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Upgrade Central: Planning your upgrade to Lotus Sametime 8.0.x
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| | | Abstract | Lotus software announced the availability of IBM Lotus Sametime version 8.0 in December 2007, version 8.0.1 in April 2008 and version 8.0.2 in December 2008. Lotus Sametime version 8.0 is a major release that contains both defect fixes and new features while versions 8.0.1 are 8.0.2 are scheduled maintenance that contains both defect fixes and new features.
Upgrade Central provides key resources for planning and deploying the next release of your Lotus software. For the latest information about all Lotus software, visit the Upgrade Central Web page at: http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/support/upgradecentral. | | | |  | | | Content |
IBM Lotus Sametime 8.0.x is now available to address issues and provide new features. The following document contains important resources to assist you with your upgrade to Lotus Sametime 8.0.x.
To effectively plan your investment in Lotus Sametime without any breaks in support, please refer to the IBM Software Support Lifecycle page.
Table of contents
- Deciding to upgrade
- Obtaining the upgrade
- Installing the upgrade
- Available fixes
- Post-upgrade
Visit the product marketing page for Lotus Sametime to review features, benefits and offering information, including:
Review product information for Lotus Sametime Advanced 8.0:
Review product information for Lotus Sametime Standard 8.0:
Review product information for Lotus Sametime Entry 8.0:
Review technical material:
Passport Advantage subscribers have the following options:
New customers and customers with no maintenance agreement have these choices:
The following information is available to assist with your installation to Sametime version 8.0:
The following information is available to assist with your upgrade of Sametime version 8.0.1:
The following information is available to assist with your upgrade of Sametime version 8.0.2:
Before deploying Lotus Sametime 8.0 server, IBM strongly recommends that the appropriate fix be applied to the server:
For more information regarding the hotfixes above, refer to the technote titled "Fixes to known stability issues with Sametime 8.0 server" (#1289862).
Before deploying the Lotus Sametime 8.0 connect client, IBM strongly recommends that you install a required fix. For more information, refer to the technote titled "Sametime 8.0 Connect client fix required prior to deployment: Update install.xml" (#1291831).
Additional fixes for Sametime 8.0.x can be found as they become available on Fix Central.
The following resources are available for your assistance:
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| | Software | |
| | Organizational Productivity, Portals & Collaboration | |
| | Real-time & Team Collaboration | |
| | Lotus Sametime | |
| | Install/Configuration | |
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AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
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| Software version: |
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8.0, 8.0.1
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Advanced, Entry, Standard
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| Reference #: |
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1291172
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| | Software Group |
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| Modified date: |
| | 2009-03-10 |
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