Preface

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for administrators who need to deploy and monitor the Web Conferencing option of Oracle Real-Time Collaboration. The Administrator's Guide is not intended for end users.

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Structure

This document consists of the following chapters:

Chapter 1 Introduction to Oracle Web Conferencing

This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle Web Conferencing product.

Chapter 2 Understanding Oracle Web Conferencing

This chapter explains Oracle Web Conferencing concepts, including terms and definitions, architecture, processes, conference runtime flow, ports, and clusters.

Chapter 3 Planning for Deployment

This chapter discusses factors to consider when deploying Oracle Web Conferencing. The issues range from sizing guidelines to firewall issues to topology considerations for an enterprise that is geographically distributed.

Chapter 4 Post-Installation

This chapter discusses mandatory post-installation steps required to make Oracle Web Conferencing completely functional in the selected deployment configuration.

Chapter 5 Configuration

This chapter explains how to configure: application pages, usage reports, ports and network connectivity, logging, e-mail, Oracle Real-Time Collaboration clusters, conference runtime characteristics, Document and Voice Conversion Servers, monitoring, user privileges.

Chapter 6 Sample Deployments

This chapter discusses some sample deployment scenarios, ranging from a basic deployment to a sophisticated one spanning multiple geographical regions. It also explains how to configure these deployments.

Chapter 7 Monitoring

This chapter describes how Oracle Web Conferencing components are monitored to provide quality of service for conferences and continuous availability for conference service.

Chapter 8 Reports

This chapter explains the usage, feedback, and uptime reports.

Chapter 9 Web Conferencing Sites

This chapter explains Oracle Web Conferencing sites.

Chapter 10 imtctl Command Line Utility

This chapter explains the imtctl utility, which provides a command-line interface for administering and configuring the Oracle Real-Time Collaboration system.

Chapter 11 Troubleshooting

This chapter provides a URL where you can get the most up-to-date troubleshooting information.

Glossary

This manual contains a glossary. Terms that are explained in the glossary appear in bold in the text.

Appendix A Time Zones

This appendix contains a list of supported time zones.

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.
. . .	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted.
boldface text	Boldface type in text indicates a term defined in the text, the glossary, or in both locations.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.