup the Cisco VCS (See Appendix 1 for details).
On other devices:
If you have any other Cisco VCSs, Gatekeepers or Border Controllers neighbored (or connected
via a traversal zone) to this Master Cisco VCS peer, ensure that their zone configuration for this
cluster is updated to only include the address of this Master Cisco VCS.
via a traversal zone) to this Master Cisco VCS peer, ensure that their zone configuration for this
cluster is updated to only include the address of this Master Cisco VCS.
If Cisco TMS is used, on Cisco TMS:
1. Go to Systems > Navigator (and any required sub folders) and select this Master Cisco VCS
2. Select the TMS Agent tab:
a. Ensure that Enable TMS Agent Data Replication is selected.
b. Ensure that Authentication Scheme is set to Digest.
If any changes need to be made, click Save Settings.
Note: If TMS Agent Data Replication reports Disabled then there is a problem. On Cisco TMS select
Administrative Tools > Activity Status and look for the Description ‘Enable TMS Agent Data
Replication for system(s): <VCS name(s)>’. Click on the description for a full listing of the Activity log
associated with this action. Identify and fix any reported problems.
Administrative Tools > Activity Status and look for the Description ‘Enable TMS Agent Data
Replication for system(s): <VCS name(s)>’. Click on the description for a full listing of the Activity log
associated with this action. Identify and fix any reported problems.
On this Master Cisco VCS peer:
1. Log in to the web browser of this Cisco VCS.
2. Check the Warnings page (Status > Warnings):
a. If required, restart the Cisco VCS.
b. If “Security Alert: the TMS agent database has the default LDAP password set” or “Security
Alert: the TMS agent database has the default replication password set” appear, see the
relevant section in ‘Appendix 6 – Troubleshooting’.
relevant section in ‘Appendix 6 – Troubleshooting’.
3. Disable maintenance mode. From the Cisco VCS command line type:
xconfiguration SystemUnit Maintenance Mode: Off
After the master peer configuration
If Cisco TMS is being used, verify the correct operation of TMS Agent by running TMS agent
diagnostics:
diagnostics:
1. Log into Cisco TMS.
2. Go to Administrative Tools > TMS Agent Diagnostics.