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BEA WebLogic Server 9.0 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

BEA Products Supported on this Configuration

Product

Version

WebLogic Server

9.0


 

This section provides the following information:

Related Information

 

Configuration Requirements

WebLogic Server 9.0 is supported on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on x86 hardware. WebLogic Server 9.0 on SUSE Linux 9 is also supported on Itanium, AMD64, and 64-bit Xeon. For detailed requirements for these configurations, see the appropriate table:

 

Known Issues

This section provides descriptions of known issues for users of WebLogic Server 9.0 on various SUSE Linux 9 configurations:

Serial Version UID Mismatch

A Serial Version UID Mismatch Issue may be encountered if you deploy an application on a latest JVM, but compiled with an earlier JDK release.

Workaround: To be compatible with the serialization of previously compiled applications, modify the <BEA_HOME>/Weblogic90/common/bin/commEnv.sh file to include the following command:

JAVA_OPTIONS="$JAVA_OPTIONS -Dcom.sun.xml.namespace.QName.useCompatibleSerialVersionUID=1.0"

Note: If you intend to deploy new applications with previously compiled applications, they must be recompiled as necessary to have the same Serial Version UID.

Issues with Configurations Based on Itanium, AMD64, or 64-bit Xeon

When installing WebLogic Server on a configuration that includes NFS mounted file systems, you may see the following exception:

"Caused by:  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not list file system roots on this computer"

If you see this message, complete the following procedure:

  1. Make sure you have a minimum of 600 MB of disk space available.
  2. Start the installation again, specifying the flag -Dspace.detection=false, as follows: 
    3. java -Dspace.detection=false -jar server900_generic.jar -mode=console

Issues with Configurations Based on AMD64 or 64-bit Xeon

Related Information

For more information about known issues with BEA products supported on this configuration, including available workarounds, see the appropriate Release Notes document.

Issues related to...

Are described in...

WebLogic Server

BEA WebLogic Server Known and Resolved Issues:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs90/issues/known_resolved.html

Installation and configuration

BEA Products Installation and Configuration Release Notes:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13179_01/common/docs90/relnotes/relnotes.html


 

 

Download and Installation Instructions

This section provides procedures for downloading and installing the software required to run WebLogic Server 9.0 on a configuration based on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Itanium, AMD64, or 64-bit Xeon. See the instructions appropriate for your configuration:

Instructions for SUSE Linux on Itanium

To install WebLogic Server 9.0 on a configuration comprising Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on Itanium, you must have BEA JRockit 5.0 and the installer for WebLogic Server 9.0. This section provides instructions for:

Downloading and Installing BEA JRockit 5.0

  1. Go to the BEA downloads site:

    2. http://commerce.bea.com

  2. Download and install the 64-bit BEA JRockitTM 5.0 R26 JDK (R26.0.0-188) for Itanium-based machines hosting Linux systems.
  3. Update the JAVA_HOME environment variable to reflect the JDK installation directory. For example:
    4. export JAVA_HOME=<JRockit_installation_directory>
  4. Add your Java executables to the PATH environment variable:
    5. export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Downloading and Installing WebLogic Server 9.0

  1. Go to the BEA downloads site:

    2. http://commerce.bea.com

  2. From the list of installers for WebLogic Server 9.0, select "Novell SUSE Linux (9.0, Itanium)" as your operating system, and download the WebLogic Server package installer.
  3. In a browser, open BEA Products Installation Guide and find the chapter called "Starting the Installation Program":

    4. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13179_01/common/docs90/install/start.html

    Scroll down to the heading called "Using Installers with Filenames Ending in .jar" and then, within that section, find "Starting Graphical-Mode Installation for .jar Installation Files.

  4. Following the instructions, install WebLogic Server 9.0.

For more information, see BEA Products Installation Guide.

Instructions for SUSE Linux on AMD64 and 64-bit Xeon

To install WebLogic Server 9.0 on a configuration comprising Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on AMD64 or 64 bit Xeon, you must have BEA JRockit 5.0 and the installer for WebLogic Server 9.0. This section provides instructions for:

Downloading and Installing BEA JRockit 5.0

  1. Go to the BEA downloads site:

    2. http://commerce.bea.com

  2. Download and install the BEA JRockitTM 5.0 R26 JDK (R26.0.0) that you want to use:
  3. Update the JAVA_HOME environment variable to reflect the JDK installation directory. For example:
    4. export JAVA_HOME=<JRockit_installation_directory>
  4. Add your Java executables to your PATH environment variable:
    5. export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Downloading and Installing WebLogic Server 9.0

  1. Go to the BEA downloads site:

    2. http://commerce.bea.com

  2. From the list of installers for WebLogic Server 9.0, select "Novell SUSE Linux (9 64-bit Xeon/AMD64)" as your operating system, and download the WebLogic Server package installer.
  3. In a browser, open BEA Products Installation Guide and find the chapter called "Starting the Installation Program":

    4. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13179_01/common/docs90/install/start.html

    Scroll down to the heading called "Using Installers with Filenames Ending in .jar" and then, within that section, find "Starting Graphical-Mode Installation for .jar Installation Files.

  4. Following the instructions, install WebLogic Server 9.0.

    5. If your configuration includes the 32-bit version of JRockit, the installation of WebLogic Server is now complete. If your configuration includes the 64-bit version of JRockit, however, you must also complete steps 5 and 6.

  5. Set the BEA_HOME variable to point to the directory in which WebLogic Server is installed and export BEA_HOME. For example:
    6. export BEA_HOME=<your_WebLogic_Server_installation_directory>
  6. In a text editor, open the script that is used to set up your WebLogic Server environment: $BEA_HOME/weblogic90/common/bin/commEnv.sh.
    1. Search for the following case statement:
      2. LINUX|Linux)
        	 arch='uname -m'
          	 if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ]; then
         	  arch=i686
        	fi
    2. Remove or comment out the following lines of code:

      3. if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ]; then
      arch=i686
      fi

    Now the case statement should appear as follows:

    LINUX|Linux)
      	arch='uname -m'
      	#if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ]; then
      	#  arch=i686
      	#fi

For more information, see BEA Products Installation Guide.

 

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