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  • Verba Single Server solution: The Verba Media Repository and the Verba Recording Server co-located on one server
  • Verba Media Repository: Stores recordings, provides web access, storage management, security and auditing
  • Verba Recording Server: Takes collected traffic and signaling and generates recorded calls with media and call detail records. Contains the Verba Media Collector & Proxy role also.
  • Verba Media Collector & Proxy: The Media Collector component sends collected traffic to recording servers. The Proxy component proxying the calls, so they can be captured at a single point.
  • Verba SfB/Lync Front End filter plugin: Collects the signaling and gathers the encryption keys for the media.


Warning

The filter plugin is necessary to be installed on all Skype / Lync Front-Ends and SBAs because Lync communication is encrypted. It provides:

  • signaling information - detailed information directly from the Lync/SfB Front-Ends
  • decryption keys - used to decipher the media recorded from the network by the recording servers


Supported platforms

Supported Microsoft platforms:

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The following table summarizes the different ways the Verba Recording Servers components can be deployed.

  

 Media Collector & Proxy
on separate servers 

Media Collector installed
on Mediation Servers

Recording Server
with Monitor Port

No need for monitor port

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Call media path untouched


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Internal calls

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1

Inbound / Outbound calls

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Inbound / Outbound calls
with media bypass

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2

Remote / Federated calls

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***

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Application share
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3

Branch Office Survivability

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Geographical routing
in large deployments
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***Optionally the Media Collector component can be installed on the Edge servers. This makes possible to record federated calls also. See Recording federated calls paragraph.
1 Requires endpoint level monitor port configuration
2 Requires gateway port monitoring
3 Certain calls can be recorded by monitoring the Edge Server port(s) 



Warning

In all scenarios the Verba SfB/Lync Filter component has to installed on the Frontend servers. If the Mediation role is colocated with the Frontend role, then both the Filter and the Media Collector role has the be installed on the Frontend.

For the installation guide see: Installing the Verba Skype for Business - Lync Filter or Installing the combined Verba Lync Filter and Media Collector on a Lync server.


Media Collector & Proxy on separate servers

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For more information about the deployment models see Select a deployment architecture

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