Sametime 8.

5 Installation and Configuration Issues

Andy Yiu | Advisory Software Engineer – IBM Software Support

Tony Payne | Staff Software Engineer - IBM Software Development
Agenda
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Top Installation and Configuration Issues

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Question & Answer Session

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 #1. Installing IBM DB2
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Do NOT use the same name for the server and database.
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Confirm the download package name

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 #2. Selecting the Domino Server version
● Sametime 8.5 requires
▬ Domino 8.0.2

▬ Domino 8.5

▬ Domino 8.5.1*

▬ Domino 32-bit version only

▬ IPv4/IPv6 (exception Windows 2003 IPv6 only)

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 #3. Setting up the LDAP Repository
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Microsoft Active Directory
▬ Error in Installation Manager Logs: “logs\ant”
[exec] [wplc-create-federated-ldap-repository
com.ibm.websphere.wim.exception.WIMConfigurationException: CWWIM5015E Login properties are not
valid: [mail, saMAccountName].
[exec] [wplc-create-federated-ldap-repository] at
com.ibm.ws.wim.config.ConfigValidator.validateLoginProperties(ConfigValidator.java:568)

▬ Specify “uid” instead of “samAccountName”

▬ LDAP Prerequisite plan “mail; cn; uid”

IBM Technote: 1415752

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 #4. Setting up the LDAP Repository
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Domino LDAP
▬ If you specify a 'blank' base DN, users may not be able to create or
find meeting rooms
▬ This happens after new Meeting Policies have been created/
defined
▬ A Hotfix is available to resolve this issue

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 #5. Installation of Cell/Nodes
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Terminology
▬ Cell
▬ Virtual Container that can contain one or more nodes
▬ Call be distributed among multiple servers
▬ All servers in a cell are managed through a single Integrated System Console (ISC)
▬ Node
▬ Virtual container that contains a node agent and multiple application servers
▬ Each physical server may host multiple nodes
▬ Server
▬ Java process which is responsible for serving J2EE requests and applications
▬ Can not span multiple nodes / cells
▬ Cluster
▬ Virtual units that group multiple servers that host the same applications
▬ Can span multiple nodes

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 #5. Installation of Cell/Nodes
Cell
CellNode

Deployment Manager

Primary Node Secondary Node

NodeAgent NodeAgent

ServerPN1 ServerPN2 ServerSN1 ServerSN2

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 #5. Installation of Cell/Nodes
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Acceptable Configurations
▬ Multiple cell components installed on the same server

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Unacceptable Configurations
▬ Multiple Primary/Secondary Nodes installed on the same server
▬ Primary/Secondary node installed on a server hosting another Sametime component.

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 #6. Administration of Server Components
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Integrated Solutions Console

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 #6. Administration of Server Components
SSCCell
SSCCell
SSCNode
SSCNode
Deployment Manager
Deployment Manager

MeetingNode
MeetingCell
NodeAgent

MeetingNode
NodeAgent

MeetingServer

MeetingServer

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 #7. Server Components –
Post Registration to the System Console
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Post Registration Utilities are located in the /console directory of your
installation
▬ console.properties
▬ productConfig.properties
▬ registerProduct.bat
▬ Deployment Plan and Pre-Requisite Considerations
▬ Sametime System Console server must be running
▬ Use a Command Prompt !

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 #8 Application Administration
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Each application component has its own Integrated Solutions Console
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Locating the Integrated Solutions Console Port

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 #9. Audio/Video Architecture Changes
Sametime 8.0.2
Sametime Sametime
Server Server

TCSPI TCSPI

External Conference Bridge

Client Peer-to-Peer Media Convergence Server (MCS)

Audio/Video Integration

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 #9. Audio/Video Architecture Changes
Sametime 8.5

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 #9. Audio/Video Architecture Changes
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Sametime 8.5 Components
▬ Conference Manager
▬ Conference Focus

▬ Conference Service

▬ SIP Proxy/Registrar (RFC 3261)

▬ Packet switcher
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Improvements
▬ Improved and additional codecs (Video: H.264/Audio: G.711.1)
▬ Point-to-point AV streams
▬ Multipoint AV streams
▬ Improved participant capacity
▬ Third-party conference bridge integration

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 #9. Audio/Video Architecture Changes
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Using Sametime 8.0.2 Clients in a Sametime 8.5 environment
▬ Peer-to-Peer video chat still functions
▬ W ill not be able to use AV in Sametime 8.5 Meetings
▬ Old A/V architecture available in Sametime Classic.

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Limitations
▬ All A/V chat in Sametime 8.5 clients require Sametime Connect
and Media Manager
▬ Does not work in NAT environments

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 #10. Public Group Awareness
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Some members of public group may sporadically not appear online.

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SPR #NTOR7ZKL76
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Monitor Technote 1418890 for updates

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 #11. Virtualization
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VMW are ESX 3.x is currently supported

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Resource Utilization
▬ CPU
▬ Memory
▬ Disk / SAN capacity
▬ Network

● Disable VMotion!

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Question and Answer Session

Send Comments to:

Andy Yiu (andy_yiu@us.ibm.com)
Tony Payne (tony_payne@us.ibm.com)

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