Cisco Systems Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing manual Before You Begin

Chapter 4 Installing Web Conferencing in a Load Balancing Configuration

About Installing Web Conferencing in a Load Balancing Configuration for Video-Enabled Systems

3.Each meeting console client automatically tries to reconnect the user to the edge server. If this attempt fails, the meeting console attempts to connect to the edge server designated as the backup for that meeting. (The Web Conferencing server sends the assigned primary and backup edge server information to each client when the client first connects to a meeting.)

About Installing Web Conferencing in a Load Balancing Configuration for Video-Enabled Systems

If your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server system is licensed for video, all of the web servers connected to it will display video-related fields. These fields appear on the following pages for those users who have video scheduling privileges:

•New Meeting scheduling page

•Meeting Details pages

•Account Basics page

In order for users to schedule their video meetings on a web server in a load balancing configuration, you must install the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Video Integration on the server. Users receive an error if they attempt to reserve video ports while scheduling a meeting on a server which does not have the Video Integration installed.

Although in a load balancing configuration you install the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Video Integration on each web server that users will use to schedule video meetings, you activate the Video Integration on only one web server in the cluster. We recommend that you activate the Video Integration on a server that is not used for scheduling, in order to minimize the load on the server.

If a meeting is scheduled with video ports reserved, video features will be available for end-users who use their video endpoints to dial in to the meeting regardless of which server hosts the meeting. If a meeting is scheduled without video ports reserved, ad hoc video may be available for end-users who dial in with a video endpoint if video ports are available at the time of the meeting.

Preinstallation Tasks: Web Conferencing in a Load Balancing Configuration

Before You Begin

•Read the “About Installing Web Conferencing in a Load Balancing Configuration” section on page 4-1.

•If applicable, read the “About Installing Web Conferencing in a Load Balancing Configuration for Video-Enabled Systems” section on page 4-7.

Complete the following tasks, as applicable, before you begin the installation:

•Preparing the Internal Cluster, page 4-8

•Preparing the External Cluster, page 4-8

Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Release 6.x

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