IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Release Notes
About this release................................................................................................. 1 New in this release..................................................................................................................... 1
New features in IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 ........................................................................ 1
Backward compatibility .............................................................................................................. 3
Buddy list synchronization between 7.5.1 and pre-7.5 clients............................................. 3
Product compatibility .................................................................................................................. 6
Installing Sametime 7.5.1 integration with Microsoft Office ................................................. 6
Sametime 7.5.1 integration with Microsoft Office ................................................................ 8
Limitations using Macintosh OS X ....................................................................................... 23
Spell checker overview........................................................................................................ 24
Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information ..................... 25 Hardware requirements ............................................................................................................. 25
Hardware requirements for Sametime 7.5.1........................................................................ 25
Hardware requirements for Sametime 7.5.1 Mobile ............................................................ 27
Video Chat: Supported PC Cameras and WebCams.......................................................... 27
Software requirements ............................................................................................................... 28
IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Connect client software requirements...................................... 28
IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Meetings requirements............................................................. 29
IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Server software requirements.................................................. 29
Sametime Client for Macintosh: Additional Java requirements ........................................... 30
Installation notes ........................................................................................................................ 30
Silent Install configuration.................................................................................................... 30
Installing the Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Software Development Kit .......................................... 31
Pre-installation steps for Linux Sametime Server 7.5.1....................................................... 32
Linux Sametime Server 7.5.1 installation on VMWare ........................................................ 32
Installing Sametime Conversion Services ........................................................................... 33
Operating System Single Sign-On feature installation ........................................................ 33
Installing additional Spell Checker dictionaries ................................................................... 35
Registry entry for Sametime installation directory ............................................................... 36
Upgrade notes ........................................................................................................................... 36
Conversion Services upgrade required ............................................................................... 36
Migrating privacy data after upgrading the server ............................................................... 36
Configuration notes.................................................................................................................... 37
Launching and configuring the Sametime Connect 7.5.1 client .......................................... 37
Connecting to a Sametime server using a reverse proxy server ......................................... 38
Configuring Sametime to work behind WebSEAL reverse proxy ........................................ 38
Sametime Administrator needs to be in LDAP for policies to work ..................................... 39
Sametime Connect and HTTPS connections on port 443 or 563........................................ 40
Windows DEP process causes launch error ....................................................................... 44
Adjusting the logging level in sametime .properties ............................................................ 44
Allow only one chat client connection per IP address ......................................................... 45
Case-sensitivity for the client............................................................................................... 46
Case insensitive ID compare............................................................................................... 46
Collecting Resolve statistics ................................................................................................ 46
Configurable preferred log-in list ......................................................................................... 46
Conversion Services on Windows Sametime servers ......................................................... 47
Disabling partial search for users or public groups.............................................................. 47
Force users to connect through home cluster ..................................................................... 48
Multiple Community considerations..................................................................................... 48