The Live Update feature enables the Sametime®
Connect client to automatically receive updates.
Before you begin
Configure an HTTP server which can be accessed by all IBM®
Sametime Connect clients. The Live Update feature is not
available for Embedded clients (running in IBM Notes).
About this task
Configuring the Live Update feature requires you to modify Sametime policies. For information about policies, see Creating policies to control user access to features.
Procedure
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Download the Live Update package
sametime.standard.all_201xxxxx-xxxx.tar
from the client
installation package.
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Extract the downloaded package.
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Create a
metadata.xml
file and save it in the same directory that contains the
extracted package.
The following example shows the content of a metadata.xml
file.
<Metadata>
<build id="9.0.1.20151124-1547" name="sametime.standard.all_20151124-1547" size="424" timestamp="20151023" expiretime="20160610">
<description>this build has all features that support mac windowns and linux, version is sametime.standard.all_2015124-1547</description>
</build>
</Metadata>
Note: In the metadata.xml
file, ensure that the value of the build
id
is the same as the name of the folder where the file is stored.
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Configure an Instant Messaging policy and specify a value for the
Sametime update site URL
setting. The URL is the site where the client will search
for a the metadata.xml
file for a new live update.
For example, if the URL is set to http://example.com/updates
, the client looks
for http://example.com/updates/metadata.xml and if a new version of the file
exists the client starts the live update.
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If there is a new Live Update package, extract the package and then update the
metadata.xml
file to add a new build entry.