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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

Sametime Community Server


The Sametime Community Server is what existing Sametime customers would think of as the "original" Sametime server. In the new 8.5.2 design, the role of the original Sametime server is only partially implemented in the Community Server. Its new role is to provide instant messaging and awareness services, as well as acting as the central point for integration between the Sametime clients and other services on other servers, such as the Meeting and Media Servers.

The online awareness functionality found in products such as Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook is provided by the Sametime Community Server, as is the service known as Sametime Links (STLinks), which is integrated into the Lotus iNotes web-based e-mail client. The Community Server stores the Sametime client user preference settings, presence settings, and privacy settings.

The Sametime Community Server can only be deployed as an add-in task running under an IBM Lotus Domino server and is the only Sametime...