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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

Planning for the WAS environment


As we have mentioned in previous chapters, WAS acts as the underlying architecture for many of the Sametime 8.5.2 server components. As part of your planning checklist, you need to consider what is required for WAS as well as Sametime:

  • Determining where to install your WAS servers

  • Planning for SSL requirements

  • Planning for SSO requirements

Determining where to install your WAS servers

Many of the Sametime server components will live happily side-by-side on a shared server. It is even possible for all of the server components including the Domino Community Server and DB2 to be installed on a single server for a small or pilot deployment. Deciding which servers to install on a single piece of hardware and which servers to separate onto different hardware is a decision based on your choice of services and requirements for clustering.

The following are decisions to consider before planning your hardware configuration:

  • Confirm that none of the server components have...