Instant Messenger

Recommended Information Gathering for Instant Messaging Issues

When contacting Sun Support to obtain assistance with an Instant Messaging issue, it is necessary to provide a detailed problem description and a minimum set of required data - directly below are some guidelines on these topics. It will also often be necessary to collect additional data which is more specific to the problem - recommendations for which will follow below.

Problem description

The problem description should be as detailed as possible and should try to address all of the following points:

  • problem symptoms
  • always reproducible?
  • when did the problem start?
  • any changes that coincided with problem start (patches, config, load, etc)?
  • how frequently is the issue seen?

Required Data

These are the IM specific files that should be gathered:

Default location: /var/opt/SUNWiim/default/log
xmpp.log
mux.log

Default location: /opt/SUNWiim/config
httpbind.conf
httpbind_log4j.conf
iim.conf
log4j.conf
registration.properties

Version information: 'imadmin version' (/opt/SUNWiim/sbin)
Services Deployed: 'iwadmin list' (/opt/SUNWiim/sbin)

When deployed with Convergence or using the HTTP Bind gateway, the web server/app server access/error logs will be requested also.

When utilizing the Java Web Start IM client, the 'im.jnlp' shoud be provided as well.

Enter labels to add to this page:
Please wait 
Looking for a label? Just start typing.

Sign up or Log in to add a comment or watch this page.


The individuals who post here are part of the extended Sun Microsystems community and they might not be employed or in any way formally affiliated with Sun Microsystems. The opinions expressed here are their own, are not necessarily reviewed in advance by anyone but the individual authors, and neither Sun nor any other party necessarily agrees with them.

Copyright 1994-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Powered by Atlassian Confluence
Sun Guidelines on Public Discourse Privacy Policy Terms of Use Trademarks Site Map Employment Investor Relations Contact