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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.
Deploying instant messaging
Instant messaging features are provided primarily by the IBM® Sametime® Community Server, which supports presence, text chats, and two-way phone calls.
Installing Sametime® Proxy Server
The IBM® Sametime® Proxy Server enables browser-based clients to participate in Sametime instant messaging and online meetings. In addition, the Sametime Proxy Server works with Sametime Community Server or IBM Connections to enable the business card feature in Sametime, and with Sametime Unified Telephony or other TCSPI-enabled products to enable the Sametime click-to-call feature. The Sametime Proxy Server also provides live names awareness and can replace the Links Toolkit used in earlier releases of Sametime. Read the system requirements to ensure that you know the minimum supported software requirements.
Deploying Sametime® Proxy Server
The IBM® Sametime® Proxy Server enables browser-based clients to participate in Sametime instant messaging and online meetings. In addition, the Sametime Proxy Server works with Sametime Community Server or Connections to enable the business card feature in Sametime, and with Sametime Unified Telephony or other TCSPI-enabled products to enable the Sametime click-to-call feature. The Sametime Proxy Server also provides live names awareness, and replaces the Links Toolkit used in earlier releases of Sametime. Read the system requirements to ensure that you know the minimum supported software requirements.
Creating a database for the Sametime® Proxy Server
Before installing the IBM® Sametime® Proxy Server, create a database to store its data.

Creating a database for the Sametime Proxy Server

Before installing the IBM® Sametime® Proxy Server, create a database to store its data.

Procedure

On the DB2® server, log in as the DB2 administrator.
Find the software packages you plan to download.
Download the packages.
Extract the packages.
Open a command window and navigate to the directory where you extracted the SametimeProxyServer installation package.
This package contains a script for creating the Sametime Proxy Server database.
Navigate to the DatabaseScripts\ProxyServer subdirectory. For AIX® or Linux™, locate createProxyDb.sh, or for Windows™, locate createProxyDb.bat.
Create the database by entering one of the following commands. Wait until you see confirmation that the database has been created and the command has finished.
- AIX or Linux
```
./createProxyDb.sh STPS DB2_admin_username 
```
- Windows
```
createProxyDb.bat STPS DB2_admin_username 
```
When naming DB2 objects, follow the rules for your operating system.
where:
- STPS is the name of the database. When naming DB2 objects, follow the rules for your operating system.
- DB2_admin_username and DB2_admin_password are the DB2 administrator account credentials.
Wait until you see confirmation that the database has been created and the command has finished.
Start the DB2 command line window by running the following command:
- AIX or Linux: db2
- Windows: db2cmd
Verify that the new database was created by entering the following command:
db2 connect to STPS
where STPS represents the name of the database you created. Verify that you can connect to the database.
Close the DB2 command window.