Instant Messaging Installation and Uninstallation Notes

This section contains important information about installing and uninstalling Instant Messaging.

• (Linux Only, Issue Number: 6518514) If you are upgrading Instant Messaging from a previous version, you must apply the sun-im-ident-7.2–24 patch before applying the sun-im-install-7.2–24 patch. Otherwise, upgrade may fail.

• (Issue Number: 6361796) If you perform a patchrm on the Instant Messaging installation, all customizations to the client resources will be lost. Ensure that you back up client resources before performing this action.

• (Issue Number: 6473540) On Solaris, if you upgrade from Sun Java System Instant Messaging 7 2005Q4 to 7.2, then rollback to the 2005Q4 release, and then run the configure utility, configure fails with errors, but the rollback is successful.

• If you are using Access Manager with Instant Messaging you need to install the “Legacy (version 6 style)” Access Manager using the Java Enterprise System installer. This version of Instant Messaging is not compatible with the “Realm (version 7 style)” Access Manager.

  If you choose to use Sun Java System Access Manager to store policies when configuring Instant Messaging, policies like the following are created:

  • Ability to administer Instant Messaging and Presence Services

  • Ability to change your own Instant Messaging settings

  • Ability to manage Instant Messaging Conference Rooms

• The Instant Messaging Installation Guide has been discontinued. If you are installing Instant Messaging 7.2 for the first time, see the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX for installation instructions. If you are upgrading from a previous version of Instant Messaging, see the Sun Java Enterprise System 2006Q3 Upgrade Guide.