- Introduction and Datacenter Topology For Your System
- Networking Topology For Your System
- Choosing the System Size
- Networking Changes Required For Your Deployment
- System Capacity Quick Reference Tables
- Configuring Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM)
- Downloading and Mass Deploying Applications
- License Management
- SAML SSO Configuration
- Network Management
- Meeting Recordings
- Downloading Applications from the Administration Site
- Contents of the Application ZIP Files
- Mass Deployment of Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools
- Silent Installation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Uninstallation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Installation Using SMS
- Advertising Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Removing Productivity Tools Components by Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Adding Productivity Tools Components by Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Uninstalling Productivity Tools Using the SMS Per-System Uninstall Program
- Advertising the Program to Update the New Version of WebEx Productivity Tools
- Creating a Package from a Definition
- Mass Deployment of the Meetings Application
- Installing Cisco WebEx Meetings
- Silent Installation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Uninstallation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Installation Using SMS
- Advertising Cisco WebEx Meetings Application Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Uninstalling the Cisco WebEx Meetings Application Using the SMS Per-System Uninstall Program
- Mass Deployment of the Network Recording Player
- Installing Network Recording Player
- Silent Installation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Uninstallation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Installation Using SMS
- Advertising Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Uninstalling the Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player Using the SMS Per-System Uninstall Program
Downloading and Mass Deploying Applications
Use of this product requires additional applications that must be downloaded to your users' computers. You can download and mass deploy these applications using tools available to you on the Administration site. These applications include the following:
- Cisco WebEx Meetings (Windows and Mac)
- Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools (Windows)
- Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player (Windows and Mac)
To get these applications installed on your users' computers, you can use the Administration site to configure automatic downloads, enable users to download the applications themselves, push applications to your users' computers, or download the installation files and manually install them on your users' computers.
This product can be used on computers whose users have administrator privileges and on those that do not. Automatic downloads, user-enabled download and installation, and pushing applications to your users' computers works when your users have administrator privileges. If your company does not give your users administrator privileges then you must use an alternative approach to install the applications on their computers.
- Users can download and install the Cisco WebEx Meetings application, Productivity Tools, and Network Recording Player from the end-user download pages. No additional administrator action is required.
- Users are advised to install the Productivity Tools the first time they sign in.
- The Cisco WebEx Meetings application is downloaded on-demand the first time a user joins a meeting and is installed silently on the user's PC.
On PCs without administrator privileges:
- We recommend that you push the Cisco WebEx Meetings application and Productivity Tools to end-user desktops offline before you inform end-users that user accounts have been created for them. This ensures that your users can start and join meetings from their web browsers and Windows desktops the first time they sign in.
- You can acquire the .MSI installers for each from the Admin > Settings > Downloads page. See Configuring Your Download Settings for more information.
- If you decide against pushing the applications to your users, they can still access these applications from the end-user download pages. However, if their PCs prohibit installation of downloaded applications, they will not be able to complete the installation process.
- When users join meetings by using their web browser (the Cisco WebEx Meetings application can still be downloaded on demand) they can join meetings successfully. In addition, the Cisco WebEx Meetings application attempts to perform an installation to speed up the process of starting or joining future meetings. This fails because their PCs do not have administrator privileges.
- Downloading Applications from the Administration Site
- Contents of the Application ZIP Files
- Mass Deployment of Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools
- Mass Deployment of the Meetings Application
- Mass Deployment of the Network Recording Player
Downloading Applications from the Administration Site
You can configure your system so that administrators can manually download Cisco WebEx desktop applications to users or you can enable users to perform their own downloads.
What to Do Next
Unzip the MSI or DMG files and deploys these clients to end-user desktops with the mass deployment software used by your enterprise. This ensures that the clients are ready for operation when the user attempts to schedule or join meetings or view recordings. For more information on deploying the clients in Windows environments, refer to the following sections:
- Mass Deployment of Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools
- Mass Deployment of the Meetings Application
- Mass Deployment of the Network Recording Player
Each ZIP file contains the application installer for all 13 supported languages. See Contents of the Application ZIP Files for information on determining which installer to use in each ZIP file.
Contents of the Application ZIP Files
Application Language Key
The English application installer file in each ZIP file is titled without a language suffix. For example, the WebEx Meetings client is titled onpremmc.msi (Windows) and webexmc_onprem.dmg (Mac). The application installer file for each of the other 12 languages contains an abbreviation in its title that indicates the language of the application it contains. See the following table for the abbreviation used for each language:
Abbreviation | Language |
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B5 | Traditional Chinese |
DE | German |
ES | Latin American Spanish |
FR | French |
GB | Simplified Chinese |
IT | Italian |
JP | Japanese |
KO | Korean |
NL | Dutch |
PT | Portuguese |
RU | Russian |
SP | Spanish |
Note |
Swedish (SV) and Telephony Service Provider (TSP) files are also included in the application ZIP files. These files are not supported and should be disregarded for the purposes of installing applications for use with Cisco WebEx Meetings Server. |
Productivity Tools ZIP File Contents
The Productivity Tools ZIP file contains the following files. Use the key in the table above to determine the language of each file. Note that there is no Mac version of the Productivity Tools.
WebEx Meetings Client ZIP File Contents
The WebEx Meetings client ZIP file contains the following files. Use the key in the table above to determine the language of each file.
Network Recording Player ZIP File Contents
The Network Recording Player ZIP file contains the following files. Use the key in the table above to determine the language of each file.
- nbr2player_onprem.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_B5.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_DE.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_ES.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_FR.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_GB.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_IT.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_JP.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_KO.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_NL.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_PT.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_RU.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_SP.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_SV.msi
- nbr2player_onprem_TSP.msi
- webexnbrplayer_onprem.dmg
Mass Deployment of Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools
This section is designed to help your organization understand the tasks involved in installing Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools. This section is a comprehensive guide that covers various types of installations, including a single-computer installation and large-scale installations using Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 (SMS). Cisco WebEx Meetings Server supports integration for Outlook which is contained in the ptools.msi package.
- Silent Installation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Uninstallation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Installation Using SMS
- Advertising Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Removing Productivity Tools Components by Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Adding Productivity Tools Components by Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Uninstalling Productivity Tools Using the SMS Per-System Uninstall Program
- Advertising the Program to Update the New Version of WebEx Productivity Tools
- Creating a Package from a Definition
Silent Installation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
Administrators can sign in to a user’s computer and install Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools using silent mode.
Silent Uninstallation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
Administrators can sign in to a user’s computer and uninstall Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools using silent mode.
Step 1 | Sign in to the user's computer. | ||
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Download the MSI package to some location and then open the Windows Command Prompt. Example:
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Uninstall all components of the MSI package ptools.msi by entering the following command: Example:msiexec.exe /q /x "ptools.msi" |
Silent Installation Using SMS
The following limitations apply when you perform a silent installation using SMS:
- SMS per-user mode cannot be supported.
- If the SMS administrator wants to add a feature for WebEx Productivity Tools, the administrator must run the REMOVE command first and then run the ADDSOURCE command, even though the feature has not been installed before.
- If a user logs on to a computer with remote desktop while their administrator advertises the package, he must restart the computer to make sure WebEx Productivity Tools will work normally.
Advertising Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
If you are the SMS administrator, perform the following procedure to advertise the Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools using the SMS per-system unattended program.
Sign in to the Administration site and manually push the Productivity Tools to the user's desktop.. Refer to the "Configuring Your Download Settings" section of the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server Administration Guide for more information.
Step 1 | Create a package from the definition. See Creating a Package from a Definition for more information. |
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Change the program options for “Per-system unattended” before advertisement:
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Now you can advertise the program.
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Removing Productivity Tools Components by Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
Perform the following procedure to remove Productivity Tools:
Step 1 |
Create a new program and copy all the options from the “per-system unattended program” as described in Advertising Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program, and then update the command line:
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Advertise the program to the specified collection of work machines in the domain. See Silent Installation Using SMS for more information. Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools will be updated on these machines silently. |
Adding Productivity Tools Components by Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
For an administrator to add a component to the Productivity Tools, he must run REMOVE first and then run ADDSOURCE, even though the component has not been installed before.
Step 1 |
Create a new program named “Add-phase1” and copy all the options from the “per-system unattended program,” and then update the command line:
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Step 2 | Advertise the program to the specified collection of work machines in the domain. See Silent Installation Using SMS for more information. |
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Create a second program name, “Add-phrase2”, and copy all the options from the “per-system unattended program” and then update the command line:
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Advertise the program to the specified collection of work machines in the domain. See Silent Installation Using SMS for more information. Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools will be updated on these machines silently. |
Uninstalling Productivity Tools Using the SMS Per-System Uninstall Program
The SMS administrator can uninstall Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools using the SMS per-system uninstall program by performing the following procedure.
Step 1 | Use the SMS Installation package created in Creating a Package from a Definition. |
Step 2 |
Advertise the per-system uninstall program to uninstall Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools. Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools will be uninstalled on these machines silently. |
Advertising the Program to Update the New Version of WebEx Productivity Tools
Perform the following procedure to advertise the program to update to the new version of Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools.
Sign in to the Administration site, select Settings > Downloads and disable the following settings:
Step 1 | Create a new SMS installation package using the WebEx Productivity Tools MSI package. See Creating a Package from a Definition for more information. |
Step 2 | Change the program options for Per-system unattended before advertisement. See Adding Productivity Tools Components by Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program for more information. |
Step 3 |
Advertise the program. See Adding Productivity Tools Components by Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program for more information. The old Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools are removed and the new Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools are installed silently. |
Creating a Package from a Definition
Perform the following procedure to create a package from a definition.
Step 1 | Open the SMS Administrator Console and select Site Database > Package. |
Step 2 | Right-click Package. |
Step 3 | Select New > Package From Definition. |
Step 4 | On the Create Package from Definition wizard, select Next . |
Step 5 | Select Browse to locate and select the WebEx Productivity Tools MSI package and then select Next. |
Step 6 | Select Always obtain files from a source directory and then select Next. |
Step 7 | Select Source directory location. The directory path is the folder where contains the install package. Then select Next. |
Step 8 | Select Finish. |
Step 9 | Select Site Database > Packages > Cisco WebEx LLC Cisco WebEx Productivity Tools 2.80 English > Programs. There are six default programs available. |
Mass Deployment of the Meetings Application
This section is designed to help your organization understand the tasks involved in installing Cisco WebEx Meetings application. This section is a comprehensive guide that covers various types of installations, including a single-computer installation and large-scale installations using Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 (SMS).
- Installing Cisco WebEx Meetings
- Silent Installation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Uninstallation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Installation Using SMS
- Advertising Cisco WebEx Meetings Application Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Uninstalling the Cisco WebEx Meetings Application Using the SMS Per-System Uninstall Program
Installing Cisco WebEx Meetings
The following pre-requisites apply to the Cisco WebEx Meetings installer:
- Installing the Cisco WebEx MSI package requires administrator privileges. The MSI package is installed to the default OS Programs folder which requires administrator privileges to access.
- The Cisco WebEx MSI package is developed for Windows Installer Service 2.0 or higher. If the local machine is configured with an older version, an error message will be displayed informing the user that in order to install this MSI package, a newer version of the Windows Installer Service is required. Upon executing the MSI package, the user will be prompted with a basic MSI interface.
Step 1 |
Launch the installer on the user's computer. The installation wizard appears with an introductory message. |
Step 2 | Select Next on the following few dialogue boxes until you reach the installation dialogue box. |
Step 3 | Select Install. |
Step 4 | Select Finish after the installation is complete. |
Silent Installation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
You can sign in to a user's computer and install the Cisco WebEx Meetings application using silent mode.
Step 1 | Sign in to the user's computer. | ||
Step 2 |
Download the MSI package to the computer's hard drive and then open the Windows Command Prompt.
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Step 3 |
Enter the MSI command to install Cisco WebEx Meeting Applications silently. Example:Enter msiexec /i onpremmc.msi /qn. |
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Step 4 | Restart the computer. |
Silent Uninstallation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
You can sign in to a user's computer and uninstall the Cisco WebEx Meetings application using silent mode.
Step 1 | Sign in to the user's computer. | ||
Step 2 |
Download the MSI package to some location and then open the Windows Command Prompt.
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Step 3 | Uninstall all components of the MSI package onpremmc.msi by entering the following command: msiexec/x onpremmc.msi/qn. |
Silent Installation Using SMS
The following limitations apply when you perform a silent installation using SMS:
Advertising Cisco WebEx Meetings Application Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
If you are the SMS administrator, perform the following procedure to advertise the Cisco WebEx Meetings application using the SMS per-system unattended program.
Sign in to the Administration site and configure your Download settings to manually push the WebEx desktop applications to the user's desktop. Refer to the "Configuring Your Download Settings" section of the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server Administration Guide for more information.
Step 1 | Create a package from the definition. See Creating a Package from a Definition for more information. |
Step 2 |
Change the program options for "Per-system unattended" before advertisement:
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Step 3 |
Now you can advertise the program.
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Uninstalling the Cisco WebEx Meetings Application Using the SMS Per-System Uninstall Program
The SMS administrator can uninstall the Cisco WebEx Meetings application using the SMS per-system uninstall program by performing the following procedure.
Step 1 | Use the SMS Installation package created in Creating a Package from a Definition. |
Step 2 |
Advertise the per-system uninstall program to uninstall the Cisco WebEx Meetings application. The Cisco WebEx Meetings application will be uninstalled on the specified machines silently. |
Mass Deployment of the Network Recording Player
This section is designed to help your organization understand the tasks involved in installing Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player. This section is a comprehensive guide that covers various types of installations, including a single-computer installation and large-scale installations using Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 (SMS).
- Installing Network Recording Player
- Silent Installation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Uninstallation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
- Silent Installation Using SMS
- Advertising Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
- Uninstalling the Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player Using the SMS Per-System Uninstall Program
Installing Network Recording Player
The following pre-requisites apply to the Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player installer:
- Installing the Cisco WebEx MSI package requires administrator privileges. The MSI package is installed to the default OS Programs folder which requires administrator privileges to access.
- The Cisco WebEx MSI package is developed for Windows Installer Service 2.0 or higher. If the local machine is configured with an older version, an error message will be displayed informing the user that in order to install this MSI package, a newer version of the Windows Installer Service is required. Upon executing the MSI package, the user will be prompted with a basic MSI interface.
Step 1 |
Launch the installer on the user's computer. The installation wizard appears with an introductory message. |
Step 2 | Select Next on the following few dialogue boxes until you reach the installation dialogue box. |
Step 3 | Select Install. |
Step 4 | Select Finish after the installation is complete. |
Silent Installation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
You can sign in to a user's computer and install the Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player using silent mode.
Step 1 | Sign in to the user's computer. | ||
Step 2 |
Download the MSI package to the computer's hard drive and then open the Windows Command Prompt.
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Step 3 |
Enter the MSI command to install Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player silently. Example:Enter msiexec/i nbr2player_onprem.msi/qn. |
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Step 4 | Restart the computer. |
Silent Uninstallation by the Administrator Using the Command Line
You can sign in to a user's computer and uninstall the Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player using silent mode.
Step 1 | Sign in to the user's computer. | ||
Step 2 |
Download the MSI package to some location and then open the Windows Command Prompt.
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Step 3 | Uninstall all components of the MSI package onpremmc.msi by entering the following command: msiexec/i nbr2player_onprem.msi/qn. |
Silent Installation Using SMS
The following limitations apply when you perform a silent installation using SMS:
Advertising Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player Using the SMS Per-System Unattended Program
If you are the SMS administrator, perform the following procedure to advertise the Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player using the SMS per-system unattended program.
Sign in to the Administration site and configure your Download settings to manually push the WebEx desktop applications to the user's desktop. Refer to the "Configuring Your Download Settings" section of the Cisco WebEx Meetings Server Administration Guide for more information.
Step 1 | Create a package from the definition. See Creating a Package from a Definition for more information. |
Step 2 |
Change the program options for "Per-system unattended" before advertisement:
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Step 3 |
Now you can advertise the program.
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Uninstalling the Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player Using the SMS Per-System Uninstall Program
The SMS administrator can uninstall the Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player using the SMS per-system uninstall program by performing the following procedure.
Step 1 | Use the SMS Installation package created in Creating a Package from a Definition. |
Step 2 |
Advertise the per-system uninstall program to uninstall the Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player. The Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player will be uninstalled on the specified machines silently. |