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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

Chapter 2. The Sametime 8.5.2 Servers—Up Close and Personal

In versions of Sametime prior to 8.5.2, it was relatively simple to install the Sametime server software. It was a single package that installed quickly, often on top of an IBM Lotus Domino server, and the Domino administrator could easily manage Sametime in addition to their other duties. But with Sametime 8.5.2, the environment has changed significantly. There are now eight different servers that make up a full Sametime 8.5.2 installation and the skills required to install and administer those servers are much more complex.

This chapter will introduce each of the Sametime servers. You will learn the purpose of each server, the operating system(s) on which each can run, how they interact with each other, and the requirements for each server type.

In this chapter, you will learn about:

  • Sametime Community Server

  • Sametime Systems Console Server

  • Sametime Classic Meeting Server

  • Sametime Meeting Server

  • Sametime Proxy Server

  • Sametime Media Manager...