Configuring the Sametime Meeting Server for document conversion on IBM i

Follow these steps to configure document conversion technology on an IBM® i server. A separate remote IBM Sametime® Meeting Server can be deployed specifically for document conversion and can run on Microsoft Windows™ or any other supported operating system.

Before you begin

The following products must be installed in order to run conversion services on IBM i:
  • Portable Application Solutions Environment (PASE), 5722SS1, 5761SS1, or 5770SS1, option 33
  • OS/400® - Additional Fonts, 5722SS1, 5761SS1, or 5770SS1, option 43

Procedure

Make the following changes on the Sametime Meeting Server that you installed with the Document Conversion configuration role.
  1. The number set in the DISPLAY environment variable must match the number used in the command to start the XVFB server in the next step.
    ADDENVVAR ENVVAR(DISPLAY) VALUE('localhost:10') LEVEL(*SYS) REPLACE(*YES) 
    ADDENVVAR ENVVAR(LIBPATH) VALUE('/qibm/proddata/websphere/appserver/
    STMeetingsServer/stellent') LEVEL(*SYS) REPLACE(*YES) 
    ADDENVVAR ENVVAR(PATH) VALUE('/usr/bin:.:/QOpenSys/usr/bin:/qibm/proddata/
    websphere/appserver/STMeetingsServer/stellent') LEVEL(*SYS) REPLACE(*YES) 
  2. The X Virtual Frame Buffer is used in the file conversion process. It must be running for file conversions to take place. From an IBM i command line, run the following command.
    This example was formatted for readability; you must enter the command as a single line.
    QSYS/SBMJOB CMD(QSYS/CALL PGM(QSYS/QP2SHELL) 
    PARM('/usr/bin/X11/X' '-vfb' ':10' '-d' '24')) 
    USER(QEJBSVR) JOB(QSTXVFB10) JOBQ(QSYSNOMAX)  

    This command starts the XVFB on DISPLAY :10

    Note: To check whether the XVFB server is running, use this command: WRKACTJOB JOB(QSTXVFB*).

    The environment variables must be set when the Sametime Meeting Server starts. The XVFB server must be running for file conversions to occur. If the Sametime Meeting Server was already running during this setup, then the Sametime Meeting Server must be restarted before files will be converted.