Cisco Systems 5.x manual Creating Vpim Subscribers, Before Creating Subscriber Accounts

Chapter 7 VPIM Networking

Procedures for Setting Up Cisco Unity to Use VPIM Networking

Modifying Existing Delivery Locations by Using the Cisco Unity Bulk Import Wizard

If you want to use the Cisco Unity Bulk Import wizard to make modifications to existing delivery locations, you will need to create a CSV file for the modifications. We recommend that you run the Cisco Unity Bulk Import wizard to export your existing delivery location data to a CSV file, and then edit the CSV file to use for the modification.

Note that the DTMF_ACCESS_ID column is used as the primary key to find the existing delivery location, and therefore it cannot be modified by the Cisco Unity Bulk Import wizard.

Creating VPIM Subscribers

You may prefer to create only a few VPIM subscribers at this point, for testing purposes, until you verify that Cisco Unity and the remote system can successfully exchange messages. After you have confirmed that messaging between Cisco Unity and the remote system is working correctly, you can finish creating the VPIM subscribers. Note that you must first create VPIM delivery locations before creating VPIM subscribers, and the VPIM subscribers must be created on the same Cisco Unity server as the VPIM delivery locations.

If you choose not to create VPIM subscribers at this point, you can still configure Cisco Unity to automatically create, update, and delete VPIM subscriber records as VPIM messages are received from users on remote systems. With this approach, subscribers may initially need to use blind addressing to address messages to users on remote systems, but as incoming messages and replies to outgoing messages are received from those users, the directory of VPIM subscribers will be populated based on the vCard or header information in those messages. Alternatively, you can use a combination of pre-populated VPIM subscribers and automatic updates to avoid the need to use blind addressing and to keep the VPIM subscriber directory updated when changes occur to active users on the remote system.

You can create VPIM subscriber accounts by using the Cisco Unity Bulk Import wizard or the Cisco Unity Administrator. See the following sections:

•Before Creating Subscriber Accounts, page 7-22

•Using the Cisco Unity Bulk Import Wizard to Create Multiple Subscriber Accounts, page 7-24

•Using the Cisco Unity Administrator to Create VPIM Subscriber Accounts, page 7-27

•After Creating Subscriber Accounts, page 7-27

Before Creating Subscriber Accounts

This section lists—in order—the issues that you must consider before creating VPIM subscribers. VPIM subscribers can be created only on a Cisco Unity Bridgehead server. Do the following tasks on the Cisco Unity Bridgehead server where you will be adding the VPIM subscribers.

1.Cisco Unity Configuration and Permissions

If you are unsure whether the account that you are using has sufficient rights and permissions to create subscribers, or whether Cisco Unity is properly configured to work with your message store, use the following “To Check Cisco Unity Setup and Permissions by Using the Cisco Unity SysCheck Tool” procedure.

To Check Cisco Unity Setup and Permissions by Using the Cisco Unity SysCheck Tool

Step 1 On the Cisco Unity server desktop, double-click the Cisco Unity Tools Depot icon.

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