Important tip on Sametime installs - increase the JVM heap size for Installation Manger
Mon, Apr 16th 2012 10:11a Andy Higgins I wanted to mention this tip as I have just finished my part of a 80+ Sametime server environment and this tip helps the installer work so much better (including helping it not to crash "out of memory" sometimes): Increase the JVM heap size for the Installation ManagerClose Installation ManagerGo to the Installation Manager install directory (C:Program FilesIBMInstallation Managereclipse)Add the line "-Xmx1024m" to IBMIM.iniRun the offering launchpad again to invoke the installationThanks t [read] Keywords: ibm
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Sametime View article
Tue, Feb 28th 2012 2:12p Andy Higgins I forgot to mention that I recently published a general article on Sametime 8.5.x in the View and I am currently writing another article on upgrading your Sametime Community server to 8.5.2 IFR1. You can see the View article here: Sametime 8.5.2 — Unifying Communication and Collaboration in the Enterprise [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Great link for information on Sametime
Mon, Feb 27th 2012 3:08p Andy Higgins I have decided to start blogging a little more now after a recent hiatus caused by too much work :-). I came across the following link on Instant-Tech's blog which has lots of great Sametime information: http://blog.instant-tech.com/2008/08/very-useful-sametime-debugging-faqs.html I also saw another blog which details a lot of the information about managing client settings that I had blogged about, so I wanted to tie the two together - check out this link: http://kbild.ch/2011/05/change-same [read] Keywords: sametime
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Presentation from PACLUG
Wed, Jun 22nd 2011 11:14a Andy Higgins Hi to everyone who attending my PACLUG presentation on "Sametime for Administrators"- as promised, here is the updated presentation. PACLUG sametime presentation View more presentations from amhiggins.Let me know if you have questions or comments..and subscribe to my blog!! Cheers, Andy [read] Keywords: sametime
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Follow up to last blog
Wed, Jun 22nd 2011 6:09a Andy Higgins So now finally, I can post my findings on what I posted back in April. The question was where do we get the Sametime community server from? It used to be in the Location document in the client but with the new embedded client, it's now in an XML file (community-config.xml) here: C:LotusNotesDataworkspace.metadata.pluginscom.ibm.collaboration.realtime.community.sametime There is actually a lot of information in this file and it seems to come from the plugin_configuration.ini file (PC.ini) (on fi [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Which Sametime server field is used?
Fri, Apr 8th 2011 12:41p Andy Higgins So now it's getting confusing.... with Notes 8.5.2 (and earlier versions), the Sametime server field has disappeared from the Location document... not sure exactly when this happened (i.e. which version) but in my reading I came across this useful link which explains some of the mystery. I still could see the Sametime server field in the Location document but only looking at properties. Regardless of all this, it is my understanding now that with respect to the ST embedded client, the locatio [read] Keywords: collaboration
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PACLUG and Admin2011 together
Fri, Apr 1st 2011 5:30a Andy Higgins I will be presenting at the Pacific Lotus Users Group in Vegas this coming June. Check out the site here I will talking about migrating Sametime users to 8.5.x and the corresponding pain :-) Both the View's Admin2011 and Lotus Developer 2011 will be co-located and hosted at the same place, so make sure you attend this event for lots of great information [read] Keywords: lotus
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How to configure Sametime embedded client remotely
Wed, Mar 30th 2011 11:29a Andy Higgins I just posted this to the Sametime Community Forum and thought I would post it here too as it may be useful: Information on how to configure your Sametime embedded client Basically - I could never get the Domino policy and managed settings in there to work. I believe that with 8.5.x onwards the best way to control Sametime configuration is NOT with Domino policies but with the plugin_customization.ini file and managed-settings.xml First thing is make sure the Sametime Community server is in yo [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Rolling out users onto Sametime 8.5.x
Fri, Mar 4th 2011 9:31a Andy Higgins It seems to me that there are serious issues with rolling out the newer version of the Sametime clients which are required to work with the new Sametime 8.5.x infrastructure. Apart from interoperability issues with older clients accessing the new servers (something we have been "spoiled" by having in past releases) it seems to me that there are no fixed methodologies laid out by IBM for client deployment. Specifically: How to update Sametime preferences on the client automaticallyWhat's the d [read] Keywords: ibm
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Deploying scalable Sametime
Mon, Feb 21st 2011 7:06a Andy Higgins I was just notified about this great article on IBM developer works written by Andy Yiu from IBM. It details how to deploy a scalable Lotus Sametime 8.5.1 environment on a minimum of two servers with the ability to expand as and when needed. Deploying a scalable IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5.1 environment for small-to-medium businesses [read] Keywords: ibm
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Things discussed at Lotusphere BoF session
Wed, Feb 16th 2011 2:22p Andy Higgins There were a number of things discussed in out BoF session at Lotusphere that I would like to address in this blog: HTTPS access to the meeting server - how to set this up (watch this blog space)Red Book on Sametime deployment - only available online at present LINK: Sametime 8.5 Enterprise Scale DeploymentCan we get a VMWare image with everything loaded on it? (Andy Higgins will investigate)Multi-tenancy Sametime install (Frank Altenburg to report on this option)Setting configuration options as [read] Keywords: ldd
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Sametime 8.5.2 released in beta
Mon, Feb 14th 2011 12:33p Andy Higgins You all probably know that the beta release of ST 8.5.2 has been released. I have a copy and am installing it as I blog.... I need to read the fine print to see how much I can talk about it, so watch this space. [read] Keywords: sametime
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The first post
Mon, Feb 14th 2011 12:32p Andy Higgins Hi all, This is the newly set up Sametime Discussion blog for all those people who attended my Birds of a Feather session at Lotusphere in 2011. I hope to be able to share ST information and provoke discussion on various ST topics on this blog. I hope to grow this blog too, so please feel free to add more people to the distribution. Thanks, Andy Higgins [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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