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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

Using Single Sign-On for Sametime and other Domino and WAS servers


Single Sign-On (SSO) is a feature that allows users not to be prompted to re-enter credentials as they move around from server to server in your environment. SSO is dependent upon a shared domain between servers, and this is something you need to consider when building your Sametime environment. For instance, a Community Server at http://im.mrkitebenefit.com will never be able to provide SSO to a Meeting Server at http://meet.lucyskydiamonds.com.

SSO works by having the first server you log into create an LTPAtoken and storing that in your browser. The token contains credentials that are then passed to subsequent servers you use. These servers trust the token-generating server and accept the LTPAtoken as verification that your credentials are valid so you will not be prompted for further credentials during your time logged into the server.

There are several aspects to SSO in your Sametime environment, and not all of them...