Managing file sharing in meetings

You can limit the types of files that can be shared in meeting rooms as well as edit file conversion settings for your IBM® Sametime® Meeting Server configuration.

About this task

You can edit, but not delete, any of the file conversion settings that come installed with IBM Sametime. You can delete any new settings that you have added.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Integrated Solutions Console.
  2. Click Sametime System Console > Sametime Servers > Sametime Meeting Servers.
  3. In the Meeting Servers list, click a server with the configuration that you want to change.
  4. Click the Server Configuration tab.
  5. Click Edit.
  6. Edit the appropriate configuration value. You can only edit the value; you cannot edit a configuration key name.
    Table 1. Configuration key valuesThe default configuration values cannot be deleted.
    Configuration Key Default Configuration Value Description
    docshare.conversion.include pdf, bmp, gif, jpg, jpeg, png, tiff, tif, ods, odp, odt, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, doc, docx, rtf List of file type extensions that can be converted by the Sametime Meeting Server for document sharing. Separate extensions by a comma.
    docshare.fileio.codebase c:\temp\docshare Location of the temporary directory for document sharing used by the Sametime Meeting Server.

    Examples:

    c:\temp\docshare

    or /opt/temp
    docshare.native.codebase c:\Program Files\IBM\Websphere\STMeetingServer\stellent\exporter.exe Location of the executable file for the Sametime Meeting Server document conversion.

    Examples:

    c:\Program Files\IBM\Websphere\STMeetingServer\stellent\exporter.exe

    or/opt/IBM/WebSphere/STMeetingServer/stellent/exporter
    docshare.remote.url Blank. URL to a remote Sametime Meeting Server for document conversion. Leave blank for local conversion.

    Example:

    http://hostname.domain.com/DocumentShare/docshare
  7. Click OK.

Results

Configuration changes immediately take effect.