Document Outline

• Contents
• About this release
  • New in this release
    • New features in IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1
  • Backward compatibility
    • Buddy list synchronization between 7.5.1 and pre-7.5 clients
  • Product compatibility
    • Installing Sametime 7.5.1 integration with Microsoft Office
    • Sametime 7.5.1 integration with Microsoft Office
    • Limitations using Macintosh OS X
    • Spell checker overview
• Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information
  • Hardware requirements
    • Hardware requirements for Sametime 7.5.1
    • Hardware requirements for Sametime 7.5.1 Mobile
    • Video Chat: Supported PC Cameras and WebCams
  • Software requirements
    • IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Connect client software requirements
    • IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Meetings requirements
    • IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Server software requirements
    • Sametime Client for Macintosh: Additional Java requirements
  • Installation notes
    • Silent Install configuration
    • Installing the Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Software Development Kit
    • Pre-installation steps for Linux Sametime Server 7.5.1
    • Linux Sametime Server 7.5.1 installation on VMWare
    • Installing Sametime Conversion Services
    • Operating System Single Sign-On feature installation
    • Installing additional Spell Checker dictionaries
    • Registry entry for Sametime installation directory
  • Upgrade notes
    • Conversion Services upgrade required
    • Migrating privacy data after upgrading the server
  • Configuration notes
    • Launching and configuring the Sametime Connect 7.5.1 client
    • Connecting to a Sametime server using a reverse proxy server
    • Configuring Sametime to work behind WebSEAL reverse proxy
    • Sametime Administrator needs to be in LDAP for policies to work
    • Sametime Connect and HTTPS connections on port 443 or 563
    • Windows DEP process causes launch error
    • Adjusting the logging level in sametime .properties
    • Allow only one chat client connection per IP address
    • Case-sensitivity for the client
    • Case insensitive ID compare
    • Collecting Resolve statistics
    • Configurable preferred log-in list
    • Conversion Services on Windows Sametime servers
    • Disabling partial search for users or public groups
    • Force users to connect through home cluster
    • Multiple Community considerations
    • New UNIX config values not always propagated by single restart
    • Notifying a user when a messaging partner closes the chat window
    • Sametime Connect client file transfer overview
    • Sametime does not provide a virus scanner
    • Sametime Policy for Anonymous user
    • STPolicy exhaustive search through Domino Directory
    • User Consent framework
    • Video Chat: Automatically adjusting bit rate
    • Video Chat: Automatically adjusting send resolution / frame rate
    • Video Chat: CPU Usage
    • Voice chat and Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • Uninstallation information
    • Uninstall on AIX when only Application Server is selected
• Known limitations, problems, and workarounds
  • Limitations
    • Installation issues
      • Sametime Connect for Browsers is not included with Sametime
      • Use only ASCII characters for client installation path
      • Warning dialogs do not handle ')' correctly
    • Client issues
      • Cannot set voice chat audio devices on Macintosh clients
      • Features not available with pre -7.5 server configurations
      • How Policy affects client-to-client telephony
      • Linux: Automatic Reconnect not working
      • Orange frame used as a selection aid is not drawn on Linux
      • Possible Linux sound issues with OSS
      • Running in a hybrid environment with pre -7.5 clients
      • Sametime Connect client accessibility issues
      • Some network connectivity options not available on Linux Connect
      • Voice/video chat doesn't show that participant unmuted himself
    • Contact issues
      • Click-to-call only works with primary community
      • "$" character in business card retrieving data from Domino LDAP
    • Internationalization issues
      • Click To Call may not work correctly for Turkish locale
      • Linux: Date displays incorrectly for Login page
    • Meeting issues
      • Conversion Service failure produces no error message
      • Directory dialogs do not show a user 's online status
      • Dual monitors not supported
      • IME may disappear when XP users share entire screen
      • In meetings, user cannot start chat with 7.5 or earlier user
      • In telephony, Mute may not work as expected
      • Linux: Meeting page may overlap with frame border
      • Password is not case-sensitive using Mozilla with RedHat 3.0
      • Preferences/Status Messages - In a Meeting settings
      • Premiere Global Services audio adapter not supported
      • Set maximum number of days for Web Conferences in Notes .INI
      • Some German characters may not work in shared application
      • StarOffice Calc and Impress files cannot be attached
      • The date/time format in unlisted meeting pages is unlocalized
      • When shared window is obstructed users will see gray
      • Year/Month format is not localized in Calendar dialog
      • "Join the Call" button may take a few moments before enabling
    • Sametime Gateway issues
      • Silent install on i5/OS produces incomplete installation log
      • Emoticons convert to text symbols using Connect and UIM clients
      • External user does not receive status messages
      • Known issues with Sametime Connect and Yahoo ! Messenger
      • Offline messages, Do Not Disturb status not handled correctly
      • Sametime capabilities are limited with external users
      • Sametime Gateway has limited NAT support
      • Sametime servers 3.0, 6.5.1, and 7.0 require a SIP patch
      • XMPP does not support Sametime Gateway clusters
    • Server issues
      • Do not create a Name Change Task with a non -existent file
      • Domino Web Administration does not support Firefox 1.5.x
      • Internet e-mail addresses not supported in LDAP attribute
      • No test or self-signed certificates for HTTPS proxy connections
      • Users appear offline logging into discrete nodes of a cluster
  • Known problems and workarounds
    • Installation issues
      • Sametime setup fails when xACL enabled for Domino Directory
      • Tab order problems in installation program
    • Client issues
      • Acrobat Reader must be installed for some autorun links to work
      • Cannot click-to-call online users who run older Sametime clients
      • Cannot rejoin conference call after hanging up phone
      • Cannot start a call w/user whose policy does not allow telephony
      • Corrupt .oit directory can cause conversions to fail on UNIX
      • Microsoft Office Integration : Re-enable Smart Tag
      • Unable to log in to Sametime from SUSE Linux client
    • Contact issues
      • Call menu item on right-click Person menu loses sub-menu
      • i5/OS: Update Business Card setup after changing to LDAP
      • Preventing errors when UserInfo servlet processes updates
      • Retrieving Photos from Domino 6.5.1 LDAP directory with UserInfo
      • Setting the company name for Domino LDAP
    • Internationalization issues
      • Do not use Japanese characters in client plug -in download path
      • Do not use the Euro symbol in an attachment name
      • Euro symbol may display incorrectly
      • i5/OS: Server fails to start when CCSID incompatible with PASE
      • International characters on slides may not display correctly
      • Linux: Square symbol may appear
      • Macintosh: Client may not show native UI for Norwegian locale
      • Users may see incoherent message when ending a meeting
    • Meeting issues
      • After setting Call Properties , "Join the Call" may be disabled
      • Cannot edit Telephony-based meetings
      • Disk space limits for recorded meetings
      • Do not import a nonexistent recorded meeting file
      • Do not use certain characters in a meeting name
      • Do not use certain characters in a meeting password
      • Do not use certain characters in password for recorded meeting
      • Do not use double quotes in user name
      • Invited Servers - 7.0 to 7.5.x whiteboard pointer discrepancies
      • Linux - Crash when using the IBM JVM 1.4.2 with Firefox
      • Some .SDD files cannot be converted and attached to a meeting
    • Sametime Gateway issues
      • Invalid blacklisted wildcards on Properties page
      • Pre-7.5 Sametime clients are not licensed for use
      • URLs displayed twice
    • Server issues
      • AIX - Domino fails to connect to LDAP server with SSL via DA .nsf
      • Conversion Service and files with wrong extensions
      • On i5/OS (iSeries) some DBCS usernames may not log in correctly
      • Policy Assign Users incorrectly says to select a directory
      • Policy Assign Users pages does not detect Java VM
      • Quick find behavior when Sametime server uses Domino LDAP
      • STPolicy Server Application trace file size decreasing
      • STReflector Service not listed in Admin Services overview list
      • Telephony Services unavailable after upgrading service provider
      • Upgrading to Sametime 7.5.x breaks Avaya Service Provider
      • Workaround available for URL redirection issues when tunneling
• Documentation updates
  • Installing the Sametime server
    • Case insensitive awareness
    • Enabling Telephony support
    • i5/OS: Updates to Installation Guide
  • Administering the Sametime server
    • Client log file overview
    • LTPA token authentication
    • Sametime Connect plug-ins cannot install on locked-down desktop
  • Sametime Connect Client end-user Help
    • Sametime Connect Client end-user Help updates/corrections
  • Sametime Meetings end-user Help
    • Meetings end-user Help updates/corrections
• Notices and Trademarks
  • Where to find notice and license information
  • Notices
  • Trademarks