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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 Meeting Server


The Sametime Meeting Server is the new Sametime server for meeting services that replaces the previous Domino-based Sametime Meeting Server. The Meeting Server itself has been entirely redesigned to be faster as well as easier to use.

Unlike the previous versions of Sametime, Meeting Server meetings are now persistent and no longer have start times or durations. A meeting exists from the moment it is created until you choose to delete it. It also tracks multiple visits and activities over time. This behavior is akin to a meeting space where attendees can visit and revisit over time to discuss and track progress on a project. This is very different than the previous behavior of meetings, which acted as calendar appointments and only existed for a specific moment in time. Once a meeting is created in Meeting Server, you can go into the meeting at any time and continue where you left off.

IBM has focused on removing many of the elements that made the previous Domino...