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IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide

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IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide

Overview of this book

Sametime 8.5.2 delivers a state-of-the-art enterprise-ready instant messaging and meeting service. This Administrator's Guide navigates through the range of Sametime server components and features, providing you with the essential information required to install, administer and troubleshoot your Sametime 8.5.2 environment.The IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide cuts through the complexity of architecting, installing, and administering all the moving parts of the latest version of Sametime. With this book, you will be able to make the necessary decisions when it comes to choosing which server components you need and how to install them to get the most performance and maintainability from the software. Starting with an overview of Sametime 8.5.2, you will then dive into each server component. You learn what each one does, why it might be needed in your environment, and what you need to have in place to run it. By the end, you’ll have Sametime running and configured properly for your particular situation.With flexibility comes complexity-- but not with this guide. You’ll learn how different architectures are possible and how to prepare properly for the installation of Sametime. You’ll learn how to install the servers in the right order so that you can maintain and expand your environment in the future. You’ll also find out how best to monitor your Sametime environment for issues, as well as how to effectively troubleshoot those problems so that you can quickly get Sametime running again.The IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide is the perfect one-stop resource for learning important installation and configuration details quickly and easily.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
WebSphere Application Server-Related Resources

Monitoring and managing Meeting Rooms


Sametime 8.5.2 and the introduction of the new WAS-based Meeting Server has changed the way meetings are created and stored. Prior to version 8.5.2, as well as on the Classic Meeting Server, meetings were created like calendar appointments with a start time and duration.

In the new Meeting Server, meetings are created immediately and available indefinitely. Because they are available indefinitely, meetings can quickly accumulate on a Meeting Server. Even though a meeting does not use up system resources unless it is being used, it is an additional disk usage and potential performance overhead that should be monitored.

To review meetings on a server and how they are being used, use the Meeting Room Statistics view from the home page of the Meeting Server.

If you cannot see or access statistics on this home page, you will need to add yourself as an administrator for the Meeting Server in the SSC.

Adding Meeting Room administrators

To add additional administrators...