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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

About the Reviewers

Susan Bulloch has worked for IBM Lotus Software for more than 10 years in software support and development positions. Susan currently works as a Support Engineer on the Lotus Notes Calendar and Scheduling team. She has worked with Lotus Notes and Domino since 1992 as an administrator, instructor, developer, and architect in banking and utility industries. Susan has a Bachelors degree in engineering and a Master's degree in Information Technology. She holds certifications in all current Lotus Notes product releases. Susan is a frequent speaker at technical conferences, including Lotusphere, the View Admin conferences, and at regional user-group conferences worldwide. When not working, Susan likes to annoy insects and buzzards.

Mitch Cohen has 15 years' experience working with Messaging and Collaboration tools, building and managing global implementations of IBM Connections, IBM Sametime, Lotus Notes/Domino, and Lotus Quickr. Father of an eight-year-old girl and two very active three-and-a-half-year-old boys, Mitch and his wife Elisa are never bored. An avid sports fan always rooting for the Mets (baseball) and the Giants (football). Mitch is also a Twitter addict (@curiousmitch) and blogger (http://www.curiousmitch.com).

Carl Tyler is Director of IBM and Microsoft Business Partner Epilio, which delivers applications and turn-key solutions to users of collaboration software such as IBM Lotus Sametime and Microsoft Lync. Carl has over 20 years of experience with collaboration software, including over 9 years at Lotus Development and more than 2 years at IBM Development, UK. At Lotus, Carl was the worldwide knowledge management manager and Lotus Notes R5 international launch manager. He had even worked on various IBM Redbooks and Redpapers. You can often find Carl speaking at Lotus user-groups and other industry events. Epilio offers expertise in developing Sametime plugins and Telephony solutions. A number of free plugins are available from their website at http://www.epilio.com.