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About This Guide

Who Should Read This Book
What You Need to Know
How This Book is Organized
Conventions Use in This Manual

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Chapter 1 Preparing for Installing iPlanet Instant Messaging Server

iPlanet Instant Messaging Server Installation Overview

Installing iPlanet Instant Messaging Server with iPlanet Portal Server
Installing iPlanet Instant Messaging Server as a Standalone Server
Installing iPlanet Instant Messaging Server on Solaris

iPlanet Portal Server System Requirements
iPlanet Instant Messaging Server System Requirements
iPlanet Instant Messaging Server Installation Privileges
Gathering Your Installation Information

Installation Checklist

Installing and Configuring an LDAP Server

Directory Considerations for Both Standalone and Portal Configurations
Directory Considerations for iPlanet Portal Server

Installing and Configuring a Web Server
Installing and Configuring a Messaging Server
Installing iPlanet Delegated Administrator
Installation Options Overview for iPlanet Instant Messaging Server

Performing a Fresh Installation
Reinstalling Over an Existing Installation
Upgrading to a New Version of the Software

Chapter 2 Installing iPlanet Instant Messaging Server on Solaris

Installation Scenarios on Solaris

Using Separate Hosts for iPlanet Instant Messaging Server and iPlanet Portal Server Overview

Using the Graphical Interface Installation on Solaris
Using the Command-Line Installation on Solaris
Post-Installation Steps for Solaris

Post-Installation Steps for Both Portal and Standalone Installations
Post-Installation Steps for Portal Installations

Chapter 3 Installing iPlanet Instant Messaging Server on Windows NT

Using the Graphical Interface Installation on Windows NT
Using the Command-Line Installation on Windows NT
Post-Installation Steps for Windows NT

Chapter 4 Configuring iPlanet Instant Messenger

iPlanet Instant Messenger Launch Overview

Launching iPlanet Instant Messenger from Java Plug-in
Launching iPlanet Instant Messenger from Java Web Start
Launching iPlanet Instant Messenger from iPlanet Portal Server

Requirements to Run iPlanet Instant Messenger
iPlanet Instant Messenger Launch Methods

Windows Launch: Java Web Start vs. Java Plug-in

Configuring a Windows Client with Java Web Start
Configuring a Windows Client with the Java Plug-in
Configuring a Solaris Client with Java Web Start
Invoking iPlanet Instant Messenger
Removing iPlanet Instant Messenger

To Remove iPlanet Instant Messenger from Windows (Java Web Start)
To Remove iPlanet Instant Messenger from Windows (Java Plug-in)
To Remove iPlanet Instant Messenger from Solaris

Uninstalling Java Web Start or Java Runtime Environment

To Uninstall Java Web Start or Java Runtime Environment on Windows
To Uninstall Java Web Start on Solaris
To Uninstall Java Runtime Environment on Solaris

Troubleshooting iPlanet Instant Messenger Problems

Appendix A Uninstalling iPlanet Instant Messaging Server

Uninstalling iPlanet Instant Messaging Server on Solaris
Uninstalling the iPlanet Instant Messaging Server on Windows NT

Appendix B Upgrading iPlanet Instant Messaging Server

Overview of Upgrading

Upgrade vs. Reinstall Considerations
.new Files

Protecting Your Files
Upgrading from iPlanet Instant Messaging Server Beta Refresh to Release 3.0

To Upgrade iPlanet Instant Messaging Server

Post-Upgrade

Glossary