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IBM G325-2585-02 User's Manual

1. cccceceeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeteees 38 Sametime Administrator needs to be in LDAP for policies to work csceeeeeeeeseteeeeteees 39 Sametime Connect and HTTPS connections on port 443 or 563 0 ccceeseeeeeeeeeesteetees 40 Windows DEP process causes launch error ou ee eeeecceeeeeeee eee eeeneeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeteaaaeeeeeeeaeeeeeneaaaes 44 Adjusting the logging level in sametime properties 20 0 eeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeteeeeeteaea 44 Allow only one chat client connection per IP address 0 0 eee ceeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaaas 45 Case sensitivity for the CON cccccecceceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeceaeeseeaeeeceaeeeseaaeecnaeeeeeaaaeseeeeesaaeesnes 46 Case insensitive ID COMPALEC cccccccceeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceaeeeeeneeecaaeeeseaaeeseeeeeesaaaeseeeeeesiaaeenenes 46 Collecting ResolVe statiStiCs i te araara raea aeaa aaa cette este abiter eats 46 Configurable preferred log in list cecscceceeeeeeeneeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeseeeeeeeaaaeeeeeeeeseaeeneaeeee 46 Conversion Services on Windows Sametime servers cccccceseeceeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeettaeeteeeeeees 47 Disabling partial search for users or public QrOUPS ceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeenteeeeeeeenaeeeeeeeenaeeeeeeeaaaes 47 Force users to connect through home cluster o oo eee ee eeeeeee ee eeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeneeeaeeees 48 Multiple Community Considerations ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeseneeecaeeeseaeeeseeeeeeaeeeeaees 48
2. ec ceeecceeeeeeeteeeteeteeneeaees Quick find behavior when Sametime server uses Domino LDAP cseeeeeeeeeeeee STPolicy Server Application trace file size decreasing ecesecceseeeseeeeseeteeeeesseeneeess STReflector Service not listed in Admin Services overview list ccccceceeeeteeeeeteees Telephony Services unavailable after upgrading service provider cccceeeeeeerees Upgrading to Sametime 7 5 x breaks Avaya Service Provider scceceeesteeeeeenaes Workaround available for URL redirection issues when tunneling eceeeeeeeees Documentation updates isc scscicccuseivand cid cdeawacsinranaedhareccentuasrndvauanceweccdedecasediaransedans Installing the Sametime SCrVel c cceccceeceeneeeceeeeeeeeeee seas eeeeaaeeseeeeeesaaaeseeeeeeseaaeseeaeeesecaeeeeaeeseaas Case insensitive awareness fviiie tiweccectsiieecinsdiedeaiid Oh lender iaticec dail ecddvahiedeaaviie ce Enabling Telephony SUPPOM sesiet eeir eatea reee EErEE eee Nta beddtcceevsasdcethyhrecaseehandetadeeees i5 OS Updates to Installation Guide ccececeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeaaeeseeeeestiaeeeeeneeees Administering the Sametime server ccccccceceseeeeeeneeeeeaeeceeaeeeeeaeeseeaaeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeseeeestaeesseneeess Client log file overview c cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceaaeeeaneeeeaaeseeaaeesaaeeeseaaeseaeeeseaaesseeeeeseaeseeneees ETPA t kenm a thenticatio m iiiar riina eaae aa
3. For example the Work subgroup Sametime team is stored as Work sametime team in pre 7 5 ametime 7 5 Sametime pre 7 5_ E Work 6 14 o ISITA LS io sametime team 1 4 MakkW Lexington IBM E CraigR Westford IBM Mary B Westford IBM Harry H iWestFord IBM Michael Cambridge IBM James P iWestford IBM Pat G Lexington IBM Jeanne L Cambridge IBM Razeyah S Westford IBM Mark W Lexington IBM Roy G Westford IBM Mary B Westford IBM es b ABM Michael 5 Cambridge IBM nies oe Pat G i eraile Wassim ZWestford IBM exing ZengYu D Lexington IBM Razeyah S Westford IBM a ass RayG pwesiore Craig R Westford IBM SusanH Raleigh IBM Hary H AWestford IBM Volker J Germany IBM JamesP Westford IBM Wassim amp Westford IBM Jeanne L Cambridge IBM ZengYuD Lexington IBM res In this example the Sametime team subgroup s subgroup developers is stored as Work sametime team developers in pre 7 5 Work 6 14 ES a S E sametime team 1 3 fLexington IBM developers 1 3 Mary B Westford IBM E CraigR Westford IBM Michael S Cambridge IBM JamesF Westford IBM PatG Lexington IBM Jeanne L Cambridge IBM Razeyah wWestford IBM Harry H iWestford IBM Roy G fWestford IBM SusanH Raleigh IBM Markw decal sl Ll Volker J Germany IBM Mary B ae WassimA Avestford IBM Michael 5 Cambridge IBM i ZengYu D Lexington IBM PatG jLexington IBM Work
4. reads Click ToolsPlug InsManage Plug ins It should read Tools gt Plug Ins gt Manage Plug ins e The Help about instant messaging communities mentions that if you have more than one instant messaging community you must log into your default community before logging into other communities This is not true You do not have to log into your default community before logging into others Sametime Meetings end user Help Sametime Meetings end user Help updates corrections The following list identifies corrections and other information related to the IBM Lotus Sametime Meetings end user Help e The Help topic Slides Adding Slides to Display identifies some incorrect information about the slide types that are automatically converted The corrections follow OpenOffice Calc versions 1 1 2 0 text SDC OpenOffice Impress versions 1 1 2 0 text SDD OpenOffice Writer versions 1 1 2 0 text SXW StarOffice Calc versions 5 2 6 x 7 x and 8 0 text only StarOffice Impress 5 2 6 x 7 x and 8 0 text only StarOffice Writer 5 2 6 x 7 x and 8 0 text only e The Help topics Allowing Others to Control the Shared Screen Ensuring Security and Using the Screen Sharing Tools refer to the Allow Control button This button allows others to control your screen during screen sharing These topics also refer to the Reclaim control button This button allows you to reclaim control of your screen e The Help topic Imp
5. sametimeteam Razeyah 5 Westford IBM fo Hs AWestford IBM Roy G Westford IBM Work sametime team developers SusanH Raleigh IBM Wfestford IBM Volker J Germany IBM James P Westford IBM Wassim amp Westford IBM Jeanne L Cambridge IBM ZengYuD Lexington IBM e Incase users happen to assign group names that are seperated by two semi colons the 7 5 x client will not import them as nested groups unless the parent group implied by the naming happen to exist In this manner a user can even create nested groups for 7 5 x using the pre 7 5 client For example using a pre 7 5 client creating the groups test and test subgroup will result in a new group test and a new subroup of test called subgroup in 7 5 x IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Product compatibility Sametime Installing Sametime 7 5 1 integration with Microsoft Office This release note document outlines the steps involved to properly install IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 with Microsoft Office so you can collaborate create meetings and chat with co workers through IBM Lotus Sametime from Microsoft Office Installation Platform support Windows XP Service Pack 2 with MS Office 2003 Uninstalling the Alpha Build Perform the following steps to remove the Alpha build e Use the Add Remove Programs Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs on the two Alpha entr
6. the community config xml file with server connection information and other parameters required by the installer for silent execution LAPAGREE YES Must be YES STSERVE iRNAME cservernam STCOMMUNITYNAME messaging domain com Hostname of Sametime server Community name STSERVERPORT 1533 Sametime Server IP Port STSENDKEEPALIVE true Flag for sending keepalive signal STKEEPALIVETIME 60 Keepalive time STCONNECTIONTYPE75 direct Connection type STPROXYHOST Proxy host name if used STPROXYPORT Proxy port if used STRESOLVELOCALY75 Proxy resolves local flag TRUE FALSE STPROXYUSERNAME Proxy user name if used STPROXYPASSWORD Proxy password if used STCOUNTRYLANG en Language code see detailed documentation STOFFICEINTEGMEETINGTAB Office integration meeting tab 1 enabled STOFFICEINTEGSMARTTAGS Office integration Smart Tags 1 enabled STOFFICEINTEGTOOLBAR Office integration Sametime toolbar 1 enabled NOTE All of the connection related settings are used to set values in the community config xml file For more information on these settings see the Server Administration section of the IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Information Center Sametime Installing the Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Software Development Kit Starting with Lotus Sametime 7 5 all of the Sametime toolkits are available in the Lotus S
7. 1 Release Notes Services After you have added a new IP address to the Sametime server set up your DNS server to map the new IP address to a DNS name for the Sametime server Community Services For the Community Services map the IP address to the DNS name community xxx xxx xxx where XXX XXX XXX is the DNS name that was bound to the Sametime HTTP server in step 1 above For example you would map the new IP address to the DNS name community www sametime1 com Step 4 Configure the HTTPS tunneling settings in the Sametime Administration Tool You must specify the new DNS name and port number for Community Services HTTPS connections in the Sametime Administration Tool 1 Open the Sametime Administration Tool and select Configuration Connectivity Networks and Ports 2 Inthe Community Services Network Address for HTTPS tunneled connections settings specify the following Host name community xxx xxx xxx Where xxx xxx xxx is the DNS name that was bound to the Sametime HTTP server For example community www sametime1 com Port number 443 With this configuration the Sametime Community Services multiplexer will listen for HTTPS tunneled connections on host name community www sametime1 com on port 443 Step 5 Configure the Sametime Connect clients to connect to the new DNS name of the Community Services To connect to a Sametime server configured to listen for HTTPS connections on the host name and port specified above the S
8. 512 MB random access memory or higher Video requirements Video card installed Recommended video display color setting is 16 bit color The setting must be higher than 256 colors Client hardware requirements Macintosh CPU Macintosh OSX 10 4 6 Tiger with JVM 1 5 including patches for PowerPC and Intel J2SE 5 0 Release 5 This is Java 1 5 and may have already been acquired through the the MacOS auto update It is also available at http www apple com support downloads javaformacosx104release5 html RAM 512 MB random access memory or higher Disk space 1GB free disk space recommended to allow space for meetings 500 MB minimum Disk swap space N A Video requirements Video card installed Higher than 256 colors is required by Tiger 26 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Client hardware requirements for Instant Messaging The client system requirements for operation with the Sametime 7 5 x server and Multimedia Services include e CPU Pentium3 800 MHz or higher e RAM 512 MB random access memory or higher Client hardware requirements for Meetings e CPU Pentium3 800 MHz or higher e RAM 512 MB random access memory or higher Sametime Mobile Hardware requirements for Sametime 7 5 1 Mobile Mobile Client requirements The following device types are supported for Sametime Mobile use e Nokia ESeries e Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC and Smartphone e Microsoft Windows 2003 Second Edition
9. IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 New UNIX config values not always propagated by single restart Release Notes Notifying a user when a messaging partner closes the chat window eeeeeeeeeees Sametime Connect client file transfer overview Sametime does not provide a VirUS SCANNET 0 cceeeeeeeetteeeeees Sametime Policy for ANONYMOUS USEV 2 cccceeeeeeeseeeeeteeeeeneeeeeees STPolicy exhaustive search through Domino Directory 4 User Consent framework cccccccecceccesseceeeesseneeeeeeseneeeeeesesessaeens Video Chat Automatically adjusting bit rate 0 eeeeeeeeeeees Video Chat Automatically adjusting send resolution frame rate Video Chat CPU USaQ ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaeeeeneeesetaeeneaeeees Voice chat and Network Address Translation NAT ceeeeeee Uninstallation information cc ccceeceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeaeeeeeneaaas Uninstall on AIX when only Application Server is selected Known limitations problems and workarounds LIMMMAtIONS siia iaar ara EEE TEE E S E A Installation iSSUCS aassseeeeseeneesrnnessnrnnesrnnnnesrnnnnenernnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennana Sametime Connect for Browsers is not included with Sametime Use only ASCII characters for client installation path Warning dialogs do not handle correctly 0 0 0 GliEATASSUCS i aloes Mets Scere te A on et te Nae
10. If the meeting chair person has directed that the recurring meeting is not to be listed on the Sametime server link to description of list meeting in meeting tab then the meeting URL will take the invitee to the Sametime server page that allows a search for the meeting Meeting Workspaces Thisis encnline meeting using Microsort NetMeeting v To find the Sametime meetings associated with this meeting click this link and then search for the meeting name http test abc com stconf nsf ebSearch 70penview If neither of these conditions apply then 2 URLs will be presented one will take the invitee to a list of all meetings in progress and the other to a list of all the meetings on the Sametime server Meeting Workspace IE Thisisenonline meeting using Microsoft NetMeeting When it is time for the meeting to start click here to find the Sametime meeting http test abc com stconf nsf wwWebActiveHeetings 0penview amp Count 58 To find the meeting when it is not in progress click this link instead http test abc comstconf nsf wwWebAl LHeetings 0penview amp Count 58 Sametime task menu in Microsoft Office Smart Tags Sametime in Word Excel Power Point via Smart Tags A chat can be initiated from within a Word Excel or Power Point document with any name appearing in the document provided that the name corresponds to a Sametime user Type a name corresponding to a Sametime user in a doc
11. ORS whee ace Ne Cannot set voice chat audio devices on Macintosh clients Features not available with pre 7 5 server configurations How Policy affects client to client telephony cee Linux Automatic Reconnect not working eeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Orange frame used as a selection aid is not drawn on Linux Possible Linux sound issues with OSS c ccceceessseeeeeenees Running in a hybrid environment with pre 7 5 clients Sametime Connect client accessibility isSueS 0 ceeeeee Some network connectivity options not available on Linux Connect cceeeeeeeeee Voice video chat doesn t show that participant unmuted himself eee CONTACT ISSUCS enee reread aaie aeaa enaena aaao nE a aas aiena aaas iias Click to call only works with primary community 08 character in business card retrieving data from Domino LDAP cceceeeeeee InternationaliZation iSSUCS ssseseeesesereessrrresrrirrnsrerressrrnsssrnnns Click To Call may not work correctly for Turkish locale Linux Date displays incorrectly for Login page eee Meeting ISSUES iieiaei aa ATEAN Conversion Service failure produces no error message Directory dialogs do not show a user s online status Dual monitors not supported ssssssssisssssrrrssssrrssrrirrsssrnnsssrens IME may disappear when XP users share ent
12. OS X Following are the known issues using the Macintosh OS X client in this beta release of Sametime 7 5 1 Note Prior to installing and running the Sametime client please be sure to have installed Java for Mac OS X 10 4 Release 5 Please see http www apple com support downloads javaformacosx104release5 html Sametime Client e Saving password is not supported e Location Awareness is not supported e Voice Chat will work only with the default Macintosh Audio Device e Video is not supported 23 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Meetings e Screen Sharing is not supported on the Mac OS X client however many of the User Interface elements do not reflect this and appear to be available e The Windows native Screen Sharing libraries are installed in a Macintosh client s user directory these files can safely be deleted e File transfer When receiving a file from another participant in the Meeting the default path in the save dialog is incorrectly pointing to a directory outside of the current user s home directory thus the save will fail If the path is updated in the Save dialog the filename itself will be lost e Playback of a recorded meeting is currently broken on Macintosh OS X clients e International Users with Norwegian clients will see the Meetings client load in English Sametime Spell checker overview The Sametime spell checker provides spell checking functionality for 12 languages
13. Sametime 7 5 1 the option for running Sametime Conversion Services as a Domino servlet is no longer supported By default the conversion services run as an integrated function of the Sametime server However you still have the option to run conversion services on a separate Windows system in order to offload the workload associated with file conversion from the Sametime server For more information see Configuring the Meeting Services in the Sametime Server Administration section of the Sametime 7 5 1 Information Center Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile Disabling partial search for users or public groups In order to disable the partial search option please add the following flag to the sametime ini file under the Debug section ST_RESOLVE_NAMELOOKUP_NONPARTIAL 1 and restart the StResolve service Please refer to the Partial search for users or public groups item of the New features in IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 document in these release notes for additional details about partial search 47 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile Force users to connect through home cluster Sometimes it is essential that users connect to their home server for example when using Facetime In this case to prevent the ability to connect to remote servers forwarded log ins should be rejected during the log in process This means that users should connect only to their hom
14. Square symbol may appear You may sometimes notice a misplaced square shaped symbol for example in the Meeting Room Client Workaround Using Traditional Chinese in the following example perform these steps 1 Open the file JAVA_HOME 1ib font properties zh_TW Redhat If you can see the string filename arphic_technology_co ar_pl_mingti21_big5 medium r normal d c 18010646 1 usr share fonts zh_TW TrueType bsmi00lp ttf you need to add the file bsmi001p ttf to the path usr share fonts zh_TW TrueType 69 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes 2 Copy usr share fonts zh_TW TrueType in RedHat to the same path in SUSE If SUSE doesn t have this path please create it 3 In JAVA_HOME 1lib inputcp font properties zh_TW Redhat font properties zh_TW 4 In mozilla inputexport LANG zh_TW LC_ALL zh_TWw theninput mozilla Sametime Macintosh Client may not show native UI for Norwegian locale The Sametime Connect client Update Manager may not show the native UI for a Norwegian locale on the Macintosh Workaround Add Duser language no manually to the Sametime INI file of the Sametime Connect client installed folder and it will display the Norwegian UI Sametime Users may see incoherent message when ending a meeting If UTF 8 is not enabled for web publishing in the Domino server document the confirmation message when a meeting has ended may display as garbled or incoherent text Work
15. a 2GHz machine can mix a 5 way call easily During a voice chat call the Sametime process is running at high priority under Windows regular priority under Linux because voice processing needs to be real time to avoid quality issues After the call terminates the process goes back to normal priority If the user drags windows around especially chat windows or does some other activity which is either CPU or network intensive the quality of the call will decrease The codec will try to automatically recover when conditions improve This process can take a few seconds By pausing resuming their calls by clicking the pause resume button on the audio toolbar of the chat window the user can force a reset of the call quality this is equivalent to ending and starting a new call It is recommended that you disable or reduce any download or other CPU intensive activity during a call in order to obtain maximum quality Network administrators might want to mark the UDP packets from port 20830 with a higher class of service in order to increase voice quality 54 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Uninstallation information Sametime Gateway Uninstall on AIX when only Application Server is selected There is a known issue on the AIX platform during uninstallation if only the WebSphere Application Server feature is selected to remove and other components are not selected for removal The uninstaller will not remove the application
16. characters in a meeting name If the following characters are part of a meeting name the meeting name may not display correctly or users may be unable to attend the meeting successfully backslash single quotes amp ampersand H mu Do not use these characters in a meeting name Sametime Do not use certain characters in a meeting password If the following characters are used within the password of a password protected meeting users may see an error in their browser backslash slashed o ae dipthong a angstrom mu Euro symbol Pound symbol MOE D g a Do not use these characters in your meeting password Sametime Do not use certain characters in password for recorded meeting A Recorded Meeting may not playback correctly if you have used i18n internationalized localized characters in the meeting password Do not use i18n characters in recorded meeting passwords Sametime Do not use double quotes in user name Logging in as a LDAP user whose name contains double quotes double quotes in a user s name will cause an error Do not use 71 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Invited Servers 7 0 to 7 5 x whiteboard pointer discrepancies With a Sametime 7 5 x and Sametime 7 0 invited environment there can be discrepancies in the whiteboard tool s pointer icons In Sametime 7 5 x the pointer tool was replaced by a new stamp tool The previous whiteboard pointer tool a
17. error message however will be printed in the logs Sametime Directory dialogs do not show a user s online status The Directory and Invite dialogs do not correctly show added users online status A previous issue with not showing a user s capabilities video camera speakers microphone has been fixed Sametime Dual monitors not supported The Screen Sharing feature in online meetings does not support dual multiple monitors Only data on the primary display monitor can be shared Sametime IME may disappear when XP users share entire screen If the Input Method Editor IME is not minimized in a taskbar it may sometimes disappear when XP users share their entire screen in a meeting Sametime In meetings user cannot start chat with 7 5 or earlier user Sametime 7 5 1 contains a new user chat policy that prevents 7 5 1 meeting participants from starting instant messages with users whose community services are being provided by an older Sametime server 59 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime In telephony Mute may not work as expected When using telephony the Mute features may not work as expected depending on how the audio bridge responds to the Mute requests 1 When the moderator chooses Mute All a mute with lock may result on everyone in the meeting except the moderator If any users need to be unmuted the moderator must unmute those users 2 When a user mutes himself a mute with lock may result If
18. installed the client to 2 Launch the client by running samet ime exe Windows or samet ime Linux in the samet ime directory that was created when you extracted the files The first time you launch the client you will need to enter the host name of your Sametime server This could be a Sametime 7 5 x server or a pre 7 5 Sametime server See the known limitations section for a list of the features that will not be available in the client if you connect to a pre 7 5 Sametime server The Sametime Connect 7 5 x client supports login to multiple Sametime communities from a single client instance Your primary Sametime community is defined as the Sametime server you provide initially in the login window Your primary server is where your contact list that holds users from multiple communities will actually be stored In addition the password to the primary community is the password you will use to login to the client each time you launch it If you choose to define additional Sametime communities you can select to have their password stored and to be logged in automatically to them simply by logging in to your primary Sametime community See instructions below for how to add additional Sametime communities You can change your primary community by clicking the Reset User button on the Login dialog Use the name of the server from which you downloaded the files unless your administrator has instructed you to use a different server 3 Af
19. intend to apply a specific policy to an anonymous user they can set all of the Anonymous policy attribute values as inherited from the Default policy set Then an Anonymous user will get the default policies applied Even if administrator marks some attribute in the Default policy set as Override all policies the same attribute in the Anonymous policy set gets its own policy value since the Anonymous policy is designed to be stricter than any other policy as well as that the Default policy Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile STPolicy exhaustive search through Domino Directory The NOTES_NAME_LOOKUP_EXHAUSTIVE flag in the Policy section of the sametime ini file indicates which kind of Directory search is used If NOTES NAME_LOOKUP_EXHAUSTIVE 1 is set STPolicy Notes BlackBox performs an exhaustive memberOf search through all the NABs both local and those referred by da nsf Otherwise when either NOTES NAME_LOOKUP_EXHAUSTIVE 0 or is not provided only the local names nsf is searched Sametime User Consent framework The Sametime server by default allows external users to watch internal users now it can be configured so that by default all external users are not allowed to watch internal users This configuration is made by changing the sametime ini file as follows In the Config section add AWARENESS_EXTERNAL_NEED_PERMISSION 1 e By default the value of this configuration flag is 0 and the Sametime server allows ex
20. lt I am Away gt this status reflects in the Sametime client Also if you change your status in the Sametime client the status is updated in the Outlook toolbar Help Allows you to access the Sametime integration with Microsoft Office documentation IBM Sametime Web Conferencing Integration with Microsoft Outlook The IBM Sametime Web Conferencing Outlook add in seamlessly integrates IBM Sametime Web Conferencing with Microsoft Outlook This pairing provides an easy to use comprehensive solution for facilitating corporate on line meetings Meetings are scheduled though the familiar Microsoft Outlook Calendar interface The IBM Web Conferencing add in provides an additional tab on the Outlook Meeting Request Dialog This additional tab contains a dialog that is used to specify IBM Web Conferencing information Creating a new IBM Sametime On line Meeting To create a new IBM Sametime On line Meeting start Microsoft Outlook and select the Calendar tab Then use the toolbar to select New Meeting Request Calendar Microsoft Outlook 4 File Edit View Go Tools Actions Help E l Folder Ctrl Shift E Navigation Pane Shortcut TW TFS 34 Mail Message Ctrl Shift M eae 9 1011 12 ad Contact Ctrl Shift c 16 1718 19 11 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes When the New Meeting dialog appears you will notice an additional tab labeled Sametime This tab contains a dialog where you will enter
21. ransfer p2p FileSender Closing file input stream ransfer p2p FileTransferServer addF 155131608343 ransfer p2p FileTransferServer star fer server on port 5656 me rtcadapter meeting ChatAdapter messageRe ting CONVS4DEA2B75C606C469 msg me filetransfer p2p FileSender onTransferAc notice received me filetransfer p2p FileSender onTransferAc Testing connectivity Do not choose Always as the value for Virus scan files before transferring in Sametime Administration 51 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes unless you have acquired and deployed a virus scanning program Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile Sametime Policy for Anonymous user If Anonymous user access is allowed by a Sametime administrator a specific policy needs to be provided for anonymous users A new Anonymous policy set is provided in the stpolicy ntf template it includes the same attribute set as any other specific policy The Sametime server installation process establishes stpolicy nsf Asa result this data storage includes two built in policy documents the Default policy set and the Anonymous user policy set Using Policy API the Admin UI Policies page shows the policy rules and assignments The Administrator can create new user policy sets and assign users and groups to them The Administrator is unable to delete the necessary policy sets Default and Anonymous and to assign users groups to them as well If an Administrator does not
22. the Windows service is installed correctly by looking at the Windows services console after restarting the machine A service called IBM Workplace Client Technology Single Logon should be listed and with a status of Started Troubleshooting If you had previously selected the login option to Remember password or Automatically log in then the login prompt may not be displayed so that you can select the new login option To change the login option complete these steps 1 Select File gt Manage Communities 2 Expand the list of Communities in the left hand pane 3 Select a community in the left hand pane to display the login options 4 Change the login option and restart Sametime Connect Removing OS Single Sign On Complete the following steps to remove the Use my operating system password checkbox from the login dialog and uninstall the Windows service that retrieves the OS password 1 Run ssoremove cmd The ssoremove cmd file is located in the following subdirectory of the Sametime Connect installation directory for example C Program Files IBM Sametime Connect features com ibm rcp security sso feature_1 0 0 200701121759 install Either change your directory to this location to run ssoremove cmd or double click the file 2 From Sametime Connect select Tools gt Plug Ins gt Manage Plug ins to display the Product Configuration page Locate Sametime Operating System Single Sign On Feature in the list of featur
23. to stop working An error message will indicate that Configuration lookup failed for telephony services when scheduling a meeting This happens because the Sametime upgrade overwrites some registry values that are used to load the service provider An easy workaround is to back up your service provider configuration uninstall the service provider and then reinstall it If you have a 7 0 Avaya Service 75 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Provider installed and wish to upgrade to Sametime 7 5 x perform the following steps 1 Back up lt Domino bin dir gt conference adapter configuration xml and lt Domino bin dir gt dial plan xml 2 Uninstall the service provider 3 Reinstall the service provider 4 Restore conference adapter configuration xml and dial plan xml The key is to uninstall the existing service provider and then reinstall it or install a newer version after Sametime has been upgraded Please be aware that if you install a newer version of the service provider or upgrade it configuration file formats may have changed See Telephony Services unavailable after upgrading service provider in these release notes for more information Sametime Workaround available for URL redirection issues when tunneling When a Sametime server has been set up for tunneling over port 80 the Sametime MUX STMux is listening for port 80 traffic There are several situations where HTTP redirection is needed STMux located on a separa
24. Find dialog allowing you search for individuals Start typing the name of the person you are searching for you can search by first or last name and then press ENTER E Sametime QuickFind Ef Open Sametime Contact List Selecting when Sametime is running will make Sametime the currently active and focused window restoring it from minimized if needed Selecting when Sametime is not running will launch Sametime ren Chat Allows you to launch a chat with the currently selected sender In this example Carolyn Sullivan Note Provided the currently selected sender is a Sametime partner who is on line and not lt Do Not Disturb gt 10 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes J penn Voice Chat Allows you to launch a voice chat with the currently selected sender In this example Carolyn Sullivan Note Provided the currently selected sender is a Sametime partner who is on line and not lt Do Not Disturb gt 8 Phone Allows you connect via a phone line with the currently selected sender B Carolyn Sullivan 7 MEME ET AA Current Person The name and presence of the currently selected sender appears The drop down menu allows you to select from lt Chat gt lt Voice gt or lt Phone gt G Lam available Sametime 7 5 1 ee My Presence Your Sametime availability appears and allows you to control your Sametime status from within Outlook If you change your presence from the toolbar in Outlook to
25. Lotus Sametime Version 7 5 1 Release Notes G325 2585 02 Note Before using this information and the product it supports read the information in Notices on page 82 First Edition Revised May 31 2007 This edition applies to IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1994 2007 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes About this TelCASC wiiciiiccicccsceidnsiassdecceseedeesdandicevannseudduccsensanndeustedvesevenecucniecsansosaades 1 New in this release ceceeeneecceeeeneceeeeeeeneeeeeeeeneeeeeeaanseeeeesaanseseeesseneeseeseenseeseesensteseeesenseeeeesennes 1 New features in IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 c ccecceeeceeeeeeneeceeeeeesaeeseeeeeseaaeeeeeeeessaaeeneneees 1 Backward Compatibility 2 0 0 0 eee cccceeceeeeee eee i ii N a iie ENT Aa ei 3 Buddy list synchronization between 7 5 1 and pre 7 5 clients eeeeeseeseerresseernnsenn 3 Product compatiblity stvtiecs ceeded ec cide arain rasi aE NE E T AANE e EE NEAN EAN e EENE 6 Installing Sametime 7 5 1 integration with Microsoft Office seeeeesseeeseeeseeeeseerreeereesren 6 Sametime 7 5 1 integration with Microsoft Office cccceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeaaeeseeeeeeeaeeee
26. P capability then the file transfer will occur via P2P any Sametime Connect 7 5 x client has P2P capabilities The Sametime Connect client allows file transfers Once you know you have permission from the server to transfer files the next step is to check whether or not you have a working virus scanner on the server Virus scanning is enabled on the server With virus scanning enabled on the server the file transfer will occur via the server RTC with a message on the chat window indicating this Virus scanning is not enabled on the server If virus scanning is not enabled on the server the file transfer will occur via P2P if the users Sender and receiver both have the P2P flag set and have P2P capability A message is displayed in the chat window indicating that the file will not be scanned for viruses In the event that either user does not have P2P flag enabled or capability the file will be transferred via RTC also with a message in the chat window indicating that the file will not be scanned for viruses 50 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Sametime Connect 7 5 x client and pre Sametime Connect 7 5 x client File transfer between the 7 5 x client and pre 7 5 clients will always go through the server Pre 7 5 clients are not P2P capable As such when chatting from a 7 5 x client to a pre 7 5 client if file transfer is not allowed in the user Policy then the file transfer icon will be disabled for the pre 7 5 client user This is the
27. Pocket PC e Research in Motion Blackberry 7100 8100 8700 8800 e Sony Ericsson M600 P990 Sametime Video Chat Supported PC Cameras and WebCams Following is the supported list of cameras for Sametime Video Chat e Logitech QuickCam Fusion Personal Web Camera e Creative Technology Live Ultra e Microsoft LifeCam VX 3000 Personal Camera e Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 Personal Web Camera e Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX Personal Web Camera e Logitech QuickCam Personal Web Camera for Notebooks Pro e Logitech QuickCam Orbit MP e Creative Technology Live Cam Notebook Pro Personal Web Camera e Creative Labs Live Cam Video IM Pro e Microsoft LifeCam NX 6000 Personal Web Camera Note These are the cameras that have been tested with Video Chat most other cameras with supported webcam drivers should work Third party drivers are not supported 27 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Software requirements Sametime IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Connect client software requirements Below are the software requirements and support statements for the Sametime 7 5 1 Connect client Client operating systems platforms supported Windows e Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 e Windows XP Professional 64 bit only for Web Conferencing e Windows 2000 e Microsoft Vista pre release http Awww microsoft com windowsvista Vista 1 0 is expected to ship on 1 30 07 e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 e SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 e Novell Linu
28. S produces incomplete installation log During the installation of the Sametime Gateway the installer will call several QSHELL commands as part of the installation procedure Typically the results of running these commands are written to the installation log However when an installation is performed using a response file and the silent mode the results of running the QSHELL commands are not written to the log resulting in an incomplete record of what occurred during the installation Sametime Gateway Emoticons convert to text symbols using Connect and UIM clients Emoticons can be sent and received between UIM and UIM clients but are converted to text symbols when they are sent from a UIM client to a Sametime Connect client If a user sends text symbols by means of a Sametime Connect client then the text symbols are converted to emoticons Sametime Gateway External user does not receive status messages If the user consent framework is enabled on a Sametime server external users will not receive status messages about the Sametime user with whom they are chatting Please see Internal user consent for external users in the Configuration section of these release notes for more information on the user consent framework policy Sametime Gateway Known issues with Sametime Connect and Yahoo Messenger Sametime does not support offline messages As a result when a Sametime user chats with a Yahoo user and the Yahoo user goes offline the S
29. Sametime Sametime Policy Assign Users pages does not detect Java VM When accessing the Policy Assign Users page a supported Java VM is required The page does not correctly detect whether a supported JVM is installed Sametime Quick find behavior when Sametime server uses Domino LDAP The quick find option in the Sametime Connect client should be used differently if the client is connected to a server that uses Domino LDAP To find a name using the quick find option type the whole name to get the requested result typing only a few characters of the name is not enough Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile STPolicy Server Application trace file size decreasing When VP_TRACE_ALL 1 key is provided in the Debug section of the sametime ini file the STPolicy Server Application size becomes huge To avoid this the following workaround is provided If sametime ini contains the POLICY_DEBUG_LEVEL flag in the Debug section STPolicy trace is generated according to the key value 0 to 5 even if VP_TRACE_ALL 1 flag appears If POLICY _DEBUG_LEVEL is not provided and VP_TRACE_ALL 1 flag is added the highest debug level 5 is applied for STPolicy If neither the POLICY_DEBUG_LEVEL flag nor the VP_TRACE_ALL flag appears the least STPolicy debug level 0 is applied Sametime STReflector Service not listed in Admin Services overview list When you choose the Administer the Server link on a Sametime 7 5 x server you ll see a
30. Some icons in the Help about managing viewing and participating in telephone conference calls and video calls are incorrect Specifically the Call Call Options Video and Mute Video icons appear differently in the Help than in the product user interface e The Help topic Automatically changing your availability status describes how to specify on the Auto Status Changes preferences page the situations in which your availability status automatically changes to another availability status This topic does not mention that you can also automatically change your availability status based on events scheduled in your Lotus Notes or Microsoft Outlook calendar To turn this feature on select the Meetings scheduled in my calendar event on the Auto Status Changes page and then click Calendar Service in the navigator Then specify how often to check your calendar for scheduled events and if you are using a Notes calendar whether to use your Notes or Sametime password to check your Notes calendar e The Help topics under Plug ins describe how you can enable or disable and update plug ins including the ability to install plug ins from a designated Web site The feature to install plug ins from a Web site is not available in this release In addition there are no plug in preferences in this release as described in the Help topic Setting plug in preferences 79 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes e Step 1 inthe Help topic Configuring plug ins
31. TTPS proxy only allow outbound connections to occur on port 443 If a Sametime Connect client operates in such an environment the following configurations must exist on the Sametime Connect client and the Sametime server for the connection to be successful In the Sametime Connect client Sametime Connectivity tab e The Community port setting must specify port 443 e The Use proxy and Use HTTPS proxy settings must be selected The IP address or DNS name of the HTTPS proxy server and port number used to connect to the HTTPS proxy server are also specified e Inthe Sametime Administration Tool on the Sametime server the Community Services Network Address for HTTPS tunneled client connections Port number setting must specify port 443 With these configurations the Sametime Connect client connects to the HTTPS proxy and the proxy connects to the Sametime server on behalf of the Sametime Connect client The connection from the proxy server to the Sametime server Community Services occurs on port 443 The Community Services on the Sametime server must be configured to listen for the HTTPS connections on port 443 to ensure the connection can succeed Note The configurations above enable Sametime Connect to establish a connection to a Sametime server 40 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes through an HTTPS proxy server The HTTPS connection method is used to establish the connection but the data passing over this connection is not en
32. The dictionaries are part of the server installation and are found on CD 4 in a directory called SpellCheckerDictionaries there are plugin and features for each dictionary By default the client comes with the US English dictionary installed Administrators can create a site that will allow users to install dictionaries as a feature or a user can just copy the plugin folder for the dictionary to the plugin folder of their Sametime client The spell checker will default to English for languages it does not support Supported languages in this release 01 com ibm langware v5 dic da_DK Danish 02 com ibm langware v5 dic fi_Fl Finish Finland 03 com ibm langware v5 dic fr_FR French 04 com ibm langware v5 dic el_GR Greek 05 com ibm langware v5 dic it_IT Italian 06 com ibm langware v5 dic nb_NO Norwegian Bokmal 07 com ibm langware v5 dic pl_PL Polish 08 com ibm langware v5 dic pt_PT Portuguese Portugal 09 com ibm langware v5 dic pt_BR Portuguese Brazil 10 com ibm langware v5 dic ru_RU Russian 11 com ibm langware v5 dic es_ES Spanish 12 com ibm langware v5 dic sv_SE Swedish 13 com ibm langware v5 dic de_CH Swiss Unsupported languages in this release 1 Hungarian 2 Turkish 3 Japanese 4 Korean 5 Simplified Chinese 6 Traditional Chinese 24 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Installation migration upgrade and configuration information Hardware req
33. Web Administration does not support using Firefox 1 5 x only Firefox 1 0 x is supported by Domino 63 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Internet e mail addresses not supported in LDAP attribute If a Sametime server is setup to use an LDAP directory there is an optional setting in stconfig nsf that specifies the LDAP attribute to use for the internal Sametime ID of a user This setting cannot contain an LDAP attribute that holds the internet e mail address for users If it does then web conferences that are restricted to certain users will not work properly and other user restriction related features may be broken in Sametime Sametime No test or self signed certificates for HTTPS proxy connections The Sametime client supports using HTTPS proxy connections forward or reverse However when using HTTPS connections the HTTPS server must be using certificates from a Root Certificate Authority The Sametime client will refuse connections to HTTPS servers that use a test or self signed certificate Only valid certificates from certificate authorities which can actually be authenticated can be used Sametime Users appear offline logging into discrete nodes of a cluster Users in the buddy list are associated with a community a community is unique according to a hostname and user ID Therefore when logging into discrete hosts that represent a single logical Sametime server a new community is created for each one Users a
34. _PREFERRED_LOGIN_TYPES flag in the sametime ini file to provide an additional list of login types The login types from this list will always be more important than the default login types The list 46 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes should be comma separated and should contain client types in hexadecimal format but without the leading Ox Example In sametime ini Config VPS_PREFERRED_LOGIN_TYPES 1002 1304 Suppose that user A is logged in with two clients 1304 UIM blue and 1002 6 5 C User B connects to user A and starts a chat According to the default list the UIM client should pop up the chat dialog but because of the VPS_PREFERRED_LOGIN_TYPES list supplied in the sametime ini the C client will get the chat Please also see the related technote 1253176 Client Types 1000 C toolkit 1001 Java toolkit 1002 C client 1003 Java client 100A ST Links 1100 Notes 8 Standard Client 1304 UIM client Sametime Conversion Services on Windows Sametime servers Sametime Conversion Services is a feature that takes files of various formats slides images documents etc and provides a bitmap rendering so they can be shared in a meeting as slides In Sametime 7 5 Sametime Conversion Services was installed by default as a Domino servlet This required special configuration steps if the Sametime server was configured for SSL With
35. a P2P connection the UDP packets are relayed through the reflector This mode is used for compatibility performance will not be as good as direct P2P Consequently the user could experience additional delays and a decrease of quality in the voice chat depending on the Sametime 7 5 x reflector availability For NAT environments the reflector will be used The reflector uses 2 TCP UDP ports 20831 20832 53 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Those ports must be opened for incoming and outgoing UDP and TCP traffic on the reflector machine It is recommended that the reflector machine have a static IP address In case the reflector is running on multiple network interfaces it must be configured with either a hostname or an IP address so that clients know which address to use to connect to the reflector For example in the STReflector section of the sametime ini file STREFLECTOR_SERVER_NAME reflector domain com or STREFLECTOR_SERVER_NAME 192 168 1 1 If the reflector is located in an environment with two different subnets the reflector needs to be accessible from different networks hence the property STREFLECTOR_SERVER_NAME should be a fully qualified hostname which resolves to the appropriate addresses in both networks subnets In case the 7 5 x client is running against a pre 7 5 server the voice chat component may not work correctly in a number of cases e The client has multiple network interfaces in that ca
36. a couple of other methods for changing configuration values that should assure retrieval of the latest values 1 Make the configuration changes 2 Stop the server 3 Delete the file SametimeCommunity2 xml from the data directory 4 Restart the server Or method 1 Make the configuration changes 2 In the Domino console restart the HTTP server with the command tell http restart 3 Wait a few moments for Domino to respond that the HTTP server has restarted 4 Restart the entire server Either of these methods should cause sytem components to retrieve the latest configuration values Sametime Notifying a user when a messaging partner closes the chat window When two people are chatting in an instant messaging window and one person closes the window the second person s window remains open You can configure a message to inform the second person when their messaging partner is no longer online 1 Navigate to the lotus domino folder the same folder where the sametime ini file is stored 2 Create a file called stGateway ini 3 Inthe new file insert the following key with a message similar to the example shown below VP_IM_FAILED_MESSAGE Your Messaging partner is no longer online 4 Save the new file Sametime Sametime Connect client file transfer overview The Sametime Connect client can transfer files by either one of two methods via the server RTC or via peer to peer P2P The method is chosen program
37. aai Do not use Do not use Japanese characters in client plug in download path s es the Euro symbol in an attachment name sssssesseesesserrsssserrsssrerrnssrrrrrssrne Euro symbol may display inCorrectly cececeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeaeeeeseenaaeeeeeeeaas i5 OS Server fails to start when CCSID incompatible with PASE sessseeeesseeesseeee International characters on slides may not display correctly eseseseeeseeeeeeseeerrsseenn Linux Square symbol may appear eee ee ceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeseaaeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeaeeeeaes Macintosh Users may Meeting issues Client may not show native UI for Norwegian locale cccesseeeeees see incoherent message when ending a meeting ssssssssssesrsssrerrssns Release Notes 61 61 61 61 61 62 62 62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 65 65 66 66 67 67 67 67 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 69 69 70 70 70 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 After setting Call Properties Join the Call may be disabled ccscccccessseeeeeeeee Cannot edit Telephony based meetings ccccceeeeceeeceeeeceeeeeeeeesecaeeeseeeseeieeseenaeeneaes Disk space limits for recorded meetings e ee eeeeeee scene eeeeeeecneeeeeettaeeeeeeetaeeeeeetnaeeeeeenea Do not import a nonexistent recorded meeting file 0 eee eeneeeeeeeeneeeeeeenaeeeeeeeaaes Do not use certain characters in a meetin
38. additional IBM Sametime On line Meeting information Appointment Sametime Scheduling Security Meeting password _ Check with your Sametime administrator to determine if a password is required in your environment E Do not list this meeting in the Sametime meeting center people must attend it with the URL or by searching for it by name Restrict the online meeting to invitees only Files Click Browse to add slides and files to the online meeting Browse Added files In order to make this meeting an IBM Sametime On line Meeting check the Include an IBM Lotus Sametime Meeting checkbox You can make this check box always checked by default in the Meeting Options dialog link to Meeting Options When you check the Include an IBM Lotus Sametime Meeting checkbox you will notice the other controls on the dialog become enabled You may use these controls to specify additional IBM On line Meeting parameters 12 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Meeting Chair Below the Include an IBM Lotus Sametime Meeting checkbox is a label showing the Meeting Chair person This label can not be edited since there is no need to specify the meeting chair person here If this is the first time you have used this dialog to create an IBM Lotus Sametime Meeting the Chair label will be blank If you have created an on line meeting already the Chair
39. age specific format Sametime When shared window is obstructed users will see gray When a user is Screen Sharing an application window in a meeting and that window is obstructed by another application window participants in the meeting will see the shared area grayed out This is a security feature to ensure only the desired application is visible to meeting participants To avoid this problem 1 Make sure your shared window application is not obstructed by another window application 2 Use either Share a resizable frame or Share Desktop in which case the frame or desktop cannot be obstructed Sametime Year Month format is not localized in Calendar dialog The Year Month format may not follow a pre determined language specific format in the Meeting center Calendar dialog Sametime Join the Call button may take a few moments before enabling When using the Telephony tools in an online meeting it is possible for the Join the Call button to take a few moments after successfully connecting to the telephony service provider to become enabled This is a factor of how quickly the Telephony Service Provider a third party component notifies the Meeting Room Client that a user may join the call Be patient after entering the telephony service provider required information the Join Call button will be 61 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes enabled Sametime Gateway issues Sametime Gateway Silent install on i5 O
40. alanaedabdiseianss Sametime setup fails when xACL enabled for Domino Directory sssssseseeseseeesseeeenee Tab order problems in installation program ssssssssessssssrrssssrrssssinnsssinnnnntinnnnnrnennnnnnnn Client issues Acrobat Reader must be installed for some autorun links to work sassen Cannot click to call online users who run older Sametime Clients ceeeeeeeees Cannot rejoin conference call after hanging UP phone eceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeteeeees Cannot start a call w user whose policy does not allow telephony ceeeeeees Corrupt oit directory can cause conversions to fail ON UNIX cccccceessesteeeeseeeeeees Microsoft Office Integration Re enable Smart Tag cccccccceseeeseeeeeseeeeesseeeeeeneeeee Unable to log in to Sametime from SUSE Linux Client ec ccccceceeesseeeeeeeesteeeeeeenaes Contact issues Call menu item on right click Person menu loses SUD MENU eeseeeceeeeeteeeeesseeeeeees i5 OS Update Business Card setup after changing to LDAP 0 ccseeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeees Preventing errors when UserlInfo servlet processes updates c ceeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeetee Retrieving Photos from Domino 6 5 1 LDAP directory with Userlnfo eee Setting the company name for Domino LDAP 1 0 eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeneeeees InternationaliZation ISSUES c cece a a aa e aa aa aaa a aaaea a a taaa d
41. ame Community sametimeserver acme com The Sametime 2 5 server is hard coded to prepend the string Community to its server name when listening for Community 42 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Services connections on ports 443 or 563 This design in the Sametime 2 5 server accomodates the multiple IP address issues discussed in Connecting to the Community Services on port 443 when the Domino HTTP server is configured to listen for SSL connections on port 443 above The Sametime 2 5 Connect client is also hard coded to prepend the string Community to its Host setting when its Community port setting specifies port 443 or 563 For example assume the following settings exist in the Sametime Connectivity tab of a Sametime 2 5 Connect client e Host sametimeserver1 acme com e Community port Either port 443 or port 563 is specified With this configuration the Sametime 2 5 Connect client attempts the connection to the server name Community sametimeserver1 acme com even though the string sametimeserver1 acme com is entered in its Host setting Because the Sametime 2 5 Connect client automatically prepends the string Community to its host name it is not necessary to enter the string Community servername in the Sametime 2 5 Connect client when this client connects to a Sametime 7 5 x server that is configured to listen for HTTPS connections on multiple IP addresses Note also that when a Sametime 7 5 x server listen
42. ametime Software Development Kit SDK The Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 SDK includes the following toolkits 31 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Connect Toolkit Sametime Links Toolkit Sametime Java Toolkit Sametime Telephony Toolkit Sametime Community Server Toolkit Sametime Directory and Database Access Toolkit Sametime Monitoring and Statistics Toolkit Online Meeting Toolkit Sametime Gateway Toolkit new for 7 5 1 The Sametime toolkits for 7 5 and beyond are only available in the Sametime SDK not individually You can download the Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 SDK and previous Sametime SDK and toolkit releases by using the Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 SDK link on the Sametime server home page or by going to the following IBM developerWorks site http www ibm com developerworks lotus downloads toolkits html The Sametime SDK is packaged in a zip archive file To install the SDK simply extract the contents of this file to any location on your local drive After extracting the files see the file readme txt in the st 751sdk directory for important information about the SDK To uninstall the SDK simply delete the st751sdk directory Note The Sametime C Toolkit and COM Toolkit were not updated for the Sametime 7 5 or 7 5 1 releases and are not included in the Sametime SDK The previous releases of these toolkits are still available on the developerWorks site and should work with the Sametime 7 5 x releases but there are no pl
43. ametime Connect client must have the following settings in the Sametime Connectivity tab e The Host setting must specify community www sametime1 com Note If a Sametime 2 5 Connect client connects to a Sametime 7 5 x server using HTTPS on port 443 or 563 it is only necessary to enter the server name www sametime1 com in the Host setting of the Sametime 2 5 Connect client For example enter www sametime1 com instead of community www sametime1 com in the Host field For more information see Sametime 2 5 Connect client compatibility issue when connecting to a Sametime 7 5 x server on port 443 or 563 below e The Community port setting must specify 443 e Use proxy and Use HTTPS proxy must be selected Enter the host name and port on which the Sametime Connect client connects to the HTTPS proxy Sametime 2 5 Connect client compatibility issue when connecting toa Sametime 7 5 x server on port 443 or 563 The Sametime 2 5 Connect client is designed to use HTTPS tunneling on ports 443 or 563 to connect to a server that uses multiple IP addresses When a Sametime 2 5 server is configured to listen for HTTPS tunneled client connections on port 443 or 563 the server listens for Community Services connections on the server name Community servername For example if your Sametime 2 5 server is named sametimeserver acme com the server listens for HTTPS tunneled Community Services connections on ports 443 or 563 on the server n
44. ametime user can continue chatting and is not notified that the message can only be delivered when the Yahoo user is online Sametime Gateway Offline messages Do Not Disturb status not handled correctly When an internal user exchanges Instant Messages with an external user and the external user s chat status changes to Do Not Disturb the typing area will be greyed out and typing will be disabled When working with the Sametime Connect Client and the external user changes their chat status back to Active the typing area will still be greyed out Workaround e The internal user should open a new chat window to the external user e Upgrade to the UIM client 62 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Gateway Sametime capabilities are limited with external users The Sametime Gateway supports awareness and instant messaging with external communities Other Sametime features such as file transfer n way chat and voice chat are not available with external users Some options such as rich text are disabled when chatting with an external user If a user tries to send an emoticon it is converted to a text symbol such as Sametime Gateway Sametime Gateway has limited NAT support Network Address Translation NAT is supported between local Sametime community servers and Sametime Gateway 7 5 1 but NAT is not supported between Sametime Gateway and the Internet because of a limitation in the SIP protocol A NAT enabl
45. ans to further enhance these toolkits Sametime Pre installation steps for Linux Sametime Server 7 5 1 Following are the steps to take before installing a Linux Sametime 7 5 1 server 1 Configure the default number of open file descriptors so Domino and Sametime can run without warnings Add the following to the end of etc security limit conf hard nofile 65535 soft nofile 65535 2 Disable the firewall For example on RedHat this can be achieved by running the following it only needs to be run once configuration is persistent chkconfig iptables off service iptables stop 3 Make sure that the host file etc hosts has an entry for the local hostname where the server is installed and running Sametime Linux Sametime Server 7 5 1 installation on VMWare Linux Sametime Server 7 5 1 is not supported or tested to run on RedHat or SUSE installations using virtual machine VMWare images Customers are advised to not install RedHat Enterprise Linux or SUSE supported versions under VMWare for installing Sametime Server 7 5 1 Sametime 32 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Installing Sametime Conversion Services Sametime Conversion Services is a feature that takes files of various formats slides images documents etc and provides a bitmap rendering so they can be shared in a meeting as slides Sametime Conversion Services has been enhanced to provide more faithful rendering of slides The same technology is used f
46. around Enable UTF 8 in the Domino server document Meeting issues Sametime After setting Call Properties Join the Call may be disabled When joining a meeting that includes telephony the user may need to enter the call properties before joining the call After entering the correct call properties the Join the Call button may incorrectly remain disabled If the user leaves the meeting and rejoins the Join the Call button is enabled Sametime Cannot edit Telephony based meetings Note This release note applies only to the Sametime Enterprise Meeting Server If you schedule a meeting that includes Telephony Options you cannot later edit that meeting and remove the option You can always add telephony to a scheduled meeting but you cannot remove it once added Workaround If you want to remove the telephony option from a scheduled meeting delete the existing meeting and create a new meeting without telephony for the same time Sametime 70 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Disk space limits for recorded meetings Using the Administration tool to set limits on when to stop recording meetings has no effect on roomservers No known workaround exists at this time Sametime Do not import a nonexistent recorded meeting file When importing a nonexistent recorded meeting file during a Sametime meeting the import may not function correctly Avoid importing a nonexistent recorded meeting file Sametime Do not use certain
47. at is located between the two tree controls The user must then select OK to save the contacts to Sametime Synchronize Outlook to Sametime lt lt 5 New Group Outlook Folder Sametime Group Personal Folders Work Contacts michael picucci Peter Rabbit rich picucci Mailbox Com2003 User3 Work Contacts Joe Smith Sallie Jones 5 gt Cancel 22 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Synchronization of contacts from Sametime to Outlook The dialog to synchronize contacts from Sametime to Outlook allows you to copy contact information from Sametime to Outlook The dialog contains two tree controls The tree control on the left represents the Sametime groups and the contacts for Sametime The tree control on the right represents the Outlook and contacts The user selects a contact from the left tree and selects a group from the right tree Then user then can copy a contact from Sametime to Outlook by then selecting the move button that is located between the two tree controls The user must then select OK to save the contacts to Outlook Synchronize Sametime to Outlook Sametime Group Outlook Folder Work Personal Folders michael picucci Contacts rich picucci Peter Rabbit Work Mailbox Com2003 User3 Contacts Joe Smith gt gt Sallie Jones Cancel Sametime Limitations using Macintosh
48. configuration support from installation e Case insensitive ID comparison on the server and toolkit allows IM awareness in Domino Web Access Portal and other Sametime enabled applications e MUX performance improvement on AIX In previous releases MUX inefficiently handled large numbers of clients inefficiently with a high CPU usage and response times would lag Note the minimal VRMF for this performance fix is AIX 5 3 0 30 which is covered by the minimum Technical Level 5 AIX requirement e Enhanced chat logging API allows binary data logging e A configurable preferred log in list allows administrators to define the order in which applications will handle interactions from another Sametime client For example connect the Sametime client first then Notes then Meetings See technote 1253176 for additional details IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes e Resolve Statistics The StStatistics server application now outputs Resolve statistics The Resolve application calculates statistics data and sends it to the St Statistics application which writes the data to a file The Resolve application collects the following statistics parameters for different client types and versions logged in to the community The StResolve application sends its response in the form of an XML string which is divided according to client types and versions Please refer to Collecting Resolve statistics in these release notes for details about how to collect th
49. crypted with SSL If the Domino HTTP server is also configured to listen for HTTPS connections on port 443 a conflict occurs because the Sametime Community Services are also configured to listen for HTTPS connections on the same port number In this scenario you must assign an additional IP address to the Sametime server to ensure that both Web browser users and Sametime Connect client users can connect to the Sametime server on port 443 This configuration requires the following steps e Bind the DNS name for the Sametime server to the Sametime HTTP server e Add anew IP address to the Sametime server machine e Map the new IP address to a new DNS name for the Sametime Community Services This configuration is performed on the DNS server e Use the Sametime Administration Tool to add the new DNS name to the Community Services connectivity settings on the Sametime server This configuration enables the Community Services to listen for HTTPS connections on the new DNS name e Configure the Sametime Connect clients to connect to the new Community Services DNS name Note The configuration described below can enable either a Sametime 2 5 or higher Connect client to connect to a Sametime 7 5 x server on port 443 or 563 Step by step instructions for these configurations are provided below Step 1 Bind the base DNS name for the Sametime server to the Sametime HTTP server 1 Open the Sametime Administration Tool and select Configuration C
50. ct win 7 5 1 silent install zip file which is included on the Sametime Connect 7 5 1 Client CD and also in the Sametime Connect 7 5 1 Windows Client download For detailed instructions see the Readme_silentinstall html file which is also included in the zip file The two files needed to enable silent installation are setup bat Runs the installer in silent mode 30 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes silentinstall ini Provides configuration information for the installer You can edit both of these files to tailor the installer to your specific requirements setup bat This batch file contains two commands e vcredist_x86 exe installs the Microsoft Visual C runtime components which are needed for the optional Sametime Office integration features If you do not need these features and do not want to install the Visual C runtime you can remove or comment out this command line e sametime connect win 7 5 1 exe instructs the installer executable to run in silent mode It contains several configuration parameters The name of the log file created by the installer Full path to the desired installation directory Name of the silentinstall ini file Must be TRUE for silent execution install log INSTALLDIR path STSILENTINIFILE name STSIL INSTALL TRUE silentinstall ini This INI file contains configuration parameters for the Sametime client which will be used to pre populate
51. d and converted into the new format Thereafter the pre 7 5 list can be manually imported into the new client as needed Additionally Sametime 7 5 x supports exporting the buddy list into the pre 7 5 dat file format Despite this users of Sametime 7 5 x may be confused to learn that the list they see in non 7 5 x clients is different from the one used by the 7 5 x client Furthermore existing applications such as Notes Sametime client uses the pre 7 5 Sametime buddy list format Sametime 7 5 CF1 and later supports synchronization between the pre 7 5 and 7 5 x Sametime buddy list formats Summary The Sametime 7 5 CF1 and later clients automatically keep the pre 7 5 and 7 5 x contact lists in synch using the following rules e After logging into the default community with 7 5 x the pre 7 5 buddy list is automatically imported e Each time the 7 5 x buddy list is saved a pre 7 5 version is generated and saved e The first time the two buddy lists are synched both lists are additively merged IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes e Updates made to the pre 7 5 buddy list appear in realtime in a running 7 5 x client and vice versa e After the initial additive merge deleting a person or group from pre 7 5 deletes the person or group from the 7 5 x list and vice versa Limitations e Incase users happen to assign group names that are seperated by two semi colons the 7 5 x client will not import them as nested groups unless the parent g
52. d by a user who is logged in to a 7 5 x client Sametime Linux Automatic Reconnect not working Automatic reconnect when losing network connectivity in the Linux Connect client does not work This feature works only on the Windows connect client Sametime Orange frame used as a selection aid is not drawn on Linux When using Linux Sametime does not draw an orange frame around the application that is highlighted in the Sharing dialog Sametime Possible Linux sound issues with OSS Sametime Connect 7 5 x for Linux ships with OSS by default If other application are using OSS the Sametime Connect client may not be able to play sounds or participate in voice chats This is a known OSS issue regarding applications sharing the system sound correctly Sametime Running in a hybrid environment with pre 7 5 clients The Sametime Connect 7 5 x client can run in an environment with a mixture of new and old Sametime clients Note that you will not be able to send rich text to pre 7 5 clients and that the rich text tools will be disabled in such a client Also note that when switching to In a Meeting status you will be seen by older clients as Online with no status icon Sametime Sametime Connect client accessibility issues 57 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Note the following issues that may affect users who have a physical disability such as restricted mobility or limited vision e Do not turn on the tabbed chat window fo
53. e Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile Collecting Resolve statistics To configure the server to collect Resolve statistics please follow these steps 1 Make sure the StStatistics service is installed and running 2 Add the following flag to the sametime ini file under the Debug section VPSTATISTICS_RESOLVE 1 3 Restart StStatistics and StResolve The statistics data will be written to a file called STStatistics_ lt date gt _ lt time gt txt under the Trace folder Please refer to the Resolve statistics item of the New features in IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 document in these release notes for additional details about statistics data collected for Resolve operations Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile Configurable preferred log in list If a user is connected with several different clients and another user is initializing an IM session it is unclear which client should receive the IM session The default implementation is contingent on the hard coded list of client types each type has its predefined weight In the server all the logins of the same user are ordered according to the login type weight When there is an incoming IM session the first login having minimal weight is taken from the list and the session is sent to it Default order 0x1304 0x1100 0x1003 0x1002 0x1000 0x1001 The new ability presented in Sametime 7 5 1 make it easy to change the default login types order Use the VPS
54. e Prompt me to start Sametime Allows you to be prompted for the launch of Sametime if it is not running e Do Not start Sametime Configures the settings to run the toolbar without launching Sametime If the prompt has been selected and Sametime is not running you are presented with the following dialog Launch Sametime x Do you want to launch the Sametime Connect Client No Do not ask me again If you check Do not ask me again on this dialog and select Yes the setting to always launch Sametime if it is not running will be set If you check Do not ask me again on this dialog and select No the setting to never launch Sametime if it is not running will be set In either of these cases you will not be prompted again unless you go back to the Options page Sametime Toolbar and select Prompt me to start Sametime again 20 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Meeting The Sametime Meeting options page allows the user to change the Sametime Connection Settings and the behavior for synchronization between Outlook and Sametime Meetings Options Preferences Mail Setup 5 Mail Format pelling Security Other _ Delegates Sametime Toolbar Sametime Meeting Sametime Connection Settings Ea The settings you make here allow you to connect to the g IBM Lotus Sametime online meeting server Sametime user name lJ oe Smith Password XXXXXXXX Sa
55. e an X11 interface Administrators have the option to use X11 or the text based console install version The console install will run from a telnet session or 29 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes equivalent LDAP directories e Integrated Directory Services 5 2 amp 6 0 e Domino 6 5 e Domino 7 0 e MS Active Directory 2000 2003 e Sun ONE Directory 5 iPlanet 5 1 amp 5 2 Enterprise Meeting Server Infrastructure e WebSphere V6 0 2 11 fix pack 11 e DB2 UDB Workgroup Server Edition V8 2 IBM Lotus Sametime Gateway Infrastructure e WAS 6 1 0 3 6 1 0 3 ifix e DB2 UDB Workgroup Server Edition V8 2 Supported Domino server version Sametime 7 5 1 must install on a Domino 7 x server Note that the Domino 7 x server release must be installed prior to installing the Sametime server Sametime Sametime Client for Macintosh Additional Java requirements The following Java components are required to run the IBM Sametime Client 7 5 1 on the Macintosh OS Intel and PPC 1 Java 2 Standard Edition J2SE 5 0 Release 5 available from http www apple com support downloads javaformacosx104release5 html or through the Tiger software updater Installation notes Sametime Silent Install configuration Two files are available that administrators can use to pre configure the installation of the Sametime 7 5 1 Connect Client for Windows in order to enable silent operation The files can be found in the sametime conne
56. e com e Save the file and start Sametime 66 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Contact issues Sametime Call menu item on right click Person menu loses sub menu In some cases the Call menu item right click Person menu is enabled but the sub menu is missing Simply right click on the group name and you will see the sub menu displayed for the individual person as well Sametime i5 OS Update Business Card setup after changing to LDAP If you use the CHGLSTDOM command on i5 OS to change your Sametime server from using a Domino Directory to an LDAP directory an additional step is required for the Business Card feature to work You must use the Sametime Administration tool to update the Business Card Setup 1 Select Administer the server 2 Expand the plus sign next to Configuration in the contents pane 3 Select Business Card setup 4 Update the setup so that it contains the correct Attribute values for your LDAP directory For example the default values that Sametime uses for an LDAP directory are shown in the table below Your attribute values may be different for your particular LDAP directory configuration Sametime Preventing errors when UserlInfo servlet processes updates To prevent errors when the Userlnfo servlet processes updates that are generated by Administrator changes the following steps are required 1 Inthe file UserInfoConfig xml set the value property of the ReadStConfigUpdates tag t
57. e reverse proxy support and specify the WebSEAL junction in the Sametime Administration Tool on the Sametime 7 5 x server Open the Sametime Administration Tool on the Sametime 7 5 x server Select Configuration Connectivity In the Reverse Proxy Support section select the Enable Reverse Proxy Discovery on the client setting to enable the reverse proxy support In the Reverse Proxy Support section enter the WebSEAL junction name in the Server Alias field In this example st is the WebSEAL junction name 2 Create the Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL junction as shown below pdadmin gt server task webseald servername create t tcp h sametime hostname p 80 i j A F path to LTPA key Z LTPA key password junction You cannot use the w parameter for this setup Some requests generated by Sametime are not allowed through the junction if the w exists You must also ensure that the LTPA key used in the junction is the same LTPA key that the Sametime server uses in its Web SSO Configuration document After performing these configurations you should be able to login to https webseal stjunction and be prompted by WebSEAL for authentication Once authenticated SSO between WebSEAL and Sametime should work and all requests for Sametime will route through WebSEAL Sametime Sametime Administrator needs to be in LDAP for policies to work Existing Sametime customers that use LDAP may have the Sametime Administrator defin
58. e server This release note relates to both servers and clusters Every user will be available to connect directly only to their home server cluster The log in requests which are forwarded from distributed remote servers clusters will be rejected In order to force users to connect to a given server cluster through a proxy or a list this feature configurable through sametime ini is available How to configure In the sametime ini file in the Connectivity section the VPMX_TRUSTED_CLIENT_IPS setting should be set to a comma separated list of trusted IP addresses These addresses should be the proxy addresses An empty list default means the feature is turned off and clients from all IP addresses can connect Note that users should not be allowed to work directly on the proxy machine or the limit is bypassed Sametime Multiple Community considerations The Sametime 7 5 x Connect client supports the ability to define multiple Sametime communities in an interface and be logged into one or more of those communities at the same time There are some important points to consider if you need to define more than one community or switch from one community to another e Ifyou have multiple communities in which some are 7 5 x communities and some are pre 7 5 communities you should define your primary community the main community defined first when the client is first run as your most used 7 5 x community e Some features
59. e to a Domino server ADDLSTDOM If you prefer you can manually configure the conversion services information at a later time Detailed information about setting up Sametime 7 5 1 Conversion Services are included in the Configuring Meeting Services section of the Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Information Center In releases prior to Sametime 7 5 this information was provided in a separate guide Sametime Operating System Single Sign On feature installation The Operating System Single Sign On feature allows Sametime Connect to retrieve the Windows operating system password which can be used to log into Sametime Once the feature is installed the option to Use my operating system password is available in the Sametime login dialog This feature is for Windows clients only It is delivered on the Sametime Connect 7 5 1 CD and is also included in the Sametime Connect Web download for Windows See the readme file included with CD or download for more information The installation of this feature requires the following e Administrator rights e Installation of the SSO feature e Installation of a Windows service to retrieve the OS password e Reboot of the workstation when the installation is complete IMPORTANT Operating system SSO is an optional feature that poses additional security risks The operating system SSO feature installs a Windows Service which allows Sametime client plugins to access the OS credentials Do not use and distribute this opt
60. ecels ce ahi aaeeea chy aa aaaea a raa ERa Aaa A aa Ea feel es 30 Installing the Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Software Development Kit ccceeeceeesteeeeeneeeeees 31 Pre installation steps for Linux Sametime Server 7 5 1 ccccccccseeceeeeeeeecaeeeeeeeeseaeeteneeeees 32 Linux Sametime Server 7 5 1 installation ON VMWare ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetetaeeneeeeeees 32 Installing Sametime Conversion Services ccececcececeeeeeneeeceaeeeeeaeeceeaeeseaaeeseeaeeesaaeeeeaees 33 Operating System Single Sign On feature installation cccccccccssseceeesssteeeeesesneeeeessnaes 33 Installing additional Spell Checker dictionaries c ccceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesaeeeeeeeeetaeeeneneee 35 Registry entry for Sametime installation directory ccccceeecceeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeaeeeseeeeeeaeeees 36 Uporad NOLES serere sa sanded sauhunhs Lees da cede eed EAE E EEIE tenes 36 Conversion Services upgrade required cccccceseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaeesseeeeeseaeeeseaeeeseeeesenaeeee 36 Migrating privacy data after upgrading the server oe ceeeeeeeneeceeeeenneeeeeeennaeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaaaes 36 Gontiguration noteSwas cates at Ata Ma een ts tae ee Re a ri ti 37 Launching and configuring the Sametime Connect 7 5 1 client ce eeeceseeeeeetteeeeeeeeeees 37 Connecting to a Sametime server using a reverse prOXy SETVE ceeeeeeeeteeceeteeeeeteeeeeaees 38 Configuring Sametime to work behind WebSEAL reverse proxy
61. ed See error log for more details This dialog is a WED dialog and typically means that an uncaught exception has occured and fallen through to the platform 3 lt user home gt Application Data Sametime sametimeLaunch log Sametime log file created for the initial application launch before the application log is initialized It is typically not needed in a problem report unless the problem is related to launching the application Sametime LTPA token authentication The following release note applies to Community Services allowing the user to authenticate If the Sametime client sends a lightweight third party authentication LTPA token with the organization parameter set to null the user will fail to log into the server Instead send the token with the organization parameter as defined in the ST_ORG_NAME flag of the Notes INI file This parameter should contain the organization name as defined in the Web Single Sign On SSO document 78 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes After you add the organization name to the SSO document and add the flag ST_ORG_NAME lt name of organization of Web site that appears in Web SSO document gt then restart the server the user can then input the User ID and password to log in Sametime Sametime Connect plug ins cannot install on locked down desktop When the Sametime client downloads new or updated plug ins during launch or when the user manually installs plug ins from an upda
62. ed firewall does not work with some Internet protocols including the SIP protocol which Sametime Gateway uses to exchange messages with AOL Instant Messenger Yahoo Messenger and other Sametime communities However NAT has no affect on the XMPP protocol so exchanges using Google Talk over XMPP would be permitted to pass through a NAT enabled firewall that is between Sametime Gateway and the Internet Sametime Gateway Sametime servers 3 0 6 5 1 and 7 0 require a SIP patch Sametime servers 3 0 6 5 1 and 7 0 require a SIP patch to connect to Sametime Gateway A patch is available from Lotus Support so you can successfully connect Sametime Gateway to external Sametime 3 1 6 5 1 or 7 0 servers These patches need to be applied to older Sametime servers in external communities Sametime Gateway XMPP does not support Sametime Gateway clusters You cannot use the XMPP translation protocol to connect to a Google Talk community over a Sametime Gateway cluster Use a single Sametime Gateway server if you want to set up a connection with the Google Talk community Server issues Sametime Do not create a Name Change Task with a non existent file When creating a new Name Change Task if you use a non existent file the function may not react correctly and return JavaScript errors Sametime Domino Web Administration does not support Firefox 1 5 x When using Mozilla Firefox 1 5 x to access Sametime Web Administration the linked Domino
63. ed in the local Domino Directory Until now those customers did not need to have a Sametime Administrator defined in LDAP this is now required for Policy Administration Proper Configuration Add the Distinguished Name DN of an LDAP user to the Access Control List ACL of stconfig nsf with the following access Person Manager with all privileges and all roles Notes 1 Make sure that you change the commas to slashes when entering the name into the ACL 2 Inthe third example below Sametime Administrator note that the canonical format changes to the hierarchical format Since the LDAP hierarchy matches Domino s hierarchy the ACL will automatically normalize the name to the hierarchical format For example if you enter cn Sametime Administrator ou Austin O IBM the ACL will automatically show Sametime Administrator Austin IBM When using Domino LDAP you will see this behavior since the hierarchy of Domino LDAP matches the hierarchy system of standard Domino Below are examples of what the DN looks like in LDAP and what it should look like in the ACL 39 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes LDAP Distinguished Name DN How name should appear in ACL n administrator cn users dc ibm dc com n administrator cn users dc ibm dc com 2 uid wpsadmin cn users dc ibm dc com uid wpsadmin cn users dc ibm dc com n Sametime Administrator ou Austin O IBM Sametime Administrator Austin IBM With the above setup the LDAP acco
64. ed to allow space for meetings 2 GB minimum e Disk swap space 1 GB minimum e Video requirements Video card installed Recommended video display color setting is 16 bit color The setting must be higher than 256 colors 25 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Operating system Microsoft Windows CPU Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or higher recommended RAM 2 GB recommended 1 GB minimum Disk space 3 GB free disk space recommended to allow space for meetings 2 GB minimum Disk swap space 1 GB minimum Video requirements Video card installed Recommended video display color setting is 16 bit color The setting must be higher than 256 colors Operating system Linux x86 CPU Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or higher recommended RAM 2 GB recommended 1 GB minimum Disk space 3 GB free disk space recommended to allow space for meetings 2 GB minimum Disk swap space 1 GB minimum Video requirements Video card installed Recommended video display color setting is 16 bit color The setting must be higher than 256 colors Client hardware requirements Client hardware requirements Windows CPU Pentium 3 800 MHz or higher RAM 512 MB random access memory or higher Video requirements Video card installed Recommended video display color setting is 16 bit color The setting must be higher than 256 colors Client hardware requirements Linux CPU Pentium 3 800 MHz or higher RAM
65. eeeeneeeeees Emoticons convert to text symbols using Connect and UIM Clients cceeeeeeees External user does not receive status MESSAGES ececeeeeecseeeeeeeeeneeeeeeteaeeeeeteaeeeeenee Known issues with Sametime Connect and Yahoo Messenge ccceceeseeeeeees Offline messages Do Not Disturb status not handled correctly cccecsceeeeeeenees Sametime capabilities are limited with external USES cccecceeesseeceeessseeeeeeesstteeeeeees Sametime Gateway has limited NAT support 0 cecceceeeeeeeeteeceeeeeeeeaeeseeeeeessaaeeneneees Sametime servers 3 0 6 5 1 and 7 0 require a SIP patch eceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeees XMPP does not support Sametime Gateway clusters ccecccceseeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeesaeess Server issues Do not create a Name Change Task with a non existent file ceceeeeeeeeesteeeeeeees Domino Web Administration does not support Firefox 1 5 x eee eeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeaee Internet e mail addresses not supported in LDAP attribute 0 c ccc cceeeeeeeeeetees No test or self signed certificates for HTTPS proxy connections cceeeeeeeeeeeeeees Users appear offline logging into discrete nodes of a Cluster cccecceteeeeeeeetteees Known problems and workarounds c cceceeeeeeeneeeeee eee eee RENTREE EEEE NEEE KEN EERE ANETE EEREN EER SRTA InstallAtlOniISSUCS e aa ie Laces dade aa a a aaaea a a aaa eum el
66. eiver time file File T ransfer ti Virus me file anning sc crans crans is available time file Virus laboration real sc time file anning is enabled crans crans Started FIN laboration real gt INFO hm time file Fer eRe ea E RTC File Transfer Started R time file File Tra nsfer me fil ti e Virus s FINE Tr n real r utStream aboration real added i NE Beg Starting laboration real E messageRec FINE sc ti an Er me file me file time file dl Ci Ea ti ived me file letrans m laboration real E Transfer Fle Bes ti ac ti cepted Sametime does not provide a virus scanner Sametime 7 5 x does not provide a virus scanner However Sametime 7 5 x can be configured to call a third party virus scanning program before transferring a file transfer rtc Fil TC File Transfer Completed Release Notes fer FileTransferServiceFactory enabled in Policy fer FileTransferServiceFactory for this file transfer fer FileTransferServiceFactory Using RTC fille TransferServiceRtc TransferServiceRtc transfer FileTransferServiceFactory disabled in Policy Using P2P transfer FileTransferServiceFactory anning is not available transfer p2p FileSender sfer started
67. elps determine which method is used for transfer The Sametime server has hooks to allow for the operation of a third party virus scanning tool If the server is configured to virus scan then the method used for transfer must be the server P2P file transfers do not get scanned for viruses RTC or P2P The first thing that needs to be determined is whether or not the user is allowed to transfer files This is done by first looking at the Sametime server setting for Community Services Allow users to transfer files This is a global setting that affects all users in that Sametime community This setting is then combined with the Sametime User Policy setting The outcome is the final Sametime Connect policy for file transfer The following table shows the possible outcomes in this scenario Sametime User Policy Sametime User Policy allows file transfers does NOT allow file transfers Sametime server allows Sametime Connect client Sametime Connect client users to transfer files allows file transfers does NOT allow file transfers Sametime server does Sametime Connect client Sametime Connect client NOT allow users to does NOT allow file does NOT allow file transfer files transfers transfers The Sametime Connect client does NOT allow file transfers If the Sametime Connect client does not allow file transfers and both users Sender and receiver sametime properties file contains the P2P flag see above and both users have P2
68. ely coincidental Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile Trademarks IBM the IBM logo AIX DB2 Domino i5 OS Lotus Lotus Notes LotusScript Notes Sametime WebSphere and z OS are trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States other countries or both Additional IBM copyright information can be found at http Awww ibm com legal copytrade shtml Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States 83 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes other countries or both UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both Intel and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others 84
69. ement To help you enforce the license agreement you must explicitly assign local users access to the external community using the Integrated Solutions Console in order for users to exchange instant messages and presence with users of the external community As an administrator you must first determine that the users to whom you give access to public instant messaging providers have upgraded or installed the Sametime 7 5 or 7 5 1 client You then grant access only to those users only by selecting them from using the Assign Users option on the Community gt Assign Users page Because the list of users will likely grow over time IBM recommends that you create an LDAP group of Sametime 7 5 client users in the enterprise LDAP directory for this purpose and grant access to the group instead This group can have either individual users or other groups as members Members of this group can then be granted access to a specific public instant messaging provider Sametime Gateway URLs displayed twice When an AOL user sends a URL in an instant message the URL is displayed twice The first instance may not always be clickable or navigate to the correct site Click on the second instance to navigate to the correct URL Server issues Sametime AIX Domino fails to connect to LDAP server with SSL via DA nsf This issue is related specifically to Domino 7 on AIX The LDAP SSL works with the same steps on both Windows and Solaris when the Ver
70. enees 8 Limitations using Macintosh OS X ccccccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeeeeesaaeeseeeeeseaeesseaeeeseaeeeseaeeee 23 Spell checker Overview ccceescceceeeeeeeeaeeceeeeeeeaaeeseeeeeeeaaaeseeaeeecaaaeseeaaeeseeaeeeeaaaesseeeseiaaeeseaes 24 Installation migration upgrade and configuration information 25 Hardware requirements cceeccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeseeeeaeeeeeeeaaaees 25 Hardware requirements for Sametime 7 5 1 ececceeeceeceeeneeceeeeeeeaeeseceeesaaeseeeeeessaeeseneees 25 Hardware requirements for Sametime 7 5 1 Mobile 0 ccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeaeeeeeeeeesaaeeees 27 Video Chat Supported PC Cameras and WebCams c ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetaeeeseaeeeeeas 27 Software requirements cccceccceececeeeneeeeeeeeeceeeeeeaaeeeeaeeeeeaaeeseeeeecsaeeseeaeeeseaeesseaaeesseeeeeeaaeesnes 28 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Connect client software requirements 0 cceceeeeeeeeseeteees 28 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Meetings requirements 0 ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeesaaeenenes 29 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Server software requirement cccceccceseeeeeeeeeesteeeteeeeees 29 Sametime Client for Macintosh Additional Java requirements ccceceeeeeeteeeteeeeeees 30 Installation NOLES ree desi adeno ef acg puapad againdedasdachendes ana dea a ia eE 30 Silentilnstall COMMOUPATION gy secehsBekteyec
71. ent for one of the supported CCSIDs in this example the language short name is ru_RU and the CCSID is 1208 ADDENVVAR PASE_LANG ru_RU LEVEL SYS ADDENVVAR QIBM_PASE_CCSID 1208 LEVEL SYS If the problem is not caused by an incompatible CCSID then it may be the result of a corrupted PASE installation Reinstall PASE 5722SS1 Option 33 Note To verify that the Material Manager failed due to a problem with PASE check whether there are PASE errors associated with the STMATERIAL job 1 Run the following i5 OS command WRKJOB STMATERIAL Type option 1 next to the most recent STMATERIAL job and press Enter Select menu option 4 Work with spooled files 4 Open the spooled files and look for a message that indicates there was a problem starting OS 400 PASE Sametime International characters on slides may not display correctly In addition to remote Conversion Services Sametime 7 5 1 for i5 OS also supports running Conversion Services as an integrated function of your Sametime server However some international characters on slides may not render correctly when using integrated conversion services If this is a problem in your environment it is recommended that you configure a remote conversion server instead More information about Sametime Conversion Services is available in the Server Administration section of the Sametime Information Center See Configuring the Meeting Services Sametime Linux
72. erse proxy server there are some specific procedures and configurations you must employ to ensure the Sametime server can operate behind the WebSEAL reverse proxy server These procedures and configurations are discussed below Note The WebSEAL reverse proxy server must be listening on the default ports of 80 and 443 for the changes above to work To enable a Sametime server to operate behind a WebSEAL reverse proxy server 1 You must configure the Sametime server to support HTTP tunneling on port 80 For instructions refer to the About HTTP tunneling section in the Configuring Sametime Connectivity chapter of the Sametime 7 5 Administrator s Guide 2 You must open the stlinks js file on the Sametime server and modify the following two lines to point to your WebSEAL reverse proxy server and WebSEAL junction the WebSEAL junction is st in the example below varll_RProxyName https ampcO support tiviab austin ibm com varll_AffinityID st var is TAM env true racingConnTimeout Timeout between racing connections in milliseconds The value is sent to the STLinks applet var racingConn Timeout 5000 To configure the server to work with STLinks in a regular not TAM environment leave the following lines 38 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes in stlinks js without any change var is TAM env false racingConnTimeout Timeout between racing connections in milliseconds The value is sent to the STLinks applet 1 Enabl
73. es select it and click Disable You will be prompted to restart the Sametime client The feature is disabled but it is still installed 34 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes To completely uninstall the feature return to the Product Configuration page after restarting the client Be sure that the Show Disabled Features button is selected Select Sametime Operating System Single Sign On Feature and click Uninstall Restart the Sametime client when prompted 3 Restart the machine Sametime Installing additional Spell Checker dictionaries The Sametime Connect 7 5 1 Client CD and Web downloads contain plug ins which can be used by Sametime Connect to check spelling for various languages The dictionary for United States English is included with the Sametime Connect installation To install one of the dictionaries complete these steps 1 Browse the OptionalComponents SpellCheckerDictionaries plugins directory on this CD and locate the folder that pertains to your preferred language see table below 2 Copy the selected language folder and its contents to the plugins subdirectory of your Sametime Connect installation directory for example C Program Files IBM Sametime Connect plugins 3 Once a dictionary is installed you can select that language using the Spell Checking preferences 4 After selecting a different language dictionary restart Sametime Connect Dictionaries are available on the CD for each of the fol
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75. ese statistics e The UserInfo service for 7 5 1 will be able to retrieve users details from additional Notes databases other then the NAB that Sametime is configured to work with for Domino configuration This new feature enables a query of users details from a Notes database without having to add it to the da nsf database an operation which may create additional load on the server Please refer to the Sametime Administrator s Guide for full setting instructions for this feature Limitations Beta release Please note the following limitations in the current beta release References in the product documentation or these release notes that contradict these limitations are incorrect and should be ignored e Server upgrades are not recommended perform a clean server installation e Itis recommended that the Sametime beta client be installed on a separate machine from any Sametime production client version e STMobile is no longer a separate add on e Conversion Services installation is only needed for non Windows environments and is not part of this beta release Backward compatibility Sametime Buddy list synchronization between 7 5 1 and pre 7 5 clients The Sametime 7 5 x client buddy list uses a new XML format in order to support multiple communities and group nesting Additionally the 7 5 x buddy list is stored in a different location from the pre 7 5 buddy list For the first time user the pre 7 5 buddy list is automatically importe
76. etting cannot be set from the Sametime Web Administration application but instead must be configured in the Notes INI file of the Sametime server Administrators should set the parameter in the Notes INI file as follows STScheduleLimitDays 10 The value of this parameter is the number of days in the future that a Web Conference can be scheduled to end By default there is no limit and setting this limit will cause a JavaScript alert box to pop up when a 60 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes user tries to schedule a web conference that ends more than the specified number of days from the current server time This check is done only on the client at the time a web conference is scheduled therefore existing web conferences will not be affected Sametime Some German characters may not work in shared application Sometimes when a remote user inputs special German characters into a shared application during a Sametime meeting the application may not work correctly Sametime StarOffice Calc and Impress files cannot be attached Sametime Web Conferences do not support StarOffice Calc SXC or StarOffice SXI Impress files on the Whiteboard These file types can be attached to the meeting however only the text will be converted for viewing in the meeting Sametime The date time format in unlisted meeting pages is unlocalized When searching for an unlisted meeting the date time format in the search results may not follow a langu
77. file text be distributed to end users If this optional file is not present Toolbar uses its default field settings IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Limitations e The local Outlook user email address must be resolvable in Sametime for the MyStatus button to properly display status e The Web Conference Integration feature is not included in a meeting request that begins from Outlook s Plan A Meeting dialog e Inameeting which includes a Sametime meeting if the Sametime meeting password is changed after the initial invitation is sent then the message body will show more than one password the most recent password assignment is displayed last e Use of Office Integration features in Outlook 2000 can cause macro warning dialogs to be displayed Third Party Limitations The Office Integration features can be uninstalled by uninstalling Sametime Outlook will cache and retain forms despite the uninstall if the form is designated to be used To fully uninstall and eliminate the ST OnlineMeeting ST OnlineMeetingRTL and STContact custom forms the user must be sure to set Calendar and Contact When posting properties back to IPM Appointment and IPM Contact respectively Sametime Sametime 7 5 1 integration with Microsoft Office This release note document contains information on how to use IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 with Microsoft Office so you can collaborate create meetings and chat with co workers through IBM Lotus Samet
78. g NAME 2 0 eee eee eeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeaeees Do not use certain characters in a meeting password ee eeteeeeeeetteeeeeeenaeeeeeeeaaas Do not use certain characters in password for recorded Meeting eeeeeeeeeeeeees Do not use double quotes iN user NAME 0 eee ceeeeee seen eee ee eeae teste eaeeeeeeetaeeeeeetaaeeeenenea Invited Servers 7 0 to 7 5 x whiteboard pointer discrepancies c ccceeeeeeeeeee Linux Crash when using the IBM JVM 1 4 2 with Firefox sssr Some SDD files cannot be converted and attached to a meeting cceeeeeeees Sametime Gateway iSSUGS ccccccceeeceeeeeececeeeeeeee caus eeeeaeeseaeeeeaaeeseceeeesaaaeseeeeeesaaeeneeeeeee Invalid blacklisted wildcards on Properties page ceeeseeceeeeenneeeeeeeneeeeeeeenaeeeeeeeaaas Pre 7 5 Sametime clients are not licensed fOr USE ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeteaes URLS displayed WiC enoni iiai ieii a iiini a Ei Ea NEA S E E E E ET E E E AA AE A E E A AIX Domino fails to connect to LDAP server with SSL via DA NSF 0 ecseeeeeeeeeeeeees Conversion Service and files with wrong extensions esssseesseeesesssriesrirssrrnssrrsserness On i5 OS iSeries some DBCS usernames may not log in correctly 0 eeeeeeee Policy Assign Users incorrectly says to select a directory cceeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeees Policy Assign Users pages does not detect Java VM
79. g in mode will be activated but the log ins originated from clients with type 0x1002 or 0x1304 will not count for the disconnection They will not be disconnected and when they are connecting they will not disconnect any other clients Client Types 1002 C client 1003 Java client 100A ST Links 1100 Notes Hannover Client 1304 UIM client Sametime 45 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Case sensitivity for the client By default the client is case sensitive but can be made case insensitive by updating the plugin_customization ini file with the value below and restarting the client com ibm collaboration realtime people isCaseInsensitive false The plugin_customization ini file is located directly inside the installation directory Sametime Case insensitive ID compare The Sametime server by default is case sensitive now it can be configured to be case insensitive Case insensitive ID comparison allows IM awareness in Domino Web Access and Portal This configuration is made by changing the sametime ini file as follows In the Config section add AWARENESS_CASE_SENSITIVE 0 By default the value of this configuration flag is 1 and the Sametime server is case sensitive e When you set this flag to 0 the Sametime server is case insensitive You must shutdown and restart the Sametime server for the change to take effect It is recommended that the Sametime Client be configured to support this featur
80. his issue occurs the user will not see any error messages the only symptom is that the file will not show up on the Whiteboard Error messages are however printed in the logs Sametime Gateway issues Sametime Gateway Invalid blacklisted wildcards on Properties page In the Integrated Solutions Console the blacklist domains field on the Sametime Gateway properties page does not properly handle invalid wildcard domain strings Wildcard domains must start with and must not contain two or more asterisks together For example domain com and domain com are not allowed but domain com is allowed If you type an invalid domain name you receive an unexpected application error message The invalid 72 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes domains are not saved but will reappear until you log out and then log back in to the Integrated Solutions Console Sametime Gateway Pre 7 5 Sametime clients are not licensed for use Lotus Sametime client users must use the Sametime client version 7 5 or newer only when exchanging instant messages and presence information with public instant messaging providers such as AOL Instant Messenger Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk Pre 7 5 clients are not licensed to connect with public instant messaging providers It is the responsibility of the Sametime Gateway administrator to comply with the Lotus Sametime Gateway license agreement and the Lotus Sametime Lotus Sametime license agre
81. ice chat audio devices in the Preferences window In this release this configuration is not possible for Macintosh clients Configuring audio devices on the Macintosh platform must be done through Apple OS preferences Sametime Features not available with pre 7 5 server configurations When using the Sametime 7 5 x Connect client in environments that have pre 7 5 servers the following 56 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes features will not be available 1 Business cards with extended user information and pictures 2 Selective Do Not Disturb 3 Automatic In a Meeting status change when in meetings 4 Support for voice chat in configurations with NAT Sametime How Policy affects client to client telephony In client to client telephony a user who is not permitted through Policy assignment to make a client to client call is also unable to receive a call from a user who is Policy enabled to place a call When a Policy enabled user User 1 initiates a call to a non Policy enabled user User 2 the Call icon is disabled when User 2 is selected In addition when User 1 selects a group of which User 2 is a member User 2 can be listed in the Start a call window but User 2 cannot receive the invitation This is the result of strict enforcement of Policies in 7 5 1 In a related scenario a user who logs in from a pre 7 5 client such as Sametime 6 5 1 a Notes client ora Meeting Room Client cannot respond to a call initiate
82. ier version of Sametime Conversion Services from your remote conversion server and install Sametime 7 5 1 Conversion Services for use with your Sametime 7 5 1 server The new version can only be installed as a standalone Windows service e Sametime 7 5 1 Conversion Services is not compatible with previous versions of Sametime If you have multiple Sametime servers sharing the same Conversion Server they can also share a single Sametime 7 5 1 Conversion Server once you have upgraded all of them to Sametime 7 5 1 If you do not plan to upgrade all of the servers at the same time you will need at least two Conversion Servers one for the Sametime 7 5 1 servers and a separate one for the Sametime servers that have not yet been upgraded e Sametime 7 5 x no longer stores the connection information for the Conversion Server in the meetingserver ini file The connection information is now stored in the stconvservices properties file For Sametime 7 5 1 this file is located in the stconversion subdirectory of the Sametime server data directory For Sametime 7 5 it was located in the Sametime server data directory If the IP address or port for the Conversion Server ever changes you must update this file e When you install Sametime on AIX Linux or Solaris you will be prompted to provide connection information for the system where you plan to run conversion services If you prefer you can manually configure the conversion services information at a la
83. ies Office WCAddinSetup and OutlookSametimeAddInSetup e Goto the windows system32 directory and run regsvr32 u sthelper dll e Delete sthelper dll and the stonlinemeeting oft file from the windows system32 directory Note Other dependency files wmatt dll and the multiple win32 dll dependencies can be left intact After completing the above the installation can be performed Installing Microsoft Office Ensure that you have installed the Microsoft Office products that you want to integrate with Sametime The Sametime Toolbar and Web Conferencing functions are additions to Microsoft Outlook while the Microsoft Office Smart Tags are features used in Word Excel or PowerPoint Smart Tags are visible with the products you have installed Also set up MS Outlook e mail accounts with e mail addresses that can be resolved through Sametime Installing Sametime Integration with MS Office The 7 5 1 installer is available and handles the installation of the Office Integration components 1 Copy the following three files from the installer distribution into your working directory sametime connect win 7 5 1 exe sametime751_OI_setup bat vcredist_x86 exe 2 Runthe sametime751_OI_setup bat batch file This executes the vcredist_x86 exe package which installs the Visual C runtime prerequisites and then runs the main Sametime installer with the command line switches needed to enable the Office Integration features IBM Lotus Same
84. ify server name with remote server s certificate option is enabled It only works with Domino 6 5 1 on AIX The workaround for the Domino server is to disable the Verify server name with remote server s certificate option in the DA nsf database Sametime Conversion Service and files with wrong extensions When file types have been renamed using a different incorrect extension the conversion service will attempt to convert the file with the incorrect extension This may result in the conversion service producing a large number of incorrect converted images in the converted directory These images will eventually be cleaned up but the process of creating the images may take a long 73 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes period of time to complete in which the conversion service will appear non responsive The process will end however Sametime On i5 OS iSeries some DBCS usernames may not log in correctly Using i5 OS iSeries a user with DBCS characters in the user name may not log in correctly Workaround Run the tell adminp process command in from the Domino console Note that some DBCS user names are still not able to log in after running this command for example 2755 I Sametime Policy Assign Users incorrectly says to select a directory The Policy Assign Users page incorrectly says to select a directory to add people groups The Policy Assign Users applet searches all directories that are configured for
85. ime from Microsoft Outlook The features available in this release of Sametime are e Sametime Toolbar in Microsoft Outlook The name of the sender of a highlighted message appears on the Contacts button of the Sametime toolbar The icon on the button shows the availability of that person Choosing the Chat button or selecting the Chat command from the drop down initiates a Sametime chat e Sametime Web Conferencing Integration with Microsoft Outlook A new tab has been added to the Calendar dialog of Outlook which allows you to schedule web conferences You can create change and delete Sametime web conferences through the Calendar feature within Outlook The meeting information is sent to you electronically in a meeting invite e Sametime task menu in Microsoft Office Smart Tags Initiate chats from within a Word Excel or Power Point document IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Initializing Sametime within Microsoft Outlook To view the Sametime tab within web conferencing perform the following steps within MS Outlook 1 Select the Go menu then Folder List 2 Inthe folder list right click on the Personal Folders Calendar folder and select Properties at the bottom of the popup menu 3 The Calendar properties dialog box appears Select ST Online Meeting from the When posting to this folder use drop down list Click OK Calendar Properties General Home Page AutoArchive J4 EF Calendar Type Fo
86. in 7 5 x work only with your primary community and require policies to be enabled for them for example telephony You will not be able to participate in telephony calls with users of a community that is not defined as your primary community e Selective Do Not Disturb requires a 7 5 x server and will only work with users from your primary community Sametime New UNIX config values not always propagated by single restart At a high level configuration values on a Sametime server are provided to system components by a configuration servlet The values provided by this servlet are stored in a cache to improve performance When system components retrieve values these values come from the cache If configuration changes are made directly to a data source such as STConfig nsf or sametime ini the server must be restarted On Windows as the server comes up the config cache is refreshed from the config servlet before system components can retrieve values from the cache On UNIX however the order of component startup is more random than on Windows As a result it s possible that system components will retrieve configuration values from the cache before it gets refreshed As a result the refresh of the cache occurs after values have already been retrieved If this happens a second restart of the server will guarantee that system components retrieve the freshest configuration values 48 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes There are
87. in the filename Do not use the Euro symbol in an attachment filename Sametime Euro symbol may display incorrectly If a recorded meeting name contains the Euro symbol the symbol may display incorrectly in the confirmation message users see when the delete a meeting Workaround Enable UTF 8 in the Domino server document Sametime i5 OS Server fails to start when CCSID incompatible with PASE If the Sametime server is using a CCSID that is incompatible with PASE the Portable Application Solution Environment then PASE will fail to start This causes the Material Manager service to fail and the Sametime server will not start The following messages appear in the server console Sametime Starting Service Material Manager 68 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Meeting Server child process died Ending server To determine whether your problem is caused by using a CCSID that is incompatible with PASE check the IBM eServer iSeries Information Center http www ibm com eserver iseries infocenter which provides a table of the supported PASE Locales To locate this table in the info center search for PASE locales If your server is using a CCSID that is not listed then you can run several commands to set the PASE language environment For example if you are using a Russian CCSID other than 915 or 1208 then your CCSID is incompatible with PASE Run these commands to set the PASE language environm
88. ion to connect to the Sametime online meeting server Sametime user name Password ee o Sametime server pect se ooo for example sametime mycompany com Cancel Enter your Sametime user name Password and Sametime server name in the appropriate text boxes Then click the OK button If you need help in determining your IBM Sametime server name contact your Sametime administrator If you should ever need to change your Sametime user name Password or Sametime server name you may do so in the Meeting Options dialog link to Meeting Options Recurring Sametime On line Meetings When you create recurring meeting in Microsoft Outlook that is also an IBM Sametime On line Meeting the Sametime Server URL in the body of the resulting meeting invitation will vary from that of a single meeting The URL for a recurring meeting is designed to help the meeting participants easily locate any particular instance of the meeting on the Sametime Meeting server If the recurring meeting is also restricted to only the meeting participants link to description of restricted in meeting tab the meeting URL will show all a list of all of the invitees meetings E This is anonimne meeting using Microsoft NetMeeting Meeting Workspace Click here to find the Sametime meeting for each appointment instance http test abc com stconf nsf ws amp WebHyteetings 0penview 16 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes
89. ional feature unless you understand and accept these additional security risks The OS Single Sign On feature is packaged as an update site including the necessary features and plugins directories along with a site xml file The feature can either be added to an existing update site or 33 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes installed from any accessible directory using the Tools menu Tools gt Plug ins gt Install Plug ins Installing OS Single Sign On 1 Install the SSO feature If the SSO feature is provisioned from an update site the dialog will contain this Feature ID com ibm rcp security sso feature Otherwise use the Tools menu to install the feature explicitly When prompted select Restart Now to restart Sametime Connect Install the SSO Windows service by running ssoinstall cmd The ssoinstall cmd file is located in the following subdirectory of the Sametime Connect installation directory for example C Program Files IBM Sametime Connect features com ibm rcp security sso feature_1 0 0 200701121759 install Either change your directory to this location to run ssoinstall cmd or double click the file 4 Restart the machine The option to Use my operating system password should now be displayed in the Sametime login dialog On the Product Configuration page Tools gt Plug Ins gt Manage Plug ins the feature Sametime Operating System Single Sign On Feature should be displayed and enabled You can verify
90. ire screen In meetings user cannot start chat with 7 5 or earlier user In telephony Mute may not work as expected 00ce Linux Meeting page may overlap with frame border Password is not case sensitive using Mozilla with RedHat 3 0 Preferences Status Messages In a Meeting settings Premiere Global Services audio adapter not supported Set maximum number of days for Web Conferences in Notes Some German characters may not work in shared application INT oirrne dhsttesrenebevace 48 49 49 51 52 52 52 53 53 53 53 55 55 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 57 57 57 57 57 57 58 58 58 58 58 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 60 60 60 60 60 60 61 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 StarOffice Calc and Impress files cannot be attached cccccccccsseeceeessseteeeeeessneeeeeess The date time format in unlisted meeting pages is unlocaliZed eee eeeeeeeeeeeees When shared window is obstructed users will see gray eeeeeeceeeeenteeeeeeentaeeeeeeenaes Year Month format is not localized in Calendar dialog c cceceeeeesteeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeees Join the Call button may take a few moments before enabling cceeeeeeeeeee Sametime Gateway iSSUCS ccccccesceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceaaeeeeaaeeeeaeeeeaaeeseaeeseaaaeseeeeeessaaeeneeeeeee Silent install on i5 OS produces incomplete installation log cceceeeceeesee
91. label will display the meeting chairperson A meeting chairperson can also be specified by entering a User Name in Meeting Options dialog link to Meeting Options Meeting Security You may elect to make your meeting more secure by setting the provided Security parameters For example you may want to require that all meeting participants enter a password before they can join the on line meeting on the Sametime server If so enter the meeting password in the Meeting Password text box Some Sametime environments may require a meeting password If you are uncertain whether your does or not check with your Sametime administrator If your Sametime environment does not require a password you may leave this blank or you may still require a password for your meeting by entering one here Security Meeting password o Check with your Sametime administrator to determine if a password is required in your environment Do not list this meeting in the Sametime meeting center people must attend it with the URL or by searching for it by name Restrict the online meeting to invitees only If you do not want your meeting to be visible in the Sametime meeting center check the Do not list this meeting in the Sametime meeting center checkbox When you check this all meeting participants will enter your meeting using the URL provided in the meeting invitation link to Meeting Invitation If you want only the people you specifically in
92. lbar Sametime Meeting Sametime Contact Settings grecceceseccssococecoscosesoesscoceseesssoccososoesecososososocesososcocesosscsocecococcosocoscocesssscsocecsesesecsesg Automatically add all new contacts Only add contacts with the libmcon following e mail address suffix Startup Options The Sametime Toolbar functions are only available if the Sametime Connect Client is running and the Toolbar can automatically start Sametime C Always launch Sametime when start Outlook Prompt me to start Sametime C Do not start Sametime i Sametime Contact Settings The Sametime Contact Settings group box contains the options for synchronization of Sametime contacts with the Outlook contact list If synchronization is desired there is a check box to enable the behavior Select this check box and this will enable the radio buttons e Automatically add new contacts Adds new contacts in outlook to the Sametime contact list automatically e Only add contacts with the following e mail address suffix Adds only contacts with the specified filter Any users with that filter in their e mail address will be added to the Sametime contacts list 19 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Startup Options The Startup options group box contains options for behavior if Outlook starts but Sametime is not running e Always launch Sametime when start Outlook Allows you to always launch Sametime if it is not running
93. lder containing Calendar Items Location Personal Folders Description Calendar Comment Show number of unread items O Show total number of items ST OnlineMeeting v When posting to this folder use Automatically generate Microsoft Exchange views Folder Size Features Sametime Toolbar in Microsoft Outlook A new toolbar is added to Outlook which hosts the Chat and Voice commands as well as an icon for displaying the current status of the currently selected contact In this example an e mail sent by Carolyn Sullivan is currently highlighted in the Inbox she is the currently selected sender because this is her mail item IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Note In the Contacts view Carolyn Sullivan would be the currently selected contact 6 Inbox Microsoft Outlook i File Edit View Go Tools Actions Help sinew sh AS XK QReply L Reply to All 2 Forward 7 Send Receive 2p Find gt Lu Type a contact ti 2 S B Carolyn Sullivan y G Iam available Sametime 7 5 1 WEU Tomorrow s meeting 3 Inbox Carolyn Sullivan E Sent Items and a This message has not been se All Mail Folders i This message will be sent via 3 Personal Folders Deleted Items LA Drafts 2 Inbox Hi Frank Junk E mail Be oben 3 would like to reschedule 3 Sent Items a L Search Folders Thanks Carolyn cea QuickFind Allows you to launch the Sametime Quick
94. list of processes running on the server the STRef lector service is not listed there 74 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes To verify if the STReflector process is actually running on the server go to the Windows task manager and look for the streflector exe task in the list If it is listed there the service is running You can also choose Administrative Tools gt Services from the Control Panel and see the ST Reflector service listed there with the status Started Similarly for UNIX obtain the list of running processes on the server and verify that streflector is one of them Sametime Telephony Services unavailable after upgrading service provider An Avaya Service Provider upgrade may fail in the following scenario 1 Start out with Sametime 7 0 Telephony Toolkit Avaya Service Provider 7 0 2 Upgrade to Sametime 7 5 x 3 Upgrade to Avaya Service Provider 7 5 In this case telephony services may fail to start A user may see an error message such as Configuration Lookup Failed when trying to start a meeting meetings will continue to work correctly but no telephony services will be available This occurs because the Sametime 7 5 x upgrade overwrites some registry values that are needed for initializing telephony services When the telephony upgrade is performed necessary actions will not be performed to restore these registry values If you have a 7 0 Avaya Service Provider installed and wish to upgrade it you
95. lity if that feature is enabled for your primary community even if you log in to other communities where that feature is enabled This restriction does not apply to voice chat Sametime character in business card retrieving data from Domino LDAP Domino LDAP adds the sign to the postalAddress attribute Therefore when users details are being retrieved from Domino LDAP the value for Location contains signs Since the value of this field is a concatenation of 3 other fields in the Name and Address Book City State Province and Country a possible workaround is to fill only one of these fields 58 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Internationalization issues Sametime Click To Call may not work correctly for Turkish locale For a Turkish locale setting Click To Call may not work as expected Sametime Linux Date displays incorrectly for Login page If running on Linux the date or time may display as unreadable characters from the Administration gt Monitoring gt Login page Meeting issues Sametime Conversion Service failure produces no error message In Sametime 7 5 x the Conversion Service can be configured in such a way that conversion takes place on a remote server If for some reason a connection cannot be made to this remote server during the conversion process the user will not see any error messages on the screen the only symptom will be that a file is not attached to the Whiteboard A detailed
96. llowed for selection from a variety of images with Sametime 7 5 x only one stamp image is available When a 7 0 user places various pointer images on the whiteboard they will appear on the 7 5 x whiteboard correctly with the exception of the image of the pointing finger this will appear as the stamp image instead a gold star Sametime Linux Crash when using the IBM JVM 1 4 2 with Firefox With certain configurations on Linux using the IBM JVM 1 4 2 and the Firefox browser the Meeting Room Client can crash The Firefox help indicates that it is built with gcc3 2 and that any Java plug in to be used with Firefox must also be built with gcc3 2 The standard 1ibjavaplugin_oji so that is linked to the Firefox plug ins directory is not built with gcc3 2 in IBM s distribution you must link the libjavaplugin_ojigcc3 so instead From the Firefox plug ins directory execute the following command ln s opt IBMJava2 142 jre bin libjavaplugin_ojigcec3 so libjavaplugin_oji so With this change the Meeting Room Client loads successfully and the browser will not crash Sametime Some SDD files cannot be converted and attached to a meeting In the current release of Sametime certain SDD files are unable to be converted and added to a meeting This issue has been reproduced with StarOffice Impress and OpenOffice Impress SDD files this is a thrid party software problem related to the Stellent filters in the Conversion Service When t
97. lowing languages Sametime 35 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Registry entry for Sametime installation directory The Sametime Connect 7 5 1 for Windows installer will create a key in the Windows registry that records the base installation directory This can be found in HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE SOFTWARE IBM Sametime Connect BasePath Upgrade notes Sametime Conversion Services upgrade required If you have been using Sametime Conversion Services with your current release of Sametime there are several changes for Sametime 7 5 1 that you need to be aware of Significant impacts to the upgrade process are highlighted below but you should consult the Meeting Services section of the Sametime 7 5 1 Information Center for detailed information Prior to Sametime 7 5 there was a separate Sametime Conversion Services Setup Guide For Sametime 7 5 this information was incorporated into the Sametime Administrators Guide For Sametime 7 5 1 see the Sametime Server Administration Help in the Sametime 7 5 1 Information Center e The requirements for the Windows system where you run the conversion services are the same for 7 5 and 7 5 1 They have changed since 7 0 Make sure the system you are planning to use satisfies the requirements for 7 5 x This system is referred to as the Conversion Server e Previous versions of Sametime Conversion Services are not compatible with Sametime 7 5 1 servers You must uninstall the earl
98. matically at runtime and depends on server settings as well as client settings Server file transfer RTC When this method is used the Sametime Connect client will call upon the Real Time Collaboration RTC API to transfer the file The RTC layer then communicates directly with the Sametime server and passes the file through the server to the receiving user RTC file transfers honor the existing Sametime user policies for allow disallow file transfer maximum size of file allowed and file types disallowed from transfer Peer to peer file transfer P2P When this method is used the Sametime Connect client will attempt to connect directly to the chat partner s machine and transfer the file if a successful connection is established P2P file transfers bypass all Sametime file transfer user policy checks i e file sizes and file types In order to be able to use this transfer method the user s sametime properties file must contain the p2p flag 49 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes filetransferP2pAllow set to True This file can be found in the Sametime Connect client install directory Once Sametime CF 1 or later is installed however the Sametime administrator can make use of a new server policy to control P2P file transfers The sametime properties p2p flag will no longer be supported Virus Scanning Though not directly related to how a file is transferred the existence of the virus scanner in the Sametime server h
99. metime clients When using the click to call feature to initiate a conference call with one or more users you won t be able to call online users who aren t using Lotus Sametime Connect 7 5 or later Users who are logged in to Sametime using older Sametime Connect clients Lotus Notes clients other than Notes 8 0 Standard or Sametime web conferencing cannot be called from Sametime Connect 7 5 x clients This restriction does not apply to users who are not currently online To work around this issue you can call the users as external users using Tools gt Invite to Call gt Start a Call Add online users who are running Sametime Connect 7 5 to the invitation list and then add other online users running different clients to the list using the Add New Person button This limitation will be addressed in a future Sametime Connect release Sametime Cannot rejoin conference call after hanging up phone When another Lotus Sametime Connect 7 5 x user invites you to a conference call using the click to call feature and you accept the invitation an n way chat window appears that shows a telephony toolbar and the status of each call participant If you leave the call by clicking the Hang Up button the telephony toolbar in the chat window will disappear and you will be unable to rejoin the call If you leave the call by hanging up your phone the telephony toolbar will remain visible and the Hang Up button will be replaced with a Join Call button H
100. metime server sametime mycompay com for example sametime mycompany com Sametime Meeting Defaults T Create a Sametime meeting whenever create a meeting on my calendar Sametime Connection Settings The Sametime Connection Settings group box displays the options for authentication with Sametime Sametime requires you to authenticate in order to gain functionality that it provides You can input change the username password and the Sametime server Sametime Meeting Defaults Checking this box replicates outlook meetings in Sametime 21 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Synchronization Manual synchronization of contacts between Sametime and Outlook is possible by selecting one of the menu items from the Tools Synchronize Contacts menu You can either copy contacts from Outlook to Sametime or you can copy contacts from Sametime to Outlook Synchronization of contacts from Outlook to Sametime The dialog to synchronize contacts from Outlook to Sametime allows you to copy contact information from Outlook to Sametime The dialog contains two tree controls The tree control on the left represents the folders and the contacts for Outlook The tree control on the right represents the Sametime group and contacts The user selects a contact from the left tree and selects a group from the right tree Then user then can copy a contact from Outlook to Sametime by then selecting the move button th
101. must first uninstall the existing service provider If you wish to also upgrade from Sametime 7 0 to Sametime 7 5 x you must install the new service provider after Sametime has been upgraded The steps for upgrading from Sametime 7 0 Avaya Service Provider 7 0 to Avaya Service Provider 7 5 are below 1 Back up lt Domino bin dir gt conference adapter configuration xml and lt Domino bin dir gt dial plan xml 2 Uninstall the service provider 3 Upgrade to Sametime 7 5 x 4 Install the new service provider 5 Reconfigure the service provider using your backups from 1 The steps for upgrading from Sametime 7 5 x Avaya Service Provider 7 0 to Avaya Service Provider 7 5 are below 1 Back up lt Domino bin dir gt conference adapter configuration xml and lt Domino bin dir gt dial plan xml 2 Uninstall the service provider 3 Install the new service provider 4 Reconfigure the service provider using your backups from 1 Please be aware that configuration file formats between versions may change so be careful when restoring backed up configuration data To be safe manually re enter the configuration data using information from the backed up files See Upgrading to Sametime 7 5 x breaks Avaya Service Provider in these release notes for more information Sametime Upgrading to Sametime 7 5 x breaks Avaya Service Provider Upgrading from Sametime 7 0 to Sametime 7 5 x will cause an existing Avaya Telephony Service Provider
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103. nd 1 5 for Web Conferencing Internet Explorer 6 0 or 7 0 on Windows XP Professional e IBM or Sun JRE 1 4 2 and 1 5 for Web conferencing RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 0 and Novell Linux Desktop 9 0 Sametime IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Server software requirements Following are the software requirements and support statements for the Sametime 7 5 1 server Server Operating System e Windows 2000 server Service Pack 4 or later e Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 3 or later e Windows 2003 Standard and Windows 2003 Enterprise Editions Service Pack 1 or later e AIX5 3 Technical Level 5 for 7 5 1 release e i5 OS Version 5 Release 3 and Version 5 Release 4 e Solaris 9 and 10 e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 Update 4 e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 0 e For more details on IBM i5 OS see Installing and Managing Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 for i5 OS stinstall pdf available from the Lotus Sametime documentation page at http www ibm com developerworks lotus documentation sametime e On Windows you must have full administration rights to install Sametime if not Sametime will not install properly In addition please note that only Microsoft TCP IP is supported for Windows e On UNIX you must install as root if not Sametime will not install properly e The video display color setting on the Sametime server must be higher than 256 colors The recommended video display color setting is 16 bit color e AIX Solaris and Linux do not requir
104. o True 2 Restart the HTTP service Note This issue affects only Sametime servers that are configured to work with a Domino directory 67 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Retrieving Photos from Domino 6 5 1 LDAP directory with Userlnfo Binary data cannot be correctly retrieved from a Domino 6 5 1 LDAP Directory therefore if UserInfo is configured to retrieve data from a Domino 6 5 1 LDAP directory the photos will not be retrieved To successfully retrieve photos from a Domino LDAP directory the directory should be upgraded to Domino 6 5 4 or higher where this issue has been addressed Sametime Setting the company name for Domino LDAP To display the company name in the business card when the Sametime server is pointing to a Domino LDAP directory use a third party LDAP management tool to add a value to the LDAP ou attribute The Name and Address Book contains a hidden field for the LDAP attribute ou which can not be set through the Name and Address Book Internationalization issues Sametime Do not use Japanese characters in client plug in download path In the Sametime Connect client Update Manager users may experience an error when using Japanese characters as part of the plug in download path Do not use Japanese characters in the download path Sametime Do not use the Euro symbol in an attachment name The Sametime service may be adversely affected if you attach a file with the Euro symbol
105. o open a meeting for update is to go to your calendar grid and double click on the meeting Open the meeting you want to change and you will see the Sametime tab with all the information just as you entered it when you created or last updated the meeting Make any changes and then resend the meeting invitation When you send the meeting invitation your changes will automatically be made in the Sametime meeting server If you changed the meeting password the new password will also be added to the new meeting email invitation Deleting an IBM Sametime On line Meeting You may also delete your IBM Sametime On line meeting just as you would for any meeting scheduled using Microsoft Outlook One way to delete a meeting is to select the meeting in your calendar grid and press the Delete key on your keyboard When you delete the meeting from Outlook it will also be automatically deleted in the Sametime meeting server 15 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Logging into the Sametime Meeting Server The first time you create an IBM Sametime On line meeting you will be asked to provide information that will used to log you into the Sametime server You will only need to provide this information once It will be stored and reused for subsequent meeting requests The first time you send an invitation for an IBM Sametime On line meeting you will see the log in dialog Log in to IBM Lotus Sametime Enter the following informat
106. oating window This should be Back to Meeting Room 80 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes e The Help topic Why Is the Image in the Speaker s Video Window an IBM Lotus Sametime Logo refers to the Play video button This should be Play e The Help topic Viewing Poll Responses Shared by the Chair refers to the Poll Tab This should be Polling e The Help topic Viewing the Participant Who Is Speaking refers to clicking Pause Video This should be Pause The topic refers to the Recent Speaker This should be Current Speaker The topic also refers to the IBM R Lotus R Sametime R logo displaying in the video window This should be the Video Meeting Paused icon displays in the video window e The Help topic Accessing Meeting Details refers to the Expected connections field This should be Expected participants e The Help topic Speaking During the Meeting step 4 refers to clicking the Audio Controls icon at the top of the participants list and clicking Release Microphone There is no Release Microphone command in the Audio Controls menu e The Help topic Attending a Breakout session refers to clicking on an active green name in the participants list You can also click on the away yellow name e The Help topic Communicating with Computer Audio and Video refers to the chair passing the microphone if a participant leaves the meeting without releasing the microphone This is unnecessary since
107. on with the Sametime server If a name is ambiguous where several matches in the directory might correspond to the name as it has been typed a selection arrow will appear to choose which Sametime user the tag should correspond to Once a selection has been made as to which Sametime user the tag should correspond to the tag remembers this selection for the remainder of the document s session If a mistake has been made or the user wishes to choose a different Sametime user an option appears that allows the tag to be cleared of its old choice by clicking Choose different user The tag will now once again display the initial selection arrow so a different user may be chosen The tag also allows operations through the Outlook Persona tag Simply choose Additional Actions under any tag triggered from any Contact or email address in Outlook to see Sametime chat options 18 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Configuration options You can configure how you want Sametime and Sametime Meetings to launch when you start Outlook You can also synchronize your contacts by either coping contacts from Outlook to Sametime or Sametime to Outlook Sametime Toolbar The Sametime toolbar options page is found by going to the tools options menu The Sametime options menu contains settings to control Sametime synchronization and launch settings Options Preferences Mail Setup Mail Format Spelling Security ia Otheri i Delegatesi Sametime Too
108. onnectivity Networks and Ports Configure HTTP services on a Web page in its own window The HTTP section of the Server document in the Domino Directory opens and displays in a separate window on the computer 2 Under the Basics heading in the Host name field enter the base DNS name for the Sametime HTTP server for example www sametime1 com Under the Basics heading In the Host name field also enter 127 0 0 1 This entry is required for the Sametime Administration Tool to operate in this configuration Place a comma between the DNS name of the HTTP server and the 127 0 0 1 entry e g www sametime1 acme 127 0 0 1 3 Click Save amp Close at the top of the Server document After the document closes close the Server Servers view of the Domino Directory Step 2 Add a new IP address to the Sametime server machine To add a new IP address to the Sametime server you can either install an additional Network Interface Card NIC in the Sametime server machine or assign multiple IP addresses to a single NIC To assign multiple IP addresses to a single NIC on a Windows machine 1 Open the Windows Control Panel Click the Protocols tab Select TCP IP Protocols Properties Specify an IP Address Click the Advanced tab Use the Advanced IP Addressing screen to assign multiple IP addresses to a single NIC a N Step 3 Set up your DNS server to map the IP address to a DNS name for Sametime Community 41 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5
109. or the first or last name of a user and receive a list of relevant matches Note that this option may generate some additional load on the server Please refer to Disabling partial search for users or public groups in these release notes for details about the option to revert back to the previous search method IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Mobile e Sony Ericsson P990 M600 support e BlackBerry 8100 8800 support e Lotus Mobile Connect integration e Quick search with LDAP directory integration e HTTPS proxy support including standard HTTP 401 and Lotus Mobile Connect authentication e Location awareness support Sametime Meetings e Support for Macintosh e Log in using fields directly in the meeting center e Ability to turn off group chat for meetings e Ability to prevent people from chatting in meetings by setting a policy e Quicker meeting startup e Fully resizable sections in the meeting room e Edge to edge maximization e More efficient presenter transitioning Click to Present has been renamed to Start Presenting e Additional right click menu options e Multi select capabilities in the participant list e IP audio request mode e Additional APIs SPls and extension points to support video integration with Sametime Connect e Microsoft Outlook integration Sametime Server e Linux server support e Improved reconnection to LDAP server when SSL LDAP connection has been closed e Broad LDAP
110. or all Sametime servers regardless of the platform used for your Sametime server For Sametime 7 5 1 there are two choices for running Sametime Conversion Services e As a stand alone Windows service on a separate Windows system remote conversion server If you plan to make significant use of Sametime Conversion Services this option is preferred It provides more faithful rendering of the slides for non Windows Sametime servers However even for Windows Sametime servers remote conversion has the advantage of offloading the work associated with file conversion from the Sametime server e Asanintegrated function of your Sametime server integrated conversion services This capability is now available for all supported Sametime server platforms It was previously available only for Windows Sametime servers However integrated conversion services on non Windows Sametime servers will typically not produce slides with the same level of quality as a remote conversion server In order to use a remote conversion server you must install Sametime Conversion Services on a Windows system from the Sametime Components CD The Sametime server must also be configured to connect to the Windows system When you install Sametime 7 5 x on AIX Linux or Solaris you are prompted to provide connection information for the system where you plan to run conversion services For i5 OS connection information parameters are available on the command for adding Sametim
111. ort 80 The design of the Community Services multiplexer on a Sametime 7 5 x server makes this capability possible The Community Services multiplexer can listen for HTTP connections from Web browsers Sametime Connect clients and Sametime Meeting Room clients on port 80 The Community Services multiplexer examines these connections and then forwards the connections to the appropriate service For example the Community Services multiplexer forwards the Web browser connections to the Domino HTTP Server the Community Services connections to the Community Services and the Meeting Services connections to the Meeting Services Note that the Community Services multiplexer on a Sametime 7 5 x server cannot listen for connections on port 443 or 563 and then forward these connections to the Domino HTTP server The Community Services multiplexer can forward HTTP connections on port 80 to the Domino HTTP server but not connections on port 443 or 563 For this reason a Sametime 7 5 x server must be assigned multiple IP addresses when both the Domino HTTP server and the Sametime Community Services on the Sametime server must listen for connections on port 443 or 563 The Community Services multiplexer on a Sametime 7 5 x server also cannot listen for HTTPS connections to the Sametime Meeting Services or Community Services on ports 443 or 563 and forward these connections to the Community Services and Meeting Services HTTPS tunneling to the Sametime Meeting Service
112. orting Saving a Recording of a Meeting refers to Secure this meeting by not listing it in the Meeting Center This should be Do not list this meeting people must attend it with the URL or by searching for it by name e The Help topic Handling Permissions refers to Remove Permissons to All This should be Revoke Permissions for All e The Help topic Monitoring the Length of the Meeting refers to Edit Change Meeting Duration This should be Edit Change Meeting Information e The Help topic Options Setting Meeting Options refers to the check box People can attend from multiple external Sametime servers This should be People can attend from external Sametime servers e The Help topic Repeating the Meeting refers to the How often the meeting repeats field This field does not appear in the user interface Just select how often you want to repeat the meeting This topic also refers to the Starting field this should be Starting date e The Help topic Shortcut Keys refers to Tools Sharing Let Other Control This should be Tools Let Others Control My Screen e The Help topic Starting a Breakout Session refers to the New Breakout menu command and action bar icon This should be New Breakout Session e The Help topic Tips for Arranging the Meeting Room refers to Sidebar tools This should be Sidebar tabs In addition this topic refers to clicking Back to Standard View in the fl
113. owever clicking the Join Call button will not actually rejoin you to the call To rejoin the call after you ve left either use the dial in number if available or ask one of the other call participants to re invite you Sametime Cannot start a call w user whose policy does not allow telephony Users cannot initiate a call with a user whose policy does not allow telephony To work around this issue create an external user in the Invite dialog using the Add new person button with the number that you d like to dial for that user The invitee will not get an invitation but their phone will ring and they can join the call Sametime Corrupt oit directory can cause conversions to fail on UNIX Infrequently it has been observed that document conversions will fail for certain file types on all of the 65 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes UNIX Linux platforms When this occurs removing the oit directory located in the user s home directory the Notes user will correct the problem This is an issue in third party software used in Sametime for document conversions The matter is being investigated and should be resolved in a future release Sametime Microsoft Office Integration Re enable Smart Tag There are times when the Sametime options in the Microsoft Office Smart Tags suddenly stop appearing in the Person Name drop down action list These options include Lotus Sametime Open chat and Lotus Sametime Open voice cha
114. r by any equivalent agreement between us Any performance data contained herein was determined in a controlled environment Therefore the results obtained in other operating environments may vary significantly Some measurements may have been made on development level systems and there is no guarantee that these measurements will be the same on generally available systems Furthermore some measurements may have been estimated through extrapolation Actual results may vary Users of this document should verify the applicable data for their specific environment Information concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of those products their published announcements or other publicly available sources IBM has not tested those products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance compatibility or any other claims related to non IBM products Questions on the capabilities of non IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products All statements regarding IBM s future direction or intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only This information contains examples of data and reports used in daily business operations To illustrate them as completely as possible the examples include the names of individuals companies brands and products All of these names are fictitious and any similarity to the names and addresses used by an actual business enterprise is entir
115. r multiple chats feature by selecting File gt Preferences clicking Chat Window and selecting Use tabbed windows for multiple chats Screen readers do not always correctly read the user interface for this feature Please note that this feature is turned off by default e Inthe chat window text message entry field it is not possible to select another background or foreground text color using keyboard shortcuts The selected color does not take effect Instead in the chat window use the Edit gt Text Properties menu to do this Sametime Some network connectivity options not available on Linux Connect The Linux Connect client does not support the following connectivity options and they will not work even though they are shown as available 1 HTTPS proxy Sametime Voice video chat doesn t show that participant unmuted himself If a voice or video chat participant unmutes himself after being muted by the call moderator initiator the Lotus Sametime Connect user interface will continue to show the participant as muted even though everyone can now hear him This problem will be addressed in the next Sametime Connect release In the meantime do not rely on the user interface to correctly indicate your mute status Ask others on the call if they can hear you before saying anything that should not be heard by others Contact issues Sametime Click to call only works with primary community You can only use the click to call capabi
116. result of a Capabilities check Which transfer method is my client using Debug sametime client logs are needed to determine this PON gt Open sametime properties Set level to FINE level FINE NOTE do not confuse level with logger level Use your client for file transfer Go to the Sametime user folder this is not the install folder the Sametime user folder can found within the user s C Documents and Settings folder 5 Locate file name sametime log 0 Server RTC file transfer logging will look like this com ib m col getServ com ib ice getServ com ib m col ice m col getServ Transfe com ib ice ae mco fileTr com ib ansfer m col fileTransferCompleted P2P file transfer logging will look like this com ib m col getServ com ib ice m col getServ com ib ice m col SstartT com ib ransfe m col closeF com ib ileInp m coll ileSend com ib er m col tServer com ib SEL m col ceived type t com ib ext m col cepted com ib m col cepted Sametime 3FIN laboration real FINE 3 laboration real FINE laboration real FINE laboration real tFINE 3 laboration real s EINE laboration real laboratio FINE laboration real 2 FINI gt FINI laboration real Transfer accepted by rec
117. rom earlier Sametime 7 5 releases have also been addressed in this release For additional information about new features please refer to the product documentation and to the Documentation Updates chapter of these release notes Sametime Connect Client e Macintosh platform support e Desktop Single Sign On support in Windows e Microsoft Office Integration support e Support for silent install e The Sametime server is by default case sensitive now it can be configured to be case insensitive Case insensitive ID comparison allows IM awareness in Domino Web Access and Portal Please see Case insensitive ID compare in the Configuration section of these release notes for more information e The Sametime server can be configured so that no external users are allowed to watch internal users By default the Sametime server allows external users to watch internal users Please see Internal user consent for external users in the Configuration section of these release notes for more information e Ability to designate Primary Buddies in your buddy list e Improved Add Contact dialog e One on one video chat e Chat History Added support for recording history of N way chats as well as searching through chat history text e Improved chat management using tabbed chats e Additional policies for better administrator control over client features e Partial name search for users and public groups Users can now type a prefix of a group name
118. roup implied by the naming happen to exist In this manner a user can even create nested groups for 7 5 x using the pre 7 5 client For example using a pre 7 5 client creating the groups test and test subgroup will result in a new group test and a new subroup of test called subgroup in 7 5 x Changes between the two lists cannot flow wholesale from one to the other since the formats are different Specifically the 7 5 x list contains users from multiple communities as well as hierarchical groups which do not translate into the pre 7 5 list e Users and public groups not from the default community are not stored to the pre 7 5 buddy list For example in the 7 5 x screenshot below the group LWP AB and the person Konrad Lag are not from the default community and therefore are not exported as part of the pre 7 5 buddy list ametime 7 5 Sametime re 7 5 LWP AB 12 0 ae test 2 3 E DavidA Westford IBM E David A Westford IBM Lori O Cambridge IBM Konrad Lag Ul r SAE E Lorid Cambridge IBM SOE SA UIM Team 21 Andrew E Westford IBM i Bill Westford IBM Work 14 24 joke ail West grd TEM Brian G AWestford IBM E BillM re d IBM Craig R Westford IBM daniels Dana AWestford IBM Brian G WestFord IBM E CraigR Westford IBM Dana Westford IBM IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes e Nested groups are stored using the following format lt group gt lt subgroup gt
119. s for HTTPS tunneled connections from Sametime 2 5 Connect clients the additional DNS name assigned to the Community Services on the Sametime 7 5 x server must begin with the Communhity string as described in Connecting to the Community Services on port 443 when the Domino HTTP server is configured to listen for SSL connections on port 443 above If the Sametime 7 5 x Community Services DNS name does not begin with the Community string the Sametime 2 5 Connect client cannot connect to the Sametime 7 5 x server Sametime 7 5 x Connect client compatibility issue when connecting to a Sametime 2 5 server on port 443 or 563 If a Sametime 7 5 x Connect client connects via HTTPS tunneling to a Sametime 2 5 server on port 443 or 563 the Sametime 7 5 x Connect client does not prepend the Community string to its host name when making the connection to the Sametime 2 5 server The Sametime 2 5 server is hard coded to prepend the string Community to its server name when listening for HTTPS connections on port 443 or 563 To ensure the Sametime 7 5 x Connect client can connect to the Sametime 2 5 Community Services on port 443 or 563 the string Community must be manually added to the Host name in the Sametime Connectivity tab in the Sametime 7 5 x Connect client Manually adding the Community string to the Host name in the Sametime 7 5 x Connect client ensures that the client attempts the connections on the name on which the Sametime 2 5 ser
120. s is not supported Sametime Meeting Room clients cannot connect to the Sametime Meeting Services through an HTTPS proxy server Sametime Windows DEP process causes launch error If Windows server administrators are running the Data Execution Prevention DEP process on their Windows server the server will view the Sametime launch task St Launch as a potentially malicious thread and halt the process The error message received is To Help protect your computer Windows has closed this program Name StLaunchPublisher Workaround Turn off the DEP process on Windows servers before launching the St Launch task Sametime Adjusting the logging level in sametime properties For the Sametime client the properties relevant to logging into samet ime properties are described below The sametime properties file is found in the installation root By default the level value is set to INFO Logging properties level INFO logger filename sametime log logger includeClassInfo true logger toConsole true logger level ALL logger limit 20000000 logger count 4 redirectSystemOutput false 44 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes level The default logging level for the application This level is applied to the root logger and the level that should be changed to trigger more verbose logging The options from most verbose to least verbose are as follows FINEST FINER FINE shows fine messages which produces much
121. s to the Installation Guide when using i5 OS hardware e Forid5 OS V4R5 it is not necessary to install 5722AC3 Cryptographic Access Provider 128 bit for iSeries This product has been incorporated into the base operating system e The required disk space listed in Installing and Managing Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 for i5 OS is 77 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes incorrect The correct requirement is 1 GB required to run each Sametime server 2 GB recommended minimum of 4 disk drives arms Administering the Sametime server Sametime Client log file overview By default all generated metadata files including log files are located in lt user home gt Application Data Sametime for example on windows C Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data Sametime 1 lt user home gt Application Data Sametime sametime log x The Sametime application log file Contains all log statements and exceptions handled by the Sametime client The numbers at the end of the log file are increased everytime a new client session is started The active client session is always sametime log 0 the previous session becomes sametime log 1 the one before that becomes sametime log 2 etc 2 lt user home gt Application Data Sametime metadata log The WED platform log file Contains log statements and exceptions handled by the WED platform Consult the log file whenever the following dialog is shown X An error has occurr
122. se the 7 5 x client might get confused as to which interface should be used e The client is sitting behind a router NAT The symptoms experienced by the client in these cases is that one or both of the parties in the voice chat will not be able to hear each other even though the chat window will show a connected status To confirm the problem the user can increase the log level of the client to FINE and look in the log for entries related to reflector The IP detection problem will be signaled The 7 5 x client has the ability to host calls with up to 5 participants including the host During such calls the host is the creator of the call The host will mix the audio streams for each participant Consequently the host will have up to 4 incoming outgoing audio streams which will multiply the amount of bandwidth necessary It is recommended that for multi party voice chats the client with the most bandwidth hosts the call Sametime 7 5 x is using the iSAC codec for all voice chats This codec is an adaptive bandwidth codec which requires between 10 6 to 28 8 kbits headers included depending on the voice activity and the network quality For example during a 3 way call the host will require twice that amount between 21 2 and 57 6 kbits both incoming and outgoing The other 2 participants will only require between 10 6 and 28 8 kbit s The CPU requirement for hosting calls is medium a 1GHz machine can easily mix a 3 way call
123. server but will report a successful removal It is recommended that users remove all features when uninstalling the product on AIX 55 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Known limitations problems and workarounds Limitations Installation issues Sametime Sametime Connect for Browsers is not included with Sametime Lotus Sametime Connect for Browsers is not included with Sametime 7 5 x If Sametime Connect for Browsers is needed for your Sametime 7 5 x installation see technote 1243158 Deploying Sametime 7 0 Connect for Browsers on a Sametime 7 5 server at http www ibm com support docview wss rs 203 amp uid swg 2 1243158 Sametime Use only ASCII characters for client installation path There is a known problem with installing the Sametime Connect client to a path that includes DBCS characters for example Chinese Japanese or Korean Please use only ASCII characters when selecting an installation location for this release Sametime Gateway Warning dialogs do not handle correctly When running the installation program strings that contain the character are not handled appropriately when a warning is shown to the user that includes the entered string This may result in truncated warning messages that do not tell the user the entire cause of the validation error Client issues Sametime Cannot set voice chat audio devices on Macintosh clients The UIM client provides the ability to configure the desired vo
124. ssociated with a particular community will only show awareness when logged into that community s host This may be avoided by simply changing the host value of the community in the login dialog or community configuration page to the desired target host Known problems and workarounds Installation issues Sametime Sametime setup fails when xACL enabled for Domino Directory Currently Sametime cannot be installed successfully when the Domino Directory names nsf is configured to use an extended ACL xACL In order to install Sametime successfully a customer must first disable xACL support for the Domino Directory After installing Sametime the customer may then re enable the xACL Extended ACL support can be configured by opening names nsf in a Notes client navigating to File gt Database gt Access Control and then clicking on the Advanced tab Sametime Gateway Tab order problems in installation program When running the installation program several panels do not exhibit tabbing behavior correctly and may skip certain buttons on the panel To get to all the buttons use Shift Tab instead 64 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Client issues Sametime Acrobat Reader must be installed for some autorun links to work The Autorun links for Release Notes Installation Guide and Administration Guide will not work unless Acrobat Reader has been installed Sametime Cannot click to call online users who run older Sa
125. t The affected programs are MS Word Excel and Power Point This occurs when a Person Name Smart Tag is triggered from an MS Office application but there is currently not a 7 5 1 Sametime Client running The Smart Tag requires a running 7 5 1 client in order to launch chats etc and displays an error if a 7 5 1 client is not found to be running MS Windows then disables the Smart Tag To re enable the Smart Tag close all MS Office applications launch the 7 5 1 client and then run the following registry file from anywhere REGEDIT4 HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Office Common Smart Tag Actions 80E9E20D D9D0 448E BFCA EF9BA799FCD4 OpusApp Then open the MS Office application and the Lotus Sametime menu items should be restored This will be fixed for the final product version Sametime Unable to log in to Sametime from SUSE Linux client In Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Beta 2 there is a known issue that requires a workaround to allow the Sametime Connect client to successfully log in to the Sametime server The workaround is to add your machine host name and IP address to the machine hosts file Following are the instructions e Editthe etc hosts file This file contains a list of host entries in the form of IP Address Fully Qualified Hostname Optional Short Hostname The first entry in the file is likely 127 0 0 1 localhost e Put your actual IP address and hostname above this entry for example 9 33 34 35 myMachine acm
126. ta higher frame rate and better resolution up to the maximum resolution specified in Preferences Sametime Video Chat CPU Usage Expect high CPU usage when using Video Chat since grabbing video frames and encoding them into H263 format is a CPU intensive operation In addition the CPU is encrypting decrypting these packets and decoding the video frames Sametime Voice chat and Network Address Translation NAT The Sametime 7 5 x voice chat component provides Voice over IP VoIP services To work correctly voice chat needs to have the network configured properly Voice chat works with UDP packets it needs UDP ports to be opened on the firewall of every 7 5 x client The clients are using a single port UDP port 20830 for all audio chats this port needs to be opened for both incoming and outgoing UDP traffic Voice chat operates in two different modes e Direct P2P connection UDP packets flow directly between users e Reflector connection UDP packets go through an audio proxy called a reflector which is a piece of code installed with the Sametime 7 5 x server In both modes the firewall needs to let the UDP port 20830 traffic flow in both directions The direct P2P connection is used whenever possible and is the recommended way of using voice chat The reflector mode is only used when a specific type of NAT symmetric NAT is detected In that case since both clients are unable to guess each other s IP address to establish
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128. te machine or when a reverse proxy is enabled Traditionally STMux handles HTTP redirect responses by stripping the Location host and keeping only the path Using a redirect Location URL without a Location host is supported by most HTTP implementations It is done here in order to avoid cases where redirections might direct the client so that it does not come through STMux In some cases however the guessed complete URL is not the correct one As a result the browser on the client appears to be in an infinite loop where the web page never loads For Sametime releases prior to 7 5 CF 1 the only way for HTTP redirection documents to work correctly on a Sametime server is to not set up the Sametime server for tunneling over port 80 A fix is available in Sametime 7 5 Cumulative Fix 1 CF1 and later that offers an alternative approach Instead of stripping the host port from the URL the customer can provide rules for translation from a list of host port names to the host port name which should be used instead In order to take advantage of the fix the customer must add several settings to the Config section of the sametime ini file For detailed instructions see technote 1176728 http www ibm com support docview wss rs 203 amp uid swg21 176728 76 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Documentation updates Installing the Sametime server Sametime Case insensitive awareness To change the default from case sensi
129. te site the new plug ins go into the plugins subdirectory of the directory where Sametime was installed In some environments the user does not have write access to the program directory making it impossible for the Administrator to deploy new plug ins or fixes to the user To remedy this situation the Administrator can put plug in updates in a location that the user will always have write access to for example the user s home directory Note that when you run the product installer or silent installer as an administrator this causes the program directory to be made read only for users who don t have administrator privileges so this problem is likely to exist in any configuration where the administrator installs the client for non administrator users Sametime Connect Client end user Help Sametime Sametime Connect Client end user Help updates corrections The following list identifies corrections and other information related to the IBM Lotus Sametime Connect Client end user Help e The Help topic Accessibility features for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect should include the recommendation to NOT turn on the tabbed chat window feature for multiple chats This is because screen readers do not always correctly read the user interface for this feature Please note that this feature is turned off by default e The Help topic Video calls includes a note that this feature is not available on Linux It is also not available on Macintosh e
130. ter entering your primary community Sametime server in the host field enter your user name and password for that community and click the Login button 4 After connecting to your Sametime server your Contacts list will appear If you are connecting to a Sametime server that you have used before you will see your existing Contacts list If you are connecting to this Sametime server for the first time you will see a Contacts list with a group called Work containing your name Note If you already have a Contacts list on this server the Sametime Connect 7 5 x client will make a new copy of your Contacts list Any changes you make to your Contacts list using the Sametime Connect 7 5 x client will not be visible to older Sametime client releases To add a new Contact or Group to your Contacts list select File gt New gt Contact or Group To add a new Community select File gt New gt Community Since we only support Sametime 37 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes communities in this release click Next in the dialog that shows up In the next dialog enter the community information and select any options you would like Once the community is added you will see additional icons at the top left of the main client window By clicking on these community icons you can login logout change status and do other actions on each community The next time you launch the Sametime Connect 7 5 x client the Login to Sametime window appears En
131. ter the password you specified in step 2 above then click Login to connect to the server If you later decide to change either your logon password or any information you entered on the Login Information screen step 3 above use the Reset User button on the Login to Sametime window This will discard all of the information you have entered and will start the configuration process again as if you are launching the Sametime Connect 7 5 x client for the first time allowing you to change your primary community Note that Reset User does not affect your Contacts list in this release Sametime Connecting to a Sametime server using a reverse proxy server As an Administrator if you are connected to Sametime through a reverse proxy server you cannot administer the server with the Administrator s Tool You must be inside the intranet of your company to administer the server All other features of Sametime meetings chat etc remain functional through the reverse proxy except for the Administrator s Tool If you try to administer the server through a reverse proxy server connection the Administration page will not display This is a security feature of Sametime Sametime Configuring Sametime to work behind WebSEAL reverse proxy The administrator s guide contains a Using reverse proxy or portal servers with the Sametime server that discusses using Sametime with reverse proxy servers If you are deploying Sametime behind a Tivoli WebSEAL rev
132. ter time e When you upgrade to Sametime 7 5 1 on i5 OS existing Sametime servers are upgraded and the conversion server IP address and port number that were previously stored in the meetingserver ini file are migrated to stconvservices properties After upgrading you must update this file if the IP address or port for your Conversion Server are different from the previous release Sametime Migrating privacy data after upgrading the server 36 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes If you are migrating to Sametime 7 5 1 from Sametime 7 0 or an earlier release and your users have stored privacy information Who can see me from the earlier release then you need to migrate this information by running a utility after upgrading Privacy information from the earlier release will not be used unless it is migrated If you are upgrading to Sametime 7 5 1 from Sametime 7 5 and you already ran the 7 5 version of the utility then there is no need to run it again on 7 5 1 For more information see the Sametime Server Installation information for your server platform Configuration notes Sametime Launching and configuring the Sametime Connect 7 5 1 client After you install the Lotus Sametime Connect 7 5 1 client you can launch the client and complete the configuration as follows 1 If you wish to create a shortcut to the Sametime Connect client on your windows desktop create one pointing to sametime exe in the Sametime folder you
133. ternal users to watch internal users e When you set this flag to 1 by default all external users are not allowed to watch internal users e You must shutdown and restart the Sametime server for the change to take effect In the Sametime UIM client when an external user subscribes to watch an internal user the internal Sametime UIM client user will be notified by the server and can decide whether or not to allow the external user to watch their status and be able to start a chat 52 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Sametime Video Chat Automatically adjusting bit rate RTCP is used for finding out the current network conditions it is the feedback mechanism for the Sametime Video Engine Based on the current network conditions and packet loss the send bit rate is adjusted by the video engine The bit rate increases if more network bandwidth is available and the remote client will see better quality video The bit rate is decreased if packet loss increases and less bandwidth is available Bit rate is only adjusted based on the network bandwidth available Sametime Video Chat Automatically adjusting send resolution frame rate If the client machine the video engine is running on has a CPU usage rate consistently displayed above 95 the Sametime Video Engine will automatically adjust the frame rate and the send codec resolution The opposite is also true if more CPU is available the Sametime video engine will try to send out a
134. the microphone is released automatically when you leave a meeting The same topic also refers to selecting Recent Speakers from the Show drop down list at the top of the participants list The Recent Speakers option only displays if the meeting is telephony enabled 81 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Notices and Trademarks Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile Where to find notice and license information After accepting the license for this IBM product you may view or print license files and notices by accessing the license directory that is included with the installed product files Sametime Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the USA IBM may not offer the products services or features discussed in this document in all countries Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area Any reference to an IBM product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe any IBM intellectual property right may be used instead However it is the user s responsibility to evaluate and verify the operation of any non IBM product program or service IBM may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter described in this document The furnishing of this document do
135. this user needs to be unmuted the moderator must unmute the user Furthermore anytime a user mutes himself the moderator may unmute the user at any time Sametime Linux Meeting page may overlap with frame border If you are using Mozilla on Linux the meeting page may overlap with the frame border Sametime Password is not case sensitive using Mozilla with RedHat 3 0 When using a Mozilla browser to create a password protected web conference running with RedHat 3 0 the meeting password is not case sensitive Sametime Preferences Status Messages In a Meeting settings In the Status Messages section of Preferences the settings for In a Meeting do not consistently occur if the user changes the status by entering an online meeting from a community that is not the primary community The primary community is the first one the Sametime Connect client was set up with Sametime Premiere Global Services audio adapter not supported The IBM Lotus Web Conferencing Audio Adapter for Premiere Conferencing now Premiere Global Services for Lotus Sametime 6 5 1 and Lotus Sametime 7 0 is not supported for Lotus Sametime 7 5 x For information on how to connect Lotus Sametime 7 5 x with audio services from Premiere Global Services please visit http www premiereglobal com ilwc Sametime Set maximum number of days for Web Conferences in Notes INI Administrators can limit how far in the future a web conference can be scheduled This s
136. ticipants can present content in the meeting checkbox If you would like this meeting recorded for future reference check the Record this meeting checkbox Options V All participants can present content in the meeting Record this meeting 14 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes The Meeting Invitation Once you have made all of your selections in both the Appointment and Sametime tabs you send the meeting invitation by clicking the Send button in the Outlook Toolbar When you open an IBM Sametime On line meeting invitation you will see that information has been added to the body of the invitation email Location When Friday April 20 2007 12 00 PM 12 30 PM Attend the meeting http test abc com66 stconf nsf meeting 6FCFEBADCO4 7551BB525 72C3882 8 B 70penDocument Meeting password myPassword This added information includes the URL that your invitees can use to attend the meeting Clicking the URL will start your web browser and take you to the meeting page on the Sametime Meeting server The body of the meeting invitation will also will include a meeting password if you specified one when creating the meeting Updating an IBM Sametime On line Meeting At some point before the meeting you may decide to change certain meeting parameters You can make changes to your IBM Sametime On line meeting in the same way as you would for any meeting scheduled using Microsoft Outlook One way t
137. time 7 5 1 Release Notes 3 During installation the following dialog appears All three Office Integration features are selected by default De select the feature or features you do not want to install i IBM Lotus Sametime Connect 7 5 1 InstallShield Wizard Select the Sametime features to display in Microsoft Office Sametime Toolbar in Microsoft Office Sametime task menu in Microsoft Office Smart Tags Sametime Online Meeting Tab in Microsoft Outlook meetings appointments and events To continue choose Next Note Uninstall works via Add Remove Programs Additionally the Microsoft Visual C runtime can also be uninstalled separately from Add Remove Programs Known issues e The WebConference integration feature can support Sametime meeting servers that require SSL by modifying the syntax of the server name specified in the Sametime Meeting properties if SSL is required include the protocol portion of the server URL for example https sametime mycompany com The syntax shown in the dialog example sametime mycompany com is correct for servers that are accessible by ordinary non SSL http e If the default email fields read by the Outlook Toolbar are not the appropriate fields for a customer s enterprise the Toolbar can be redirected to use other fields instead by modifying the file CustomProperties ini in the Sametime install folder The intent is that such modifications would be made by IT experts and the ini
138. tive awareness add the following to the sametime ini file to ensure case insensitivity is employed on all passwords e Inthe CONFIG section add AWARENESS_CASE_SENSITIVE 0 e Inthe STLINKS section append DAWARENESS_CASE_SENSITIVE 0 to STLINKS_VM_ARGS to the following STLINKS_VM_ARGS Xmx128m Xms128m Xgcpolicy optavgpause DAWARENESS_CASE_SENSITIVE 0 e STLINKS section stlinks js add the following variable var STlinksCaseSensitive false Note Changing the default to case insensitive awareness may have a small impact on performance Domino Web Access and Portal customers in some cases may need this change Sametime Enabling Telephony support When you install the Telephony Services on standalone Sametime Meeting Servers Telephony is enabled by that action When adding these standalone servers to a Managed Meeting Cluster you must enable Telephony so that the UI components show up which allows users to add Telephony to their meetings To do this you will need to update the value for AUDIOBRIDGEENABLED in the STCONFIG ORGANI ZATION table in DB2 from false to true To do this From a db2 command window issue the following commnands e Connect to Sametime e Update stconfig organization set AUDIOBRIDGEENABLED to true and click Enter e Disconnect from Sametime e Restart the Enterprise Meeting Server and roomservers Sametime i5 OS Updates to Installation Guide Following are the update
139. uirements Sametime Hardware requirements for Sametime 7 5 1 Server hardware requirements Sametime requires one server for Sametime installation that meets these requirements Operating System IBM eServer pSeries AIX e CPU Dual 475 MHz or higher IBM PowerPC processor recommended Dual 375 MHz PowerPC processor minimum e RAM 2 GB recommended 1 GB minimum e Disk space 3 GB free disk space recommended to allow space for meetings 2 GB minimum e Disk swap space 1 GB minimum e Video requirements Video card installed Recommended video display color setting is 16 bit color The setting must be higher than 256 colors Operating system i5 OS e IBM i5 OS 5722SS1 Version 5 Release 3 or later For more details see Installing and Managing Lotus Sametime 7 5 for i5 OS stinstall pdf available from the Lotus Sametime documentation page at http www ibm com developerworks lotus documentation sametime e CPU IBM eServer iSeries IBM eServer i5 or IBM System i5 server models capable of running IBM i5 OS V5R3 e RAM Minimum 1GB for each Sametime and Domino server e Disk space 1 GB required to run each Sametime server 2 GB recommended Minimum 4 disk drives arms required Operating system Sun Solaris e CPU UltraSPARC III 1 GHz processor or higher recommended UltraSPARC III 550 MHz processor minimum e RAM 2 GB recommended 1 GB minimum e Disk space 3 GB free disk space recommend
140. ument For Excel and Power Point the name must also be a user that has been emailed from Outlook or has had an email received from The name is underlined and hovering over the name makes an icon appear 17 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Selecting the icon makes a drop down appear including a number of Lotus Sametime menu options If the chosen name is a registered Sametime user the user s availability status will be reflected in the menu options and various Sametime chat capabilities will be listed Select the desired option to launch a chat with that user Person Carolyn Sullivan Send Mail Schedule a Meeting Open Contact Add to Contacts Insert Address Lotus Sametime User online Open chat Lotus Sametime User online Open voice chat Lotus Sametime User online Open call Lotus Notes Create Memo to Lotus Notes Invite to Meeting Lotus Notes Show Name Details Remove this Smart Tag Stop Recognizing Carolyn Sullivan Smart Tag Options etium sed tortor Donec ante velit curs The tags take a moment to determine the person s availability status Tags will initially read Checking user status After a few moments the user s status will be retrieved and displayed or if the user has not been located as a Sametime user the tag will now read User not found A tag that stays in the Checking user status or User not found states may also indicate a broken connecti
141. unt specified in the ACL can now be used to administer the server and more importantly administer and assign policies Sametime Sametime Connect and HTTPS connections on port 443 or 563 This release note discusses issues pertaining to Sametime Connect client connectivity on port 443 These issues include e Connecting to the Community Services on port 443 when the Domino HTTP server is configured to listen for SSL connections on port 443 e Sametime 2 5 Connect client compatibility issue when connecting to a Sametime 7 5 x server on port 443 or 563 e Sametime 7 5 x Connect client compatibility issue when connecting to a Sametime 2 5 server on port 443 or 563 e Community Services multiplexer on Sametime 7 5 x server does not forward HTTPS connections on port 443 to the Domino HTTP server Connecting to the Community Services on port 443 when the Domino HTTP server is configured to listen for SSL connections on port 443 Sametime installs on a Domino server Web browser users connect to the Domino HTTP server when accessing the Sametime server If the Domino HTTP server is configured to support SSL for Web browser connections the Domino HTTP server is usually configured to listen for these HTTPS connections on port 443 or port 563 Some Sametime Connect clients may operate in networks that require the clients to connect to the Internet or intranet through an HTTPS proxy Many network environments that require users to connect through an H
142. useful debug information INFO default level WARNING SEVERE If experiencing a bug set level to FINE reproduce the problem and examine the sametime log 0 file located in the user workspace typically C Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data Sametime ona Windows system Sametime Sametime Gateway Sametime Mobile Allow only one chat client connection per IP address Two new flags have been added to the sametime ini file VP_ONLY_SINGLE_LOGIN_ALLOWED 1 gt If this flag is set in the Config section the single client log in mode is activated VPS_EXCLUDED_LOGIN_TYPES gt Comma separated list of client types These types will not be considered as log ins when the server checks whether to accept or disconnect clients Single client login Single log in type mode means that only one login per user is allowed When a client tries to log in to the server a check is performed to determine whether there are already any log ins of the same user and disconnect them When the previous log ins have a log in type from the excluded list they will not be disconnected When the new log in type is from the excluded list the old log ins will not be disconnected Generally log in types in the excluded list are transparent for disconnection purposes Example Config VPS_EXCLUDED_LOGIN_TYPES 1002 1304 VP_ONLY_SINGLE_LOGIN_ALLOWED 1 Single client lo
143. ver listens for the connections For example to ensure a Sametime 7 5 x Connect client can connect on port 443 or 563 to the Sametime 2 5 server named sametimeserver1 acme com the following settings must exist in the Sametime Connectivity tab of the Sametime 7 5 x Connect client e Host Community sametimeserver1 acme com e Community port Either port 443 or port 563 is specified Specify the port on which the Sametime 2 5 server listens for HTTPS tunneled connections Community Services multiplexer on Sametime 7 5 x server does not forward HTTPS connections on port 443 to the Domino HTTP server A Sametime 7 5 x server can simulaneously listen for HTTP connections to multiple services on port 80 when the Sametime server machine includes a single IP address For example e A Web browser can connect to the Domino HTTP server on a Sametime server on port 80 e A Sametime Connect client can make an HTTP tunneled connection to the Sametime 43 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Community Services on port 80 e ASametime Meeting Room client can make HTTP tunneled connections to both the Sametime Community Services and Meeting Services on port 80 All of these connections can occur to the same DNS name using port 80 On a Sametime 7 5 x server it is not necessary to assign separate IP addresses to the HTTP Services Community Services and Meeting Services to enable connections to all services to occur using a single DNS name on p
144. vite to the meeting to be able to attend your meeting check the Restrict the on line meeting to invitees only checkbox If you check this people will have to be logged into the Sametime meeting center and be one of your invitees before being permitted to attend your meeting 13 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes Meeting File Attachments You may want to give your meeting attendees access to certain files for reference during the meeting Use the Browse button to find any files on your PC that would like to include as attachments to your meeting These files will be uploaded to the IBM Sametime meeting server and made available to the attendees during the meeting Files Click Browse to add slides and Files to the online meeting Browse Added files Clicking the Browse button will open a standard Windows Browse dialog that will allow you to find the files you want to include When you click the Open button on the Browse dialog the selected file will be added to the Added Files list If you decide that you want to remove a meeting attachment select the file name from the Added Files list and then click the Remove Selected button You will see the file name removed from the list and the attachment will no longer be included on the Sametime server Meeting Options If you would like to give all of your invitees the chance to present information at your meeting check the All par
145. x Desktop 9 Macintosh e Macintosh OSX 10 4 6 Tiger with JVM 1 5 including patches for PowerPC and Intel e J2SE 5 0 Release 5 This is Java 1 5 and may have already been acquired through the the MacOS auto update It is also available at http www apple com support downloads javaformacosx104release5 html Client Browsers e Mozilla 1 7 12 on Windows XP Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 Novell Linux Desktop 9 e Firefox 1 5 on Windows XP Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 e Firefox 2 0 e Internet Explorer 6 0 7 0 on Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional 64 bit e Safari 2 0 on Macintosh OS X 10 4 x Client Technology e Eclipse framework Expeditor XPD 6 1 1 e XULRunner 1 8 0 1 MS Office Integration e Office 2000 e Office 2003 e Office XP Sametime 28 IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Release Notes IBM Lotus Sametime 7 5 1 Meetings requirements Below are the software requirements and support statements for Sametime 7 5 1 Meetings Meetings Client Browsers supported e Mozilla 1 7 12 on Windows XP RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 0 and Novell Linux Desktop 9 0 e Firefox 1 5 on Windows XP RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 e Firefox 2 0 e E 6 0 7 0 on Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional 64 bit e Safari 2 0 on Macintosh OSX 10 4 x Java Development Kit Java Runtime Environment JDK JRE supported Client JDK JRE e IBM or Sun JRE 1 4 2 a

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