Setup guide

IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5 Release Notes Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration

Sametime 7.5 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 Conversion Server once you have upgraded all of them to Sametime 7.5. 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 servers and a separate one for the Sametime

servers that have not yet been upgraded.

Sametime 7.5 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, located in the server data directory. If the IP address or port for the Conversion Server ever

changes, you must update this file. Note that if you install the conversion services as a Domino

servlet, then reconfiguring Domino HTTP on the Conversion Server to use a different IP address

or port affects the conversion services connection and you will need to update

stconvservices .properties.

When you upgrade Sametime on AIX 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 later time.

When you install Sametime 7.5 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.

Maintaining SIP support after upgrading to ST 7.5

Sametime 7.5 is planned to support communication with other communities through the RTC Gateway,

that replaces the SIP Gateway. Until the RTC Gateway is released, customers who want to continue

using SIP to communicate with other communities should follow the steps in technote #1244026 before

upgrading their server to Sametime 7.5:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/support/

Please also see "Real-Time Collaboration Gateway replaces Sametime SIP Gateway" in these release

notes for additional information

Migrating privacy data after upgrading server

If your users have stored privacy information ("Who can see me") from your earlier release of Sametime,

then you need to migrate this information by running a utility after upgrading to Sametime 7.5. Privacy

information from the earlier release will not be used unless it is migrated. For more information, see

technote 1242317 "Migrating privacy data after upgrading to Sametime 7.5." This technote is available at:

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=203&uid=swg21242317