10-22-2013 05:17 PM - edited 03-18-2019 02:00 AM
We are going to virtualize the TMS appliance to a VM but had a few questions in regards to settings:
1. Are there any things I need to watch out for in regards to using the same IP address?
We will be changing the name of TMS
2. Do I need to generate a new CSR for a certificate once I install TMS on the new VM?
I assume yes
3. Should I stop replication on our VCS control and expressway in regards to TMS?
4. Any other TelePresence infrastructure changes I need to perform prior to migrating to the virtual server?
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10-22-2013 05:40 PM
1. Are there any things I need to watch out for in regards to using the same IP address?We will be changing the name of TMS
Are you changing the FQDN of the TMS server, or do you mean the actual server name is changing? As long as you don't change the IP/FQDN than you will be fine as far as added systems in TMS. If you change the server name, you'll want to change it within TMS using TMS Tools. See the most recent admin guide, as I can't remember the option name.
2. Do I need to generate a new CSR for a certificate once I install TMS on the new VM?I assume yes
We use a wildcard certificate, so we're able to upload the same certificate to all of our servers no matter what they are as long as they use our domain. Depends on your configuration. Unless I'm understanding this question wrong, I don't manage the certificates for our group, just know enough to get by.
3. Should I stop replication on our VCS control and expressway in regards to TMS?
Probably best.
4. Any other TelePresence infrastructure changes I need to perform prior to migrating to the virtual server?
We migrated our TMS from one VM to another, at the same time adding a second server for redundancy. As long as you don't change either the IP or FQDN depending on how you have your systems point to TMS, you should be fine.
10-22-2013 09:30 PM
some thoughts.
define "virtualize"
Do you plan to move the complete server incl. os over to a new host or do you plan to move over the data and do a fresh install?
I would not keep the old 2003 and go the fresh install route (new 2008r2 install).
You can follow this document:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-26056
You should also check about the licensing, the official Cisco comment is that you will need to
purchase a 80A (software based tms) license and transfer your 80B (appliance based) options to it.
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10-22-2013 05:40 PM
1. Are there any things I need to watch out for in regards to using the same IP address?We will be changing the name of TMS
Are you changing the FQDN of the TMS server, or do you mean the actual server name is changing? As long as you don't change the IP/FQDN than you will be fine as far as added systems in TMS. If you change the server name, you'll want to change it within TMS using TMS Tools. See the most recent admin guide, as I can't remember the option name.
2. Do I need to generate a new CSR for a certificate once I install TMS on the new VM?I assume yes
We use a wildcard certificate, so we're able to upload the same certificate to all of our servers no matter what they are as long as they use our domain. Depends on your configuration. Unless I'm understanding this question wrong, I don't manage the certificates for our group, just know enough to get by.
3. Should I stop replication on our VCS control and expressway in regards to TMS?
Probably best.
4. Any other TelePresence infrastructure changes I need to perform prior to migrating to the virtual server?
We migrated our TMS from one VM to another, at the same time adding a second server for redundancy. As long as you don't change either the IP or FQDN depending on how you have your systems point to TMS, you should be fine.
10-22-2013 06:02 PM
Right now the new server that we will install TMS to obviously has a different IP address and FQDN. I am wondering when I restore SQL database to the new server if issues will arrise since the IP and FQDN will be different?
When migrating, when did you shut down the old VM?
10-22-2013 06:40 PM
We shutdown our first TMS server during our migration after the SQL db was copied to a dedicated SQL server.
Step 4 is so you don't have to worry about the IP and FQDN your old TMS was using and those set on the added systems. To the added systems, they won't know anything has changed, a TMS server is a TMS server to them.
There are a few discussions in the forums covering TMS migrations. For instance here is a Cisco document from the forums, https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-26056, that also outlines the steps and things to do in more detail. It's all basically the same overall process, it's really pretty straight forward actually.
10-22-2013 09:30 PM
some thoughts.
define "virtualize"
Do you plan to move the complete server incl. os over to a new host or do you plan to move over the data and do a fresh install?
I would not keep the old 2003 and go the fresh install route (new 2008r2 install).
You can follow this document:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-26056
You should also check about the licensing, the official Cisco comment is that you will need to
purchase a 80A (software based tms) license and transfer your 80B (appliance based) options to it.
There are some forum posts here about your topic, please use the search to find more!
Please remember to rate helpful responses and identify helpful or correct answers.
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10-23-2013 09:53 AM
5+ Martin. Forgot about the serial number change as well as associated option keys when you virtualize the appliance. Additional things to take into consideration prior to a migration from appliance to VM.
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10-23-2013 12:22 PM
We plan to do the following:
Back up TMSPE
Remove appliance from domain
Shutdown appliance server
Power on virtual server
Assign same IP and hostname of old appliance to new one and add to domain
Install TMS on new server with MSSQL Express
Restore TMSPE backup database
Install TMSPE and choose pre-installed database
Looks like we need to order the license software kit for the "release key". Also have been told that I need to RMA the appliance just to be able to rehost the option keys
10-23-2013 02:18 PM
Where can I find the specs for the external SQL server that are specific to TMS (db disk and memory requirements)? I expect I'll need to follow MSFT sizing guidelines, but there will be dependencies on TMS requirements. Please forgive if this is a rookie question. Thanks!
10-23-2013 02:27 PM
You can find specifics regarding the TMS SQL db in the installation guide linked below on p6.
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