Get instant activity data from your Sametime server

Bret Swedeen, system tools developer, IBM Global Services



from THE VIEW, July/August 2006, Volume 12, Issue 4


Sametime administrators, discover how to get real-time Sametime activity data that helps you understand Instant Messaging (IM) usage patterns and recognize when disaster looms in time to take steps to prevent it. Picking your way through the Sametime log is time consuming and can’t reveal the current state of your IM environment. In this article, learn to use the powerful but little-known StAdminAct.exe tool to get accurate totals for connections, connected users, active one-to-one and group chats, and active places. You also get techniques for embedding this tool in a simple Web page or using it with the Perl scripting language in a more advanced presentation. All of the code examples are available for download at THE VIEW Web site.



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Sametime Sample Code.doc