Polycom 3725-77601-001H manual Implement a Redundant Polycom CMA 5000 System

Polycom CMA System Operations Guide

Implement a Redundant Polycom CMA 5000 System

You can set up a CMA 5000 system in a fault-tolerant, high-availability, redundant configuration. The CMA 4000 system is not available in a redundant configuration.

This section has two procedures. One describes how to convert an existing non-redundant CMA 5000 system to a redundant configuration. The other describes how to configure redundancy on a newly installed system.

To add a redundant Polycom CMA system server to an existing system

1In a maintenance window when there are no running conferences, verify that your primary CMA 5000 system is pointed to an external Microsoft SQL Server database and is properly licensed.

2Install the redundant CMA 5000 system as described in the Polycom CMA Getting Started Guide. During installation, point the redundant CMA 5000 system server to its internal database.

3Request the required software activation key code for the redundant server as described in “Request a Software Activation Key Code” on page 411.

4Enter the redundant license onto the redundant CMA 5000 system server.

a Log into the CMA 5000 system, and go to Admin > Server Settings > Licenses.

b Enter the activation key code for the redundant server into the Add New License > Activation Key field and click Add.

You will receive a message indicating that you’ve entered a redundant license and the system must be rebooted. DO NOT REBOOT NOW. The redundant server will automatically reboot when you perform step 6.

5On the primary server:

aGo to Admin > Server Settings > Redundant Configuration.

bEnter the Virtual IP for the redundant system and click Submit. The primary system will reboot.

6Wait for the primary system to completely reboot and is back online, and then on the redundant server:

a Go to Admin > Server Settings > Database.

b On the Database page, select the Use an external SQL Server database check box.

c Enter the database information from the primary server that is, the database server’s IP address, and SQL server port number in the Database page.

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