Browser service error messages on Call Manager

[Randall White]

I'm seeing the following message in my Call Manager event logs:

The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{xxxxxxxxxx}. The backup browser is stopping.

Is the Browser service necessary for Call Manager? The Call Managers are in their own domain (no AD), and on a separate subnet from the rest of the servers. I'm running CCM 3.3.4, also Unity and IPCC express.

Thanks, Randy

[Aaron Harrison]

Randy

The browser service basically keeps lists of the computers/shares active on a subnet (used when browsing network neighborhood and so on...). It's there mostly for compatibility with older systems (pre W2k).

You shouldn't need it in a CM environment... you'll never need to browse the network.