Guided activity: Install Sametime Media Manager

This guided activity takes you through the steps of creating deployment plans, which collect information that pre-populates installation screens for IBM® Sametime® Media Manager servers.

Before you begin

If you are using this guided activity to install Sametime 8.5.2, you must follow the version 8.5.2 documentation in the Sametime wiki to ensure that the instructions are correct for your deployment.

The following servers must be installed and running:

  • LDAP server
  • Sametime Community Server
Tip: Find the most up-to-date help, and translated versions of the help, in the product documentation published on IBM Knowledge Center.

About this task

Follow these steps to create a deployment plan on the Sametime System Console. The deployment plan stores configuration settings that are used when you run the installation program for Sametime Media Manager servers. Depending on the options you select, some steps may not be needed and you will be instructed to skip those steps.

Important: Create the deployment plans for all of the Media Manager components before installing any. The sequence for creating deployment plans depends on your Media Manager topology:
  • Separate SIP Proxy/Registrar and Conference Manager components:
    1. SIP Proxy/Registrar
    2. Video Manager
    3. Conference Manager
    4. Video MCU
  • Combined SIP Proxy/Registrar and Conference Manager on one computer:
    1. Video Manager
    2. Combined SIP Proxy/Registrar and Conference Manager ("PR+CF" option)
    3. Video MCU

You must install the components in the same sequence that you created the deployment plans.

Procedure

  1. Plan a product installation.

    In the Install Sametime Media Manager guided activity, click Create a New Deployment Plan, and then click Next.

  2. Deployment Name.

    Type a name for the deployment plan, and then click Next. The name should be unique and descriptive. It is helpful to include the product and node type, such as stMediaProxReg_primary. The name can be up to 256 characters in length, is not case sensitive, and can include special characters as well as spaces.

  3. Deployment Product Version Selection.

    Select the product version you want to install, and then click Next.

  4. Media Manager Feature Installation.

    Select a Media Manager component to install, and then click Next. You must create deployment plans in the following sequence:

    1. Install Proxy/Registrar: If you plan to install a SIP Proxy/Registrar on its own computer, create this deployment plan first. If you plan to cluster the SIP Proxy/Registrar, it cannot share a computer with the Conference Manager and you must use this option for your first deployment plan.

    2. Install Video Manager: If you plan to install a Video Manager, create this deployment plan after you have created the Install Proxy/Registrar deployment plan.

    3. Install PR + CF: If you plan to install both the SIP Proxy/Registrar and the Conference Manager on the same computer, create this deployment plan after you have created the Video Manager deployment plan. If you plan to cluster the SIP Proxy/Registrar, it cannot share a computer with the Conference Manager and you must use the Install Proxy/Registrar option instead.

    4. Install Conference Manager: If you plan to install a Conference Manager on its own computer, create this deployment plan after you have created the Video Manager deployment plan. If you plan to cluster the Conference Manager, it cannot share a computer with the SIP Proxy/Registrar.

    5. Install Video MCU: If you plan to install a Video MCU, create this deployment plan last.

  5. Choose the configuration type.

    If you are installing a Video MCU or a Video Manager, skip this step.

    Select a configuration profile for this installation, and then click Next:

    • Select Primary Node to install the first instance of the selected Media Manager component.

    • Select Secondary Node to install an additional instance of a Media Manager component so that it can be clustered with a primary node.

      This profile is only available for components that can be clustered.

    • Select Cell to install a dedicated deployment manager with a federated primary node on the same computer.

  6. Node Federation at Install Time.

    If you are installing a Video MCU or a Video Manager, or if you are installing a cell profile, skip this step.

    Select the Sametime System Console (or other deployment manager) that will manage the new node, and then click Next to federate the node to that deployment manager.

  7. WebSphere® Profile Settings.

    If you are installing the Sametime Video MCU, skip this step and proceed to step 8.

    Provide the profile settings and then click Next:

    1. In the Host Name field, type the fully qualified host name of the server where you will be installing the new Sametime Media Manager server.
    2. In the User ID field, type a new user name that will be used as the WebSphere Application Server administrator.

      Note that the MCU is not a Websphere process but must have a username and password created for it. This user name must not already exist in the LDAP directory and must not include spaces.

    3. In the Password field, type a password for the administrator account.
      Restriction: Video Manager only: If you use Admin as the user name, you must use admin as the password.
    4. In the Confirm Password field, type the password a second time to confirm it.
  8. Connect to an LDAP Server.

    If you are installing any component or profile other than a Proxy/Registrar cell, skip this step.

    Select the LDAP server used by your Sametime deployment, and then click Next.

  9. Connect to Community Server.

    If you are installing a Proxy/Registrar, a Video MCU, or a Video Manager, skip this step.

    Select the Sametime Community Server that this new server will connect to, and then click Next.

  10. Install Sametime Video Manager.

    If you are installing a Proxy/Registrar, a Video MCU, or a Video Manager, skip this step.

    Indicate whether your deployment will include a Sametime Video Manager component, and then click Next:

    • Select Do not add a Sametime Video Manager if you are deploying the Sametime Communicate offering, which does not does not support video conferences.

    • Select Add a Sametime Video Manager if you are deploying either the Sametime Conference or the Sametime Complete offering, which support video conferences.

  11. Connect to a SIP and Proxy Registrar Server.

    If you are installing a combined Proxy/Registrar and Conference Manager (PR+CF), a Proxy/Registrar, a Video MCU, or a Video Manager, skip this step.

    Select the Proxy/Registrar server that this Conference Manager will connect to, and then click Next.

  12. Deployment Summary.

    Review the summary screen, and then click Finish.

    The deployment plan is ready to be used for the Media Manager component installation.

    Repeat this guided activity for each type of Media Manager component before starting any installations.