Re: Sametime -- DOMINO400

What size iSeries do you currently have (the one that you say is 
"problematic")?

Chris Whisonant
Comporium
Senior Mid-Range Systems Administrator
IBM eServer Certified Systems Expert - iSeries Technical Solutions V5R2
IBM Certified Associate System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 6
803.326.7270 | 803.326.6142 fax

domino400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/03/2004 10:33:25 AM:

> Just catching up on e-mail and thought I would
> through my 2 cents in... 
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> I run Domino on a 400 and a windows box.  I built a 
> second domino on the Windows box (I guess my config
> is unsupported) that is independent of my mail server
> and dropped Sametime on it. My Domino/Sametime 
> server is in the same Domino Domain. We don't use LDAP.
> I would like to, but we are a small shop and have never 
> taken the time to learn how to set it up. 
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> Anyway, Sametime works OK.  Most users do not use it.
> I use it the most for support via the sametime meetings.
> That is truly the god send the application has been for 
> me.  As I expose Sametime to the Internet, it is just so frigen
> great to be able to call a vendor and have them come in 
> and see my screen and help me resolve problems.  For
> the IM part, there were only a couple of people (that I am 
> aware of) the got pissed when I started blocking AOL IM some
> time ago. They now use ST and like it fine. We just don't
> have the whole IM culture.
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> I now will rattle the cage a bit.  Domino on the 400 has been 
> problematic at best. I would not recommend putting Domino
> on the platform. Sametime, no frigen way.   That said, I am 
> not a window$ bigot or even someone who likes NT.  But my
> experience says that Win2K server is an awesome platform for
> running Domino. Rock solid
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> As I am now in the process of replacing WinNT 4  with IBM iSeries
> running Linux, and plan on moving Domino there.
> 
> Bob Terry
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> We went the option 2 route and has worked well so far in a small 
> environment.
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> We use the IM part of Sametime extensively, the Meeting part 
infrequently 
> although when we have used the remote screen capture capability it has 
> saved us much time/effort in remote troubleshooting.
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> Gotchas ???   Make sure LDAP is running OK before setting up Sametime. 
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> accessing remotely, numerous firewall ports that need to be opened.
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> Bob
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> We are exploring the use of Sametime and have a few questions. We 
> currently
> have a Domino server, version 6.5.2 on an I-Series. Which of the three
> methods did you use to implement:
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> ? Set up a new Domino server in a new Domino domain (*FIRST), and add
> Sametime to that server.
> ? Add an additional Domino server to an existing Domino domain (*ADD), 
and
> add Sametime to that server.
> ? Add Sametime to an existing production Domino server.
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> >From reading the Sametime install guide, option 3 is not a good choice.
> Option 2 sounds like what we would explore.  Keeping maintenance to a
> minimum is a big factor in our choice.
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> Any advice for getting Sametime up & running? Any "gotchas" on 
installing
> the product?  Do your users like Samtime or is it not used very often?
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> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Steve Jones
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