Cisco Systems Unified Videoconferencing Manager manual

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    Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, In c. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 951 34-1706 USA http://www.ci sco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (638 7) Fax: 408 527-0883 Installation Guide f or Cisco Unif ied V ideoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 October 2008 Text Part Number: OL -16908-01[...]

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    THE SPECIFICATION S AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE P RODUCTS IN TH IS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS , INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATI ONS IN THI S MANUAL ARE BE LIEVED TO BE A CCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WI THOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EX PRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSI BILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRO[...]

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    iii Installation Guide for Cisco Un ified Videoconferen cing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Installing Cisco Unified Videocon ferencing Manager 1-1 Pre-installation 1-1 Minimum System Requirements 1-1 Installing the Server Op erating System 1-2 LDAP Server Types 1-3 Supported Devices 1-3 SNMP Servic e 1-3 Port Requirements 1-3 H[...]

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    Contents iv Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconfer en cing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01[...]

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    CH A P T E R 1-1 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Ma nager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 1 Installing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager • Pre-installation, page 1-1 • Ho w to Install Cisco Unif ied V ideoconferencing Manager , page 1-4 • Ho w to Perform Post-installation Procedures, pag e 1-8 • Uninstalling Cisco Unif [...]

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    1-2 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 1 Installing Cisc o Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Pre-installation • Cisco MCS 7845 Series – MCS-7845-H2 – MCS-7845-I2 Installing the Server Operating System Cisco Unified V ideoco nferencing Manage r Release 5. 6 requires the servers to r[...]

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    1-3 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Ma nager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 1 Installing Cisc o Unified Videoconf erencing Manager Pre-installation LDAP Server Types Cisco Unified V ideoconferencing Manager supp or ts Microsoft Acti ve Directory 2000 and 2003. Supported Devices Cisco Unified V ideoconferencing Mana ger suppo[...]

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    1-4 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 1 Installing Cisc o Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager How to Install Cisco Un ified Videoconferencing Manager How to Install Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager During Cisco Unif ied V ideoconferencing Mana ger installatio n Resource Manager and[...]

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    1-5 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Ma nager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 1 Installing Cisc o Unified Videoconf erencing Manager How to Install Cisco Unified Videoconfe rencing Manager Installing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Procedure Step 1 Click the Cisco_Unif ied_V ideoconferencing_Manage r installe r to star[...]

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    1-6 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 1 Installing Cisc o Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager How to Install Cisco Un ified Videoconferencing Manager Step 18 Create an administrator account for acces sing the ap plication in the Account Login Information window . W ith this account, you c[...]

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    1-7 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Ma nager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 1 Installing Cisc o Unified Videoconf erencing Manager How to Install Cisco Unified Videoconfe rencing Manager Step 4 In the W elcome window , click Next . Step 5 In the License Agreement window , read the agreement, choose I accept the ter ms in the[...]

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    1-8 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 1 Installing Cisc o Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager How to Perform Post-installation Procedure s c. Choose Disable str eaming for this Cisco Uni fied V ideoconferenci ng Desktop to disable streaming for the Deskto p server t hat you are currently [...]

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    1-9 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Ma nager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 1 Installing Cisc o Unified Videoconf erencing Manager How to Perform Post-installation Proce dures Step 3 V erify that the Resource Manager login windo w appears. Step 4 V erify that you can log in to the web interf ace using the administrator accou[...]

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    1-10 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 1 Installing Cisc o Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Uninstalling Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Man ager Obtaining a License At the end of the installati on process, a temporary li ce nse is automatically installed . This license is v alid for 3[...]

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    CH A P T E R 2-1 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Ma nager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 2 Backing up and Restoring Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Data Y ou can back up and restore the Cisco Unif ied V ideoconferencing Manager database and conf iguration files. Only backup and restore of t he database and config uration fil[...]

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    2-2 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 2 Backing u p and Restoring Cisco Unified Videocon ferencing Manager Data How to Back up Cisco Unified Videoconfer encing Manager Data How to Back up Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Data • Backing Up the Internal Da tabase, page 2- 2 • Ba[...]

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    2-3 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Ma nager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 2 Backi ng up and Restoring Cisco Unified Videoconfer encing Manager Data How to Back up Cisco U nified Videoconferencing Ma nager Data Back-up File Locations for Configuration Files This section descri bes how to back up the follo wing f iles by co [...]

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    2-4 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 2 Backing u p and Restoring Cisco Unified Videocon ferencing Manager Data How to Restore Cisco Unified Videoconferenci ng Manager Data OCS 2007 Connector Files Cisco Unified V ideoconferencing Manager versi on 5.6 or later supports OCS 2007. Back up [...]

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    2-5 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Ma nager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 2 Backi ng up and Restoring Cisco Unified Videoconfer encing Manager Data How to Restore Cisco U nified Videoconferencing Manager Data Restoring Configurations Procedure Step 1 Stop the Cisco Uni fied V ideoc onferenci ng Manager service • Go to Co[...]

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    2-6 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 2 Backing u p and Restoring Cisco Unified Videocon ferencing Manager Data How to Restore Cisco Unified Videoconferenci ng Manager Data Step 4 Run the follo wing command to restore the content that has been dumped into the backup f ile to the database[...]

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    2-7 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Ma nager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 2 Backi ng up and Restoring Cisco Unified Videoconfer encing Manager Data How to Restore Cisco U nified Videoconferencing Manager Data “temp_user” is the name of the data base user “temp_db” is the name of the database “temp_user_password?[...]

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    2-8 Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Vid eoconferencing Manager Release 5.6 OL-16908-01 Chapter 2 Backing u p and Restoring Cisco Unified Videocon ferencing Manager Data How to Restore Cisco Unified Videoconferenci ng Manager Data Restoring Branding and Sound Files Copy the configuration files listed in the “Backing Up Brandin g and Sound Fil[...]