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CiscoTMS,TMSPEandCMR
23.01.201623.01.2016
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CollaborationMeetingRoomsbyCiscoisawonderfulcollaborationtoolIrstheardofduringthelatest
CiscoConnectinMoscow.
Ithinkofitasanemail,butforvideooraudioconferencing:everyonehavetheirownURI(e.g.aperson
withemailaddressofjohndoe@example.commighthaveaCMRjohndoe@cmr.example.com)thatcanbe
accessedfromanumberofdeviceslikebrowserviaJabberGuest,desktopandmobileclientslikeCisco
Jabber4Win/Mac/Android/IOS,videocodecordesktopphone.
ForthistoworkyoushouldhaveCUCM,IM&P,TelepresenceConductorandServer,TMSandTMSPE.
AlsoCiscosuggeststoadoptPersonalMultipartylicensingbutyoucanstaywithScreenlicensingas
well.DocumentationaboutinstallationofTelepresenceConductorandServerandintegratingthem
withCUCMisratherthorough
(hp://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/telepresence/infrastructure/conductor/cong_guide/xc3
0_docs/TelePresenceConductorUniedCMDeploymentGuideXC30.pdf).ButIpersonallycantsay
thesameaboutTMS/TMSPE/CMRdeploymentguide
(hp://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/telepresence/infrastructure/solutions/cmrpremises/cmr
premisesdeploymentguider50.pdf).SoIdliketocoversomethingsIencounteredduring
implementingCMR5inTMSwithConductor,CUCMandServeralreadyinstalledforAdHocand
Rendezvousconferencing.
1.TMSinstallsonaWindowsServer2012(CUCMoncewasaWindowsapplianceaswell),soitsa
goodideatohavethisservertobeapartofthedomain,asIISwhichservesaGUIforconguringCMR
useswindowsauthentication.
2.Ifyouareplanningtoinstall2TMSforredundancyyoushoulduseseparateMSSQLserverfortmsng
(andothersliketmspe,tms_userportal,tmspe_vmr)databases.CiscoalsospecifyMSSQLversionsyou
shoulduse:MicrosoftSQLServer2012
Allversions,64bitonlyorMicrosoftSQLServer2008R2Allversions,64bitonly
3.IfhadyouconguredTMSalready,butfoundthatyouhadaccidentallyconnectedtothewrong
MSSQLserverthereisanapplicationnamedTMStoolsinstalledalongwithTMSthatcanchangedb
connectiondetails.
4.WheninstallingTMSPEyoumightgetaJavaerrorithappenedtomewhenIhadJREv8installed.
Afterdowngradetojre7u80windowsx64theproblemgone
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Afterdowngradetojre7u80windowsx64theproblemgone
5.WhenTMSPEisinstalledyoumayconnectittoTMSwithAdministrativeTools>Conguration>
GeneralSeings>ProvisioningMode:>ProvisioningExtension
6.AllyourusersbydefaultwouldbeabletoaccessSmartScheduler,whichisgreatbutithassomany
limitations,likeyoucannotaddnonCiscocodecdestinations(thiscodecsshouldbepresentinTMS)to
scheduledconference.SoifyoudontwanttoconfusethemitsbeerdisableSmartScheduleruntilit
becomesmorefeaturerich:AdministrativeTools>Useradministration>DefaultSystemPermissions
>uncheckBookcheckboxagainstGroupNameUsers
7.IfyouwantuserstoaccessCMRcongurationyoushouldimportuserstoTMSPE.IuseLDAPfor
that.LDAPorADimportmappingstoTMSPEcanbeconguredhere:AdministrativeTools>
Conguration>ProvisioningExtensionSeings
TheimportitselfisconguredunderSystems>Provisioning>Users>Userimport.Alsoitsniceto
haveVideoAddressPaernandDeviceAddressPaernconguredunderUserseinginaformof
{username}@cmr.example.com
8.NextstepshouldbeaddingofTelepresenceConductorunderCollaborationMeetingRoomTemplates
(clickTelePresenceConductorSeingsandspecifyitsaddressandadmincredentials).TMSPEsupport
onlyoneConductor,butitsokay
asTMSPEonlypushesCMRcongsanddoesntprocesscallssoitdoesntneedasmuchredundancyas
Conductor.
9.TocongureatemplateclicktoNewTemplate,chooseaTelePresenceConductorconguredearlier,
SIPaliaspaerninaformof{username}@cmr.example.com,NumericaliaspaernifyouwantCMRsto
beaccessedfromphoneswithdialpadonly(Iusedaprexlike*1*todistinguishCMRnumbersfrom
internalDNs).
OtherinterestingparametersareAllowGuestRoleandGuestLobby:itallowsuserstosharetheirCMR
numbersandaliaseswithothersandinvitethemtotheirCMRs,sowhenaguestjoinsyourCMRitjust
dials#andwaitsforahosttoconnectswhilelookingatalobbyscreen.
10.IfyouwantuserstoconnecttotheirCMRsaddaSIProutepaernofcmr.example.comand*1*
RoutepaernpointingtoSIPTrunktoConductorusedtostartRendezvousconferencesinCUCM.
11.CMRarepopulatedtoConductorbyTMSPEonlywhenausersaccessCMRcongurationpageat
hp://<tms_fqdn>/tmsagent/tmsportal/#home(hp://<tms_fqdn>/tmsagent/tmsportal/#home)andnally
conguresit(assignsaPINandanoptionalname).YoucancheckifCMRisthereinConductorgotoits
adminsinterfaceStatus>CollaborationmeetingroomsandsearchforaCMRinaformof
johndoe@cmr.example.com(mailto:johndoe@cmr.example.com).
Inessence,therearesomanynuanceswhendeployingCMRsandIthinkthatCiscoshouldincludethe
overalldescriptionofthistechnologyintotopleveldesigndocumentslikeCollaborationSRND.
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