Pushing updates to installed clients automatically

Administrators can push a uniform set of updates and features to all clients automatically each time users log in to Sametime®. This distribution method is supported for all features except the Sametime Office Integration for Microsoft™ Office features and patches.

Before you begin

Set up required update sites and make a note of their URLs.
Note: This function is for updating specific parts of the client software such as feature plug-ins, and cannot be used to update the entire client program. For updating the entire client, use the stand-alone installation program.

About this task

Follow these steps to add the update sites to the Sametime update site URL policy for Instant Messaging on each of your Sametime servers.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Sametime System Console, open that server's Integrated Solutions Console, select Sametime System Console, and then click Manage Policies > Instant Messaging.
  2. Locate the "Sametime update site URL" setting in the Instant Messaging section of the policy.
  3. Specify one or more URLs for update sites where you will post required updates. Separate multiple URLs with semi-colons or commas.
  4. Repeat these steps on each server.

Results

When the user logs in, the client checks the Sametime update site URL setting for the appropriate policy on the default Sametime server. The client connects to the specified update site and silently downloads all updated features it finds and installs them. The client then prompts the user to restart the client after the updates are installed. The user can delay the restart for five minutes or continue to delay every five minutes until it is convenient to restart. After the restart, the client checks again to see if there are more updates, and if it finds none, the user is not interrupted again. This update process takes place each time the user restarts his client and logs in.
Note: If the URL has not been specified or the setting is not found, the client will search the preferences.ini file located in the update plugin (com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.update\preferences.ini) root directory for the adminUpdatePolicyURL value.