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Cisco TMS, Tmspe and CMR

The document discusses the deployment of Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms (CMR) which allows users to schedule audio and video conferences using a URI. It requires Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), IM & Presence, Telepresence Conductor and Server, and Telepresence Management Suite (TMS) and TMS Provisioning Extension (TMSPE). The document outlines several steps for deploying CMR including installing TMS and TMSPE, configuring databases, provisioning users from LDAP, adding the Telepresence Conductor to TMSPE, and configuring CMR templates. It notes that Cisco's documentation for deploying TMS, TMSPE and CMR could be improved by including more details in their
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Cisco TMS, Tmspe and CMR

The document discusses the deployment of Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms (CMR) which allows users to schedule audio and video conferences using a URI. It requires Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), IM & Presence, Telepresence Conductor and Server, and Telepresence Management Suite (TMS) and TMS Provisioning Extension (TMSPE). The document outlines several steps for deploying CMR including installing TMS and TMSPE, configuring databases, provisioning users from LDAP, adding the Telepresence Conductor to TMSPE, and configuring CMR templates. It notes that Cisco's documentation for deploying TMS, TMSPE and CMR could be improved by including more details in their
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CiscoTMS,TMSPEandCMR

23.01.201623.01.2016
SMIRNOVAM
LEAVEACOMMENT
CollaborationMeetingRoomsbyCiscoisawonderfulcollaborationtoolIrstheardofduringthelatest
CiscoConnectinMoscow.
Ithinkofitasanemail,butforvideooraudioconferencing:everyonehavetheirownURI(e.g.aperson
[email protected]@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
[email protected](mailto:[email protected]).

Inessence,therearesomanynuanceswhendeployingCMRsandIthinkthatCiscoshouldincludethe
overalldescriptionofthistechnologyintotopleveldesigndocumentslikeCollaborationSRND.

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