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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.
Configuring a Sametime® Proxy Server
Configure connection settings to enable the IBM® Sametime® Proxy Server to communicate with other servers in the deployment.
Configuring the photo cache
Configure the IBM® Sametime® Proxy Server to provide access to business card photos for collaboration components that use livenames, such as the Sametime Meeting Room client and IBM iNotes® with Sametime integration.

Configuring the photo cache

Configure the IBM® Sametime® Proxy Server to provide access to business card photos for collaboration components that use livenames, such as the Sametime Meeting Room client and IBM iNotes® with Sametime integration.

About this task

If you configure business cards with photos, add the photo cache information to the Sametime Proxy Server's stproxyconfig.xml file so that the photos can be access through the livenanmes feature.

Procedure

As a best practice, back up the stproxyconfig.xml file stored in the following location on Deployment Manager:

wasroot/AppServer/profiles/dmgr_profile/config/cells/cell_name/nodes/node_name/servers/STProxyServer/stproxyconfig.xml

Open the stproxyconfig.xml file for editing.

Add a <photoCache> section that enables the use of the photo cache and provides the URL and path to its location.

Example:

<photoCache>
       <enabled>true</enabled>
       <storageLocation>d:\ibm\photocache</storageLocation>
       <cacheExpiry>10</cacheExpiry>
       <proxyServerURL>http://webchat.example.com</proxyServerURL>   
</photoCache>

In the <proxyServerURL>, provide the fully qualified domain name of the Sametime Proxy Server.

Save and close the file.
Synchronize all nodes using the Full Resynchronize option.
Restart the Sametime Proxy Server.