Backward compatibility, Limitations Beta release

IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1

Release Notes

zResolve Statistics. The StStatistics server application now outputs Resolve statistics. The Resolve application calculates statistics data, and sends it to the StStatistics 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 these statistics

zThe 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:

zServer upgrades are not recommended; perform a clean server installation

zIt is recommended that the Sametime beta client be installed on a separate machine from any Sametime production client version

zSTMobile is no longer a separate add-on

zConversion 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 imported 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 .datfile 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:

zAfter logging into the default community with 7.5.x, the pre-7.5 buddy list is automatically imported.

zEach time the 7.5.x buddy list is saved, a pre-7.5 version is generated and saved.

zThe first time the two buddy lists are synched, both lists are additively merged.