IBM G325-2585-02 Backward compatibility

IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Release Notes

z Resolve 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

z The 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:

z Server upgrades are not recommended; perform a clean server installation

z It is recommended that the Sametime beta client be installed on a separate machine from any

Sametime production client version

z STMobile is no longer a separate add-on

z Conversion Services installation is only needed for non-Windows environments, and is not part of

this beta release

Backward compatibility

Sametime

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 .dat file 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:

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

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

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