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Deploying
IBM® Sametime® consists of a variety of servers and clients, and can be deployed to suit many different environments. The deployment instructions are organized by feature set, beginning with the minimum components that are necessary to support instant messaging, and then expanding the deployment to include features such as audio and video support, and conferencing.
Clustering servers for high availability and failover
You can provide failover and load balancing in your deployment by creating a cluster of multiple IBM® Sametime® servers of the same type. All Sametime servers can be clustered except for the Sametime System Console, and the Video MCU and TURN Server components of the Sametime Media Manager.
Clustering Sametime® Proxy Servers
Configuring a cluster of IBM® Sametime® Proxy Servers involves several tasks, including synchronizing system clocks, configuring the cluster settings, and optionally deploying an IBM Load Balancer in front of the cluster.
Setting up load balancing for clustered Sametime® Proxy Servers
Install a load balancer in front of a cluster of IBM® Sametime® servers to distribute connections among the servers.

Setting up load balancing for clustered Sametime Proxy Servers

Install a load balancer in front of a cluster of IBM® Sametime® servers to distribute connections among the servers.

About this task

The WebSphere® Network Deployment package available for use with Sametime includes IBM Load Balancer, which you can install as described in Installing IBM Load Balancer.