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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

Understanding the Sametime server install


As the Sametime 8.5.2 environment is rather complex, it is important to understand that the installation needs to follow a step-by-step process in terms of installing the components in the proper order. We suggest the following components to be installed:

  • Install IBM DB2 and create a DB2 database for the Sametime System Console

  • Install the Sametime System Console

  • Install or configure an existing LDAP server

  • Install a Sametime Community Server

  • Install a Sametime Proxy Server

  • Install a Sametime Media Server

  • Create a DB2 database for the Sametime Meeting Server

  • Install the Sametime Meeting Server

  • Install the Bandwidth Manager Server

  • Install the TURN Server

The most important aspects of this install are correctly installing DB2, SSC (and WAS environment), and LDAP. We will also include information about installing a Bandwidth Manager and a TURN Server. These may be optional servers in your environment.

In our example that follows, we will be creating a Sametime...