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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

Telephony options available in Sametime


There are a number of different telephony terms and technologies applicable to Sametime 8.5.2. In addition, IBM has a separate large enterprise Sametime product called SUT, which is designed to complement Sametime itself, as well as a client-side soft phone product called Sametime Unified Telephony Lite. There is some confusion as to what telephony options are available in Sametime 8.5.2 Standard in comparison to those added by using SUT or Sametime Unified Telephony Lite. We will discuss the features available with Sametime 8.5.2 Standard first.

Several audio and video options are available with Sametime 8.5.2. Your choice of which one to use depends on what services your company or organization requires and how you wish to deploy them. The Sametime 8.5.2 Connect and embedded clients themselves can initiate audio and video calls, but only with the aid of the Sametime Media Manager, which must be installed. If you want to connect to a third-party...