Do I need a license to use a Recorder?


You will need one license for each simultaneous recording. The license is loaded on the Meeting Server hosting the Call Bridge, not the server hosting the Recorder. One ‘recording’ license supports one concurrent recording or one streaming.

To purchase recording license keys, you will need the following information:

  • number of simultaneous recordings
  • MAC address of interface A on the servers hosting the Call Bridges.

You can purchase recording license keys through Cisco’s ecommerce tool.

Note: from Cisco Meeting Server version 3.0, Cisco Meeting Management (v3.0 or later) is mandatory to support Licensing on Meeting Server. If Smart Licensing is being used then licenses are not required to be loaded on the Meeting Server as was the case prior to 3.0. See the Deployment Guides for more information on Smart Licensing.

Last update:
16-Sep-2020
FAQ ID:
1441