Contents

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Release Coverage
• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Changes in Oracle Beehive Release Notes

• Changes in Oracle Beehive Release Notes: September 8, 2008
• Changes in Oracle Beehive Release Notes: August 25, 2008
• Changes in Oracle Beehive Release Notes: August 11, 2008
• Changes in Oracle Beehive Release Notes: July 7, 2008
• Changes in Oracle Beehive Release Notes: June 10, 2008
• Changes in Oracle Beehive Release Notes: May 27, 2008
• Changes in Oracle Beehive Release Notes: May 14, 2008

2 What's New in Oracle Beehive

• New Features in Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.3)
  • Oracle Beehive Administration Console
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra
  • Starting and Stopping Oracle Beehive Services and Service Instances
  • Upgrade Path and Tools from Oracle Beehive Release 1.2 to Release 1.3
  • Persistent Chat Rooms Through XMPP
  • Delegation
  • User Preferences Page

3 General Notes

• General Limitations and Workarounds
  • Oracle Beehive Does Not Support Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.6)
  • Deploying Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.3) with Oracle Database 11.1.0.6 May Result in Mailstore Access Error
  • Oracle Beehive Does Not Support IBM Tivoli Directory Server

4 Installation and Configuration Notes

• General Installation and Configuration Notes
  • Avoid Trailing Spaces in Enterprise and Organization Names
• Known Limitations and Workarounds with Installation and Configuration
  • Multiple Cloned Instances From Same Clone Tree Not Recommended
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Does Not Automatically Register Oracle Beehive
  • HTTP-based Connections Between Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook and Oracle Beehive DMZ Instances Require Additional Configuration Steps
  • Spaces in Shiphome Image Directory Path Prevent Installer from Launching
  • Installation for Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra May Fail if Oracle Beehive is Configured for TLS with Test Certificates
  • Oracle Beehive Prerequisite Checks Will Fail for Third-Party Sun Solaris Patches
  • Installing Oracle Beehive on Sun Solaris May Fail During Core Configuration
• Known Issues with Installation and Configuration
  • Workflow May Not Function After Installation

5 High Availability Notes

• Known Limitations and Workarounds in High Availability Environments
  • High Availability Deployments Configured to Use SSL May Experience False ONS Notification Errors
  • BEEAPP OC4J Failures May Cause Some XMPP Clients to Experience Delays Upon Reconnection

6 Administration Notes

• General Administration Notes
  • Troubleshooting and Diagnosing Issues with Oracle Beehive
  • Using ESCAPE to Prepend Special Characters When Adding or Removing E-mail Addresses
  • Enterprise Manager Grid Control Documentation
  • Oracle Beehive Administration Console Compability
  • Oracle Beehive Administration Console Recommended for Configuring E-mail Rules
• Known Administration Limitations and Workarounds
  • Oracle LogMiner and the SYSAUX Tablespace
  • Password Change May Result in LDAP Synchronization Account Getting Locked Out
  • Running beectl Commands in Oracle Home as Root User Causes Issues
  • Deleting Archive Logs Prematurely Causes Issues with Search
  • After Oracle Beehive Database Restart, Must Restart Oracle Beehive
  • Error While Shutting Down Oracle Beehive Database
  • Invalid Certificates May Result in Unclear Error Messages
  • Unable to List Users with beectl and the Oracle Beehive Administration Console
  • OPMN Required for Controlling the Oracle Beehive Administration Console's OC4J Instances
  • Date and Time Formats in Oracle Beehive Administration Console May Not Display Correctly in Multi-byte Languages
  • Device Management Tab in Oracle Beehive Administration Console is Blank
  • Restarting Oracle Beehive Application Tier Instances Requires Restart of Oracle Beehive Administration Console OC4J Instances
  • Oracle Beehive Administration Console Does Not Return Users to Login Page After Session Timeouts
  • Simple Search in Oracle Beehive Administration Console Does Not Automatically Handle Strings with Colons (:)
  • Requirements for LDAP Profile Changes Through Oracle Beehive Administration Console
  • Oracle Beehive Administration Console Does Not Provide Interface to Key Virus Scanning Options
• Known Administration Issues
  • modify_user Command Allows Unregistered Properties on User Accounts
  • Running list_properties Command on LDAP Server Displays Certain Invalid Properties
  • Running import_documents Command Multiple Times Creates Empty Files
  • Using the --community Option with the upload_client_application Command May Deprovision Other Applications
  • External Resources Do Not Appear in Oracle Beehive Administration Console
  • Administrators with Resource Manager Privileges May Be Unable to Create Resources in Oracle Beehive Administration Console
  • Attempting to Update Device Type Profile in Oracle Beehive Administration Console May Result in Error
  • E-mail Processing Attribute in Oracle Beehive Administration Console Does Not Function
  • Attempting to Remove Metrics from Oracle Beehive Administration Console Dashboard Results in Error

7 Oracle Beehive Service Notes

• Known Limitations and Workarounds with Oracle Beehive Services
  • IMAP RFC 2086 Not Supported
  • Certain Aspects of Chat Rooms Not Currently Supported
  • Size Limitation for Tasktitle, Initiator, and Approver Fields in Workflow
  • Delegation for Resource Reservations Not Supported
  • Server-side Rules Based on E-mail Subject Field May Fail When Virus Exists
  • Mozilla Lightning Prevents Users from Adding Attendees to Tasks
  • CalDAV Does Not Support Non-ASCII Characters in Credentials
  • Attempts to Download Files Over FTP in Active Mode May Fail
• Known Issues with Oracle Beehive Services
  • Search Requires Recent Archive Logs
  • Workspace Subscription Notifications for Add Member Events Fail if User Names are Greater Than 90 Characters
  • Changes to Tasks Made in Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook Do Not Immediately Appear in Mozilla Lightning
  • Possible Delays When Refreshing Apple iCal Calendar and Scheduling Inboxes
  • Disabled User Accounts are Still Visible to Other Users
  • WebDAV Webfolder Login Fails on Windows XP
  • User Cannot Approve Workflow Tasks if User is Initiator and Approver
  • Records Management Service Recordizes Artifacts Identified as Non-records
  • Mozilla Lightning Users Unable to Dismiss Task and Meeting Alarms
  • Oracle Beehive May Log Warnings Caused by Proprietary Client Extension Packets
  • Brackets in Folders and File Names May Result in Errors for Browser-based WebDAV Operations

8 Oracle Beehive Web Services Notes

• Known Issues with Oracle Beehive Web Services
  • CalendarService Issues
  • DeviceService Issues
  • DiscussionForumService Issues
  • DocumentService Issues
  • FolderService Issues
  • GeneralArtifactService Issues
  • GroupService Issues
  • MembershipService Issues
  • MessageService Issues
  • PreferenceService Issues
  • PresenceService Issues
  • WorkspaceService Issues

9 Coexistence Notes

• General Coexistence Notes
  • Cloning Oracle Beehive Instances with Oracle Collaboration Coexistence Gateway
• Known Limitations and Workarounds with Coexistence
  • Support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Only
  • Support for Microsoft Outlook 2003 Only
  • Task Coexistence Not Supported
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Subfolders Not Supported
• Known Issues with Coexistence
  • Oracle Beehive Unable to Deliver E-mail Messages when Leveraging Microsoft Active Directory Server
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook Meeting Categories Not Propagated
  • Modifying an E-mail Message in Oracle Beehive Creates a New Message in Microsoft Exchange Server
  • Deleted Meetings May Not Get Removed in Microsoft Exchange Server

10 Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook Notes

• General Notes About Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook
  • Accessibility of Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook Users Should Not Launch or Run Microsoft Outlook During the Upgrade to Oracle Beehive 1.3
• Known Limitations and Workarounds with Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook
  • Rich Text Formatting Not Supported in Description Fields for Contacts, Appointments, Meetings, and Tasks
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook Does Not Support Delegation
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook Does Not Support Windows Vista Search Service
  • Discrepancies Between Certificates on Server and Client Computers Will Cause Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook Installations to Fail
• Known Issues with Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook
  • Accepted On Date of Assigned Task Not Shown
  • Data Loss Possible when Moving Calendar, Task, or Contact Data to Team Workspaces Without Permission
  • Tasks Cannot Be Assigned to Team Workspaces
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook Menus May Be Unavailable If Oracle Connector for Outlook Previously Installed
  • Windows Vista Users Unable to Check for Updates for Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook
  • Delegated User With No Privileges to Granter's Inbox Can Still Send Email on Granter's Behalf
  • Oracle Beehive Does Not Enforce the "Deny All" Setting on the Deleted Items Folder

11 Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Notes

• General Notes About Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra
  • Sort Functionality in Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra
• Known Limitations and Workarounds with Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Users May Be Unable to Log In to Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Over HTTPS
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Does Not Automatically Refresh User-Created Calendars
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Does Not Support Option for Return Receipt on E-mail Messages
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Does Not Support Spell Checking on E-mail Messages
• Known Issues with Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra
  • Binary Code for Attachments May Appear in E-mail Message Bodies in Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra
  • Day Events Created in Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra May Get Converted to UTC for Coexisting Users on Microsoft Exchange Server
  • Modifying Tag Properties Through Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra May Result in Errors
  • Attempting to Invite Dynamic Groups to Meetings Using Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra May Result in Errors
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Only Displays Names and E-mail Addresses in Global Address Lists
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Does Not Synchronize Some Contact Information
  • Searching on "All Item Types" in Custom Folders May Result in Errors
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra May Not Restore Default Settings
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Does Not Store HTML and XML Formats in Event Details
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Does Not Display Number of Unread E-mail Messages
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Does Not Return Search Results From Trash Folder
  • Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra Does Not Allow Changes to Individual Instances of Recurring Meetings
  • Changing the Day and Editing an Individual Instance of a Recurring Meeting May Change Entire Recurring Meeting Series
  • Viewing Details of Monthly Recurring Meetings May Change Series Patterns

12 Mobility Notes

• Known Mobility Limitations and Workarounds
  • Time Changes May Cause Inaccurate Time-based Data on Sony Ericcson Devices
  • Uploading Language Packs for Oracle Beehive Mobility Services
  • Sony Ericsson W580i (JP7) Does Not Support Alphabetic Characters in Phone Numbers
  • Oracle Beehive Unable to Provision Nokia and Sony-Ericcson Phones Over Non-standard SSL Ports
  • List of Mobile Devices Not Yet Supported by Oracle Beehive
  • Byte Size of Messages Twice as Large Through Oracle Beehive Mobile Push Mail Client
• Known Mobility Issues
  • Mobile Data Sync Service May Convert an All-Day Meeting to a Day Event in Sony Ericsson Devices
  • Mobile Data Sync Service May Incorrectly Synchronize Events to Sony Ericsson Devices
  • Mobile Data Sync Service Does Not Synchronize Day Event Reminders to Oracle Beehive
  • Attempts to Synchronize More Than 1,000 Items May Fail
  • Synchronization Limited to One-Way on Nokia 40 Series Mobile Devices

13 Operating System Notes

• Microsoft Windows Platform Notes
  • May Need to Manually Remove Oracle Home when Removing Oracle Beehive

14 Globalization Notes

• General Globalization Notes
  • Notifications
• Known Limitations and Workarounds with Globalization
  • Error When Logging In to Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook for the First Time
  • Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese Not Supported in Cisco IP Communicator
  • Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (or Later) Required for Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook with Non-English Locales
  • Using the Save As Function in Microsoft Internet Explorer Modifies Non-ASCII File Names
  • Running Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook on Windows Vista with Non-English Locale May Result in Error
  • Verisign Does Not Support UCS-2 Encoding in SMS Messages
  • Oracle Beehive Supports ASCII Characters in Users' Native Languages Only

15 Documentation Notes

• Changes in Oracle Beehive Documentation
  • Changes in Oracle Beehive Documentation: August 11, 2008
  • Changes in Oracle Beehive Documentation: May 27, 2008
• Known Issues with Administration Documentation Issues
  • Format for Entering Values that Begin with Hyphens(-) Does Not Work
  • Incorrect Values Provided for status Parameter of modify_user Command
  • Incorrect Format Provided for address Parameter of modify_user and add_external_user Commands
• Known Issues with End-User Documentation
  • Incorrect Configuration Information for CalDAV Client
  • Incorrect Version Numbers Provided for Certified Mozilla Lighting and Sunbird Clients
  • Port Number Entries Missing in Example URLs Provided in "Configuring Mobile Devices" Module