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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

Installing Sametime Advanced


Sametime Advanced can be installed through the SSC, which is a good option to choose if you are managing multiple Sametime servers and want a single consolidated administrative interface. Alternatively, you can install Sametime Advanced as a stand-alone application managed through its own ISC. If you have an earlier version of Sametime Advanced (prior to 8.5.x), it will already have its own ISC. If you are installing through the SSC, then the first step is to create a deployment plan for Sametime Advanced and then use that for the install. Once the deployment plan is in place in the SSC, you can then install the Sametime Advanced package itself.

Creating the deployment plan

You create a new deployment plan for the Sametime Advanced server:

The deployment plan's name can be anything you choose. Your users will never see this name but it will be visible to the Sametime administrator through the SSC. It is usually helpful to use an informative name of some type,...