Quest® MessageStats Report Pack for Office Communications Server (OCS)

Version 1.0 (build 111)

Release Notes

February 2008


Contents

Welcome to Quest MessageStats Report Pack for Office Communications Server (OCS) 1.0

New in this Release

Known Issues

System Requirements

Global Operations

Getting Started

For More Information

 


Welcome to Quest MessageStats Report Pack for Office Communications Server (OCS) 1.0

The MessageStats Report Pack for OCS extends MessageStats by adding the ability to gather usage data from Microsoft Office Communications Server deployments.

The MessageStats Report Pack for OCS is configured by adding new nodes to the MessageStats Console. Gathering is performed using new gathering components added to the MessageStats gathering components library. Reporting is performed using new nodes added to MessageStats Report. Data is stored to new tables added to the MessageStats database.

 


New in This Release

This is the initial release of the Quest MessageStats Report Pack for OCS and includes the following report categories:


Known Issues

The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of MessageStats Report Pack for OCS release.

Feature

Known Issue

Change Request

MessageStats Console If you are using MessageStats 6.1.0, the Sources folder may not appear under Tasks in the navigation tree. If this occurs, upgrade to MessageStats 6.1.1. TF# 33917
Database If collations do not match, every task fails with the error message “Cannot resolve the collation conflict between <COLLATION ONE> and <COLLATION TWO> in the like operation."
Workaround: The MessageStats database must have the same collation as the OCS archiving databases against which you are gathering.
TF# 35700
Tasks If you run the VoIP Gathering Task and receive the following error message: "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_T_OCS_GatheringDateTimes'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.T_OCS_GatheringDateTimes'", then rerun the task. TF# 35566
OCS Pool If you do not specify the FQDN when connecting to an OCS pool or OCS Standard Edition Server, you will encounter gathering errors. You must specify the FQDN when connecting to an OCS pool or OCS Standard Edition Server. TF# 37823
OCS Voice Properties The OCS Voice Properties will not be cleared when using the Clear Database function. TF# 37825
If you do not configure Voice Property page in MessageStats console, you will see incorrect data in the Enterprise Voice reports. TF# 37835

System Requirements

Before installing MessageStats Report Pack for OCS, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Platform Pentium 4, running at a minimum speed of 2.4 GHz
Memory 2GB
Hard Disk Space 20 MB of free disk space to install the application
Operating System Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003 R2
Database One of the following:
  • SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4
  • SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

SQL Server 2005 Express is used for evaluation or testing purposes only. SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 is recommended for production environments.

Additional Software
  • IIS 5.0 or IIS 6.0
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
  • Quest MessageStats 6.1.0 or 6.1.1
  • Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Administrator Console
Other Archiving and CDR Server Roles

Global Operations

This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.

This release is Unicode-enabled and supports any character set. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Japan.  


Getting Started

Contents of the Release Package

The MessageStats Report Pack for OCS 1.0 release package contains the following products:

Installation Instructions

Refer to Quest MessageStats Report Pack for Office Communications Server User Guide 1.0 for installation instructions.

 


For More Information

Get the latest product information, find helpful resources, test the product betas, and join a discussion with the MessageStats team and other community members. Join the MessageStats community at http://messagestats.inside.quest.com.

 

Contacting Quest Software:

Email info@quest.com
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Quest Support provides around the clock coverage with SupportLink, our web self-service. Visit SupportLink at http://support.quest.com.

From SupportLink, you can do the following:

View the Global Support Guide for a detailed explanation of support programs, online services, contact information, and policy and procedures.
The guide is available at: http://support.quest.com/pdfs/Global Support Guide.pdf.

 


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