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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

Running Sametime with IPv6 addressing


An introduction to IPv6 can be found on the following website:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726944.aspx

http://tinyurl.com/sametime-c001

IPv6 is still not in widespread use across intranets and the Internet at large. For that reason, it is recommended that unless you require IPv6 in your environment; turn off IPv6 before you begin your Sametime install or migration to version 8.5.2.

If you must use IPv6 networking, note that some components of a Sametime server require the use of an IPv4-formatted loopback address. Therefore, to insure that your servers function without potential network issues, do not disable IPv4. Be sure to run both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing.

As stated previously, IPv6 addressing must be enabled at the time of the server install as it cannot be enabled after the server is already installed. For the addressing to work correctly, IPv6 addressing should also be enabled on the client workstation. If your intranet is transitioning to IPv6 networking, this is one more reason to run both addressing schemas to prevent user connectivity issues.

A good article describing IPv6 in the Windows server environment can be found at:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb530961.aspx

http://tinyurl.com/sametime-c002

"Best practices for moving to IPv6" article can be found at:

http://www.lotus.com/ldd/stwiki.nsf/dx/best-practices-for-moving-to-ipv6

http://tinyurl.com/sametime-c003