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AIX 5.2 with PowerPC, POWER3 and POWER4 with 7.0 SP4

Provides full support for WebLogic Server and run-time support for WebLogic Workshop, WebLogic Integration, and WebLogic Portal. For Design and Development Tools support, see the


 

This section provides the following information:

Related Information

 

Configuration Requirements

Table 4-1 Requirements for 7.0 SP4 on AIX 5.2 on PowerPC, POWER3 and POWER4

Operating System Version and Patches

AIX 5L v5.2

Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed

  • PowerPC, POWER3 (450 MHz)

  • PowerPC, POWER4 (1 GHz)

SDK

JDK 1.3.1 32-bit (APAR IY47055) JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1) Classic VM (build 1.3.1, J2RE 1.3.1 IBM AIX build ca131-20030630a (JITenabled: jitc))

This SDK is not provided with WebLogic Platform; you must download it from the IBM Web site and install it, manually, on your system. For instructions, see:

JDK 1.3.1 SR6a 32-bit (APAR IY50443) JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1) Classic VM (build 1.3.1, J2RE 1.3.1 IBM AIX build ca131-20031105 (JIT enabled: jitc))

  • Supported on WebLogic Server only.

  • A patch is required if this SDK is used. For more information, see Known Issues.

Design and Development Tools

Supports WebLogic Server development tools.

For more information about WebLogic Platform design and development tools support, see Supported Configurations for Design and Development Tools in Version 7.0 SP4 in Supported Configurations for WebLogic Platform 7.0.

RAM

512 MB required; 1 GB recommended

Disk Space

For any components of WebLogic Platform or for the full WebLogic Platform product, see Disk Space Requirements.

Performance Pack

Included.

lib/aix/libmuxer.so

Node Manager

Included.

lib/aix/libNodeManager.so

BEA jDrivers for Oracle

For this Oracle client version:

The following shared libraries are provided:

Oracle 8.1.7

  • lib/aix/oci817_8/libweblogicoca38.so

  • lib/aix/oci817_8/libweblogicoxa38.so

Oracle 9.2.0

  • lib/aix/oci920_8/libweblogicoca38.so

  • lib/aix/oci920_8/libweblogicoxa38.so


 

 

Known Issues

Issue

Workaround

Marshalling exceptions may occur when IIOP applications are used with JDK 1.3.1 SR6a 32-bit (APAR IY50443).

For users who require IIOP functionality, BEA provides a patch in a supplementary JAR file. To obtain the patch, contact BEA Customer Support and request CR130032_700sp4.jar.

Servers may fail on startup with a broken pipe or a connection reset by a peer.

Try removing the loopback entries from the default routing table. For more information, see http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21040968

The default buffer size for UDP_SENDSPACE is 9216 (9k), but fragments sent by WebLogic Server may be up to 32K, so using a buffer size smaller than 32k may cause an IO Exception.

    1. Set the buffer size to 32 KB by issuing the following command:
    no -o udp_sendspace=32768

    2. Reboot WebLogic Server.

WebLogic Workshop on AIX does not support DB2.

Use a database other than DB2 if you want to run WebLogic Workshop on AIX. For information about supported databases, see Supported Database Configurations in Supported Configurations for WebLogic Platform 7.0.


 

For more information about known issues with any components of this release, see the appropriate Release Notes document. For a complete list of Release Notes supporting WebLogic Platform 7.0, see:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs70/interm/relnotes.html

IBM JVM Updates For DST

IBM has released a Timezone Update Utility to update DST data without the need to upgrade Java. See IBM Time Zone Update Utility for JavaTM.

 

Download and Installation Instructions

Before you can run WebLogic Platform or WebLogic Server 7.0 SP4 on an IBM AIX system, you must have an SDK configuration (base SDK plus fixes) at the level appropriate for your system, depending on whether you are installing WebLogic Platform or WebLogic Server. For the SDK level required for your system, see SDK.

This section provides instructions for:

Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK

  1. Go to the "Downloads: IBM developer kits" page on the IBM Web site:

    2. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/index.html

  2. From the list of platforms, select AIX.

    3. The "IBM Developer's Kits for AIX, Java Technology Edition" page is displayed.

  3. In the menu on the right side of the page, click "Download."

    4. A table containing a list of kits is displayed.

  4. In the Java Version column, click "1.3.1."

    5. The "IBM AIX Developer Kit and Runtime, Java Technology Edition" page is displayed, prompting you to log in.

  5. Log in to the site with your user ID and password.

    6. A list of the filesets that make up the IBM SDK 1.3.1 is displayed.

  6. Download and install the filesets listed under "IBM AIX Developer Kit Base code."

Now the SDK is installed on your system. Keep the current window open on your screen so you can continue to the next procedure, Downloading IBM SDK 1.3.1 APAR IY47055.

Downloading IBM SDK 1.3.1 APAR IY47055

Note: This procedure assumes you are continuing from Step 6 in the previous procedure. If you are installing the SDK fix only, proceed to step 2 and go to the "IBM eServer Support" URL listed there.

  1. From the list of links for various tasks at the top of the page (before the list of filesets), click "How and where to get fixes."

    2. The "SDK 1.3.1 32-bit PTFs since GA" section is displayed. This section provides a list of the fixes that raise the SDK version to the level required for running WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP4 or WebLogic Server 7.0 SP4.

    Note: To support the appropriate SDK level on your system, you may also need to download and install other, prerequisite PTFs. Be sure to read the information about the cumulative nature of SDK fixes in "Important Information about Java/AIX" before leaving this section.

  2. Click "Fix Delivery Center for AIX 5 and AIX 4.3."

    3. The "IBM eServer Support" page is displayed.

    (http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fcgui.jsp)

  3. Set the search criteria to the following:
  4. Download and install the SDK fix.
  5. Verify that the package is applied by running the following command:
    6. $ instfix -ivqk APAR_number

    If you have installed any other APARs, as per the instructions on the IBM Web site, verify that they, too, are applied, by running the instfix command with the -ivqk options.

  6. Verify that the required SDK version is now installed on your system by running the following command:
    7. /usr/java131/bin/java -version

Downloading IBM SDK 1.3.1 APAR IY50443

You need to download this special version of the IBM JVM externally from IBM. This build is required for WebLogic Server 7.0 SP4. Use the following steps to download IBM 1.3.1 APAR IY50443:

  1. Go to the IBM pSeries Support page at:

    2. http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fcgui.jsp

  2. Set the search criteria to the following:
  3. Download and install the fix package.
  4. Verify that the package is applied by running the following command:

    5. $ instfix -ivqk IY50443

Downloading and Installing7.0 SP4

Complete the following procedure:

  1. Download the 7.0 SP4 installer for IBM AIX from the following site:
    2. http://commerce.bea.com
  2. Go to the directory that contains the installation file.
  3. Run the command appropriate for your installation mode:

    4. In this command line:

For more information about installation, see the appropriate document:

 

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