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Welcome to the HCL Sametime® 11.5 administration documentation
Administering
This section provides information on administering HCL Sametime 11.5 environments.
Meeting Server Configuration Files
Meeting servers are deployed on Docker or Kubernetes. Review the appropriate section for your deployment.
Community server configuration files
This topic describes the primary configuration files on a Community Server. It is beneficial to retain a backup copy of these files once the server configuration is complete.

Welcome to the HCL Sametime® 11.5 administration documentation
- Accessibility features for Sametime
  Accessibility features help users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully. HCL® strives to provide products with usable access for everyone.
- What's new in HCL Sametime
  This section describes what's new in HCL Sametime® 11.5 and Sametime® Meetings 11.5.
- Checklist to deploy Sametime
  This section provides information on reviewing the checklist to deploy the Sametime clients.
- Planning
  This section describes the system requirements and server configurations needed for HCL Sametime 11.5.
- Installing
  This section provides information on installing and configuring the servers for HCL Sametime 11.5.
- Configuring
  This section provides information on configuring the servers for HCL Sametime 11.5.
- Securing
  This section provides information on securing HCL Sametime 11.5 environments.
- Administering
  This section provides information on administering HCL Sametime 11.5 environments.
  - Managing Sametime clients
    This section provides information on managing HCL Sametime clients.
  - Starting and stopping servers
    This section provides information on starting and stopping HCL Sametime 11.5 servers.
  - Managing policies
    Sametime policies allows administrators to control user access to features.
  - Meeting Server Configuration Files
    Meeting servers are deployed on Docker or Kubernetes. Review the appropriate section for your deployment.
    - Community server configuration files
      This topic describes the primary configuration files on a Community Server. It is beneficial to retain a backup copy of these files once the server configuration is complete.
    - Proxy server configuration files
      This topic describes the primary configuration files on a Sametime Proxy Server. It is beneficial to retain a backup copy of these files once the server configuration is complete.
    - MongoDB configuration files
  - Adding additional Sametime administrators
    Sametime Community server is installed on top of a Domino server. There are some administration and installation tasks that must be performed using the HCL Notes Client or HCL Notes Administrator client.
  - Enabling multi-tenancy on the Sametime Community Server
    Multi-tenancy allows multiple organizations to be part of the HCL Sametime® community. With multi-tenancy, Sametime users can chat, add users and groups to contact lists, and have awareness of users in their organization or in other organizations that are configured to be visible to them.
  - MongoDB
    This section provides information relating to administering MongoDB.
  - Disabling persistent chat and MongoDB requirements
    HCL Sametime 11.5 deploys with persistent chat enabled which requires MongoDB. It is possible to remove the MongoDB requirement if persistent chat and chat logging is disabled.
  - Managing Sametime Meetings
    This topic explains the features you can enable or disable for meetings. Currently, the settings that you can change are global settings that apply to the entire server. User policies cannot control the settings.
- Troubleshooting
  Troubleshooting and Support
- Migrating and Upgrading
  This section provides information on migrating and upgrading from an earlier Sametime release.
- Notices

Community server configuration files

This topic describes the primary configuration files on a Community Server. It is beneficial to retain a backup copy of these files once the server configuration is complete.

stconfig.nsf:

This is an HCL Notes database that must be accessed using the HCL Notes or Administrator client.
This file is located in the Domino\Data directory on Windows and in /local/notesdata on Linux.

sametime.ini:

This file is used to configure and tune Community server applications.
This file is a sectioned configuration file. The sections are noted in square brackets, for example [Config]. Sametime.ini settings must be located in the correct section, otherwise they will not take effect.
Do not duplicate section names or parameters.
Do not use illegal xml characters.
This file is located in the Domino program directory on Windows, and in /local/notesdata on Linux.

chatlogging.ini

This file is used to configure persistent chat logging.
This file is located in the Domino program directory on Windows, and in /local/notesdata on Linux.

notes.ini

This file is used to configure, tune and secure the Domino server that is utilized by the Sametime Community Server.
This file is located in the Domino program directory on Windows, and in /local/notesdata on Linux.

UserInfoConfig.xml

This file is used to configure business cards.
Be sure to follow XML syntax rules.
UserInfoConfig.xml is located in the Domino program directory on Windows and in /local/notesdata on Linux.

policies.user.xml

This file is used to configure policies for end users.
XML syntax rules apply.
policies.user.xml is located in the Domino program directory on Windows and in /local/notesdata on Linux.

Existing Sametime environment settings (LDAP tuning, for example) can be migrated to new Sametime 11 servers.

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