Administration Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Release 5.4 - Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services [Cisco Unified MeetingPlace]

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Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

About Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Service User Account

Prerequisites for Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

Restrictions for Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

Completing the Installation Worksheet for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

Installing the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Software

Verifying Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Installation

Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

This chapter describes the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services installation process.

See the following sections:

•About Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

•Prerequisites for Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

•Restrictions for Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

•Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

About Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

If you are a Cisco partner or technician responsible for installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services, review the content in the "Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Implementation Steps and Checklist" appendix before you install Directory Services.

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Service User Account

The Directory Services service user account is a Windows user account that has special privileges on the Directory Services server. Before you install Directory Services, you must create this account in Windows. You may also choose to install and run Directory Services by using the default Administrator user account.

The service user account must have the following special privileges:

•Local Administrator

•Logon as a service

Note We recommend that the service user account that you use to install and run Directory Services be a local user account that you create on the Directory Services server, rather than using a Windows domain account or an Active Directory account. Though not a requirement, using a local Windows account ensures that modifications or updates to the domain do not affect Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services operation.

Prerequisites for Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

•Verify that your system meets the requirements that are specified in the System Requirements for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/prod_installation_guides_list.html.

•If you choose to identify a server by hostname rather than by IP address, ensure that DNS is enabled to resolve the hostname.

•Ensure that the Directory Services service user account was assigned the following special privileges and that you log in to Windows by using this account before you install Directory Services:

–Local Administrator privilege

–Logon as a service privilege

For more information, see the "Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Service User Account" section.

Restrictions for Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

Round-trip latency to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server must be less than 100ms.

Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

To install Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services, do the following tasks:

1. Complete the Installation Worksheet. See the "Completing the Installation Worksheet for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services" section.

2. Install the software. See the "Installing the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Software" section.

3. (Optional) Verify the installation. See the "Verifying Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Installation" section.

Completing the Installation Worksheet for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services

To collect information that you need when you install Directory Services, complete the following worksheet:

Table 2-1 Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Installation Worksheet

Description

Values

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server hostname or IP address

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace hostname or IP address

_____________________________

Is the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server a network server?

Yes_____ No_____

Has the Directory Integration License been purchased and installed in the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server system?

Yes_____ No_____

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server release number

Release number_________________

Number of profiles in your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server

For instructions on how to retrieve this number, see the applicable Administration Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server.

Number of profiles_____

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace username and password

Note This account must have system manager rights.

Username______________________

Password ______________________

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services server hostname or IP address

Hostname______________________

IP address______________________

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services server username and password.

Note This account must have local administrative rights and logon as service rights as specified in the "Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Service User Account" section.

Username______________________

Password_______________________

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Administration console password.

Note This account is created during Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services installation.

User DN = "cn=admin, o=comp.com"

Password_______________________

Directory for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services suspense files; for example, <drive>:\mpdslogs.

Note This directory must have at least 4 GB of free space in an NTFS partition.

Location________________________

Is the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services server a master server or a slave server?

Master_________

Slave__________

Is Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2_05 installed on the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services server?

Yes_____ No_____

Corporate directory server hostname or IP address

Hostname_______________________

IP address_______________________

Corporate directory subtree that is being synchronized

Subtree_________________________

Number of entries in the corporate directory server

For assistance, contact your corporate directory server system manager.

Number of profiles_________________

Corporate directory server LDAP port number

Port number______________________

Installing the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Software

Note When installing Directory Services, we recommend that you use the console and that you do not use terminal services.

To Install the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Software

Step 1 Log in to the Windows server by using an account that meets the criteria specified in "Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Service User Account" section and was entered in the "Completing the Installation Worksheet for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services" section.

Step 2 Insert the Directory Services CD into the Windows server CD-ROM drive and click Next.

Step 3 (Optional) If the installation wizard fails to start (for example, autorun is disabled), complete the following steps:

a. Choose Run from the Windows Start menu.

b. Enter x:\directoryservices.exe, where x: refers to the CD-ROM drive letter.

c. Click OK and wait while the Directory Services files are extracted.

After the setup files are extracted, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace services are automatically stopped.

Step 4 To install Directory Services in the default directory, click Next from the Choose Destination Location window.

Note We recommend that you accept the default installation directory to ensure compatibility with the file path information contained in the default configuration files that are supplied with Directory Services.

Step 5 In the Enter Password window, enter and reenter the password that allows you to log in to this Windows server. This account must have local administrative rights.

Step 6 Enter and re-enter the Directory Services Administrator password in the fields provided. This is the value you entered in the "Completing the Installation Worksheet for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services" section.

Note This password becomes the login password for the Directory Service Administration console, which is the graphical user interface (GUI) for accessing Directory Services.

Step 7 To accept C:\mpdslogs as the default directory for the Directory Services suspense (error) logs, click Next.

Step 8 To begin installation, click Yes.

Caution During installation and reboot, DOS prompt windows appear. Do not close these windows or the installation will fail.

Step 9 After Directory Services is installed, click OK.

Step 10 Choose the option to reboot your computer and click Finish.

If other Cisco Unified MeetingPlace products (such as Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing) are installed and configured on this computer, you have completed installation.

or

If no other Cisco Unified MeetingPlace products are installed and configured on this computer, continue with Step 11.

Step 11 In the MeetingPlace Server Entry window, if you are using DNS, enter the hostname of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server.

or

If you are not using DNS, enter the server IP address.

Step 12 Click Next.

Step 13 Enter the IP address of the Directory Services server and click Next.

The computer will now reboot.

Step 14 After the computer has rebooted and the login prompt appears, log in by using the same account that you used during the previous stages of this installation.

After login, installation continues with the initialization of the directory database. After the database is initialized, installation is complete.

Verifying Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Installation

After you install Directory Services, we recommend you verify that Directory Services is installed.

Note To use these instructions, Directory Services must be installed in the default program group.

To Verify that Directory Services Is Installed Properly

Step 1 From the Windows Start menu, choose Programs > Administrative Tools > Services.

Step 2 Verify that the following services are running:

•Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Gateway SIM

•Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Server

Step 3 From the Windows Start menu, choose Programs > MeetingPlace Applications > MeetingPlace Gateway Configuration.

The MeetingPlace Gateway Configuration window appears.

Step 4 In the lower right pane of the Gateway SIM tab, verify that the status is Connected.

Step 5 From the Windows Start menu, choose Programs > DC Directory Administrator.

Step 6 At the first login to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Admin window, click Next.

Step 7 In the second Logon to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Admin window, enter the username /o=comp.com/cn=admin and the password specified in Step 6 of the "Installing the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Software" procedure and click Finish.

Step 8 In the left pane of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Admin window, click the Directory node and the comp.com node to expand them; then, verify that the People directory exists.

Step 9 To verify that the schema is in the database, from the View menu, choose Mode and confirm that MeetingPlace User is present on the Mode submenu.

Step 10 By using Windows Explorer, verify that the (C:\mpdslogs) directory that you created to store the suspense files exists.