Describes several WebSphere Application Server configuration files and logs that can be helpful for determining the current configuration of Lotus Sametime 8.5 and troubleshooting issues that occur in the Sametime environment. The topics covered in the document are: WebSphere Application
Nice tool for your Windows desktop
Nice tool for your Windows desktop, especially if you do have an overcrowded one: Fences™ is a program that helps you organize your desktop, and can hide your icons when they’re not in use. A “Fence”, a term coined by
Sametime 8.5: Taking over control needs peer to peer connection
In Sametime 8.5 you can share your screen with other users in a meeting room even if you do not have a direct network connection. It is sufficient that every participant can reach the meeting server. However if someone wants
Connect Sametime 8.5 Media Manager to Community Cluster
If you install a Sametime 8.5 Media Manager you need to specify exactly one deployment name of a Community Server to which the Media Manager should connect to. There is currently no possibility in the GUI to connect to a
Script to create Windows services for Sametime 8.5 servers
If you install Lotus Sametime 8.5 on Windows you can create Windows services for the Websphere application servers as described in the Infocenter. I have created a script to make the creation process a little bit easier especially if you
Change default log language for Websphere application server
If you are running a Websphere application server (e.g. Lotus Sametime 8.5 or Lotus Connections servers) on a Windows server with regional settings set to a non-English language you end up with log files written in that language. This is
Sametime 8.5: Make sure you can ping your LDAP server
If you create a guided activity for installing a Sametime 8.5 meeting server you should make sure that you not only can reach you LDAP server via port 389 (resp. 636) but you also can PING it from the system
Sametime 8.0.x: Solution for “Meetings scheduled in AM are changed to PM
A customer complained that if some users schedule a meeting in Sametime 8.0.x which should occur before noon the time of the meeting is automatically changed from AM to PM. This can happen if you have set your Internet browser
Overview of IBM WebSphere Application Server Concepts for IBM Lotus Sametime Administrators
A new document explaining the following WebSphere Application Server concepts in the context of Lotus Sametime is now available: • Architectural terminology• Common admin commands• Servers involved in a Lotus Sametime deployment Audience: IBM Lotus Sametime customers who are new
Sametime 8.5: Do not forget this before clustering Sametime Proxy server
If you want to cluster a Sametime 8.5 Proxy Server and the server is not on the same computer as the Deployment Manager, you should not forget the task “Changing the location of application binaries on the Primary Node“. This