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IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Release Notes
Installing Sametime Conversion Services
Sametime Conversion Services is a feature that takes files of various formats (slides, images, documents,
etc.) and provides a bitmap rendering, so they can be shared in a meeting as slides. Sametime
Conversion Services has been enhanced to provide more faithful rendering of slides. The same
technology is used for all Sametime servers, regardless of the platform used for your Sametime server.
For Sametime 7.5.1. there are two choices for running Sametime Conversion Services:
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As a stand-alone Windows service on a separate Windows system (remote conversion server)
If you plan to make significant use of Sametime Conversion Services, this option is preferred. It
provides more faithful rendering of the slides for non-Windows Sametime servers. However, even for
Windows Sametime servers, remote conversion has the advantage of offloading the work associated
with file conversion from the Sametime server.
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As an integrated function of your Sametime server (integrated conversion services)
This capability is now available for all supported Sametime server platforms. It was previously
available only for Windows Sametime servers. However, integrated conversion services on
non-Windows Sametime servers will typically not produce slides with the same level of quality as a
remote conversion server.
In order to use a remote conversion server, you must install Sametime Conversion Services on a
Windows system from the Sametime Components CD. The Sametime server must also be configured to
connect to the Windows system.
When you install Sametime 7.5.x on AIX, Linux, or Solaris, you are prompted to provide connection
information for the system where you plan to run conversion services. For i5/OS, connection information
parameters are available on the command for adding Sametime to a Domino server (ADDLSTDOM).
If you prefer, you can manually configure the conversion services information at a later time.
Detailed information about setting up Sametime 7.5.1 Conversion Services are included in the
"Configuring Meeting Services" section of the Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 Information Center. (In releases prior
to Sametime 7.5, this information was provided in a separate guide.)
Sametime
Operating System Single Sign-On feature installation
The Operating System Single Sign-On feature allows Sametime Connect to retrieve the Windows
operating system password which can be used to log into Sametime. Once the feature is installed, the
option to "Use my operating system password" is available in the Sametime login dialog.
This feature is for Windows clients only. It is delivered on the Sametime Connect 7.5.1 CD and is also
included in the Sametime Connect Web download for Windows. See the readme file included with CD or
download for more information.
The installation of this feature requires the following:
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Administrator rights
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Installation of the SSO feature
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Installation of a Windows service to retrieve the OS password
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Reboot of the workstation when the installation is complete
IMPORTANT Operating system SSO is an optional feature that poses additional security risks. The
operating system SSO feature installs a Windows Service which allows Sametime client plugins to access
the OS credentials. Do not use and distribute this optional feature unless you understand and accept
these additional security risks.
The OS Single Sign-On feature is packaged as an update site, including the necessary features and
plugins directories, along with a site.xml file. The feature can either be added to an existing update site or
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