Guided activity: Install Sametime Advanced Server

Create a deployment plan, which collects information that pre-populates installation screens for the IBM® Sametime® Advanced Server.

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 store a deployment plan on the Sametime System Console to be used when you run the installation program for Sametime Advanced. Depending on the options you select, some steps may not be needed and you will be instructed to skip those steps.

Procedure

  1. Plan a product installation.

    In the Install Sametime Advanced Server 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 stAdv_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. Choose the configuration type.

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

    • Select Primary Node to install the first instance of the selected Sametime Advanced Server.

    • Select Secondary Node to install an additional instance of a Sametime Advanced Server so that it can be clustered with a primary node.

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

  5. Node Federation at Install Time.

    If you are installing a cell profile, skip this step.

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

  6. WebSphere® Profile Settings.

    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 Advanced Server.
    2. In the User Name field, type a new user name that will be used as the WebSphere Application Server administrator.

      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.
    4. In the Confirm Password field, the password a second time to confirm it.
  7. STAdmin credentials

    Provide a user name and password for the chat room administrator account, and then click Next:

    • If you want to re-use the account you created in the previous step, click Use the WebSphere Administrator and leave the remaining fields blank. This enables the server's WebSphere administrator to also function as the chat room administrator.

    • If you want to create a special chat room administrator account, provide a user name and password now. This user must not already appear in the LDAP directory.

  8. Choose a database for this deployment.

    If you are installing a secondary node, skip this step.

    Select the database that you created for the Sametime Advanced Server, and then click Next.

  9. Connect to an LDAP Server.

    If you are installing a primary node or a secondary node, skip this step.

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

  10. Deployment Summary.

    Review the summary screen, and then click Finish.

    The deployment plan is ready to be used for the Sametime Advanced Server installation.