8.1 Supported Configurations: Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 on IBM zSeries/S390
Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 on IBM zSeries/S390 with WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1
This section provides the following information:
Related Information
- For information about supported database configurations, Web servers, and browsers, plus support for interoperability tools and WebLogic Platform product support information, see WebLogic Platform 8.1 Supported Configurations.
- For information about running Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 for IBM zSeries/S390, see:
Configuration Requirements
Table 1-1 Requirements for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 on Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 on IBM zSeries/S390
Operating System Version and Patches
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Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 for IBM zSeries/S390 31-bit with Kernel 2.4.19 or later, with SLES 8 SP2
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Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed
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IBM S/390 G5 or later models
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SDK
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IBM JDK 1.4.1 SR1 JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1) Classic VM (build 1.4.1, J2RE 1.4.1 IBM build cx3901411-20030930 (JIT enabled: jitc))
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Design and Development Tools
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Supports WebLogic Server development tools.
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RAM
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512 MB required; 1 GB recommended
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Performance Pack
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Included
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lib/linux/s390/libmuxer.so
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Node Manager
|
Included
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Native
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BEA jDrivers for Oracle
|
None
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Known Issues
- The
setuid
function does not work with this SDK due to the way the current Linux thread model works. When you use ports lower than 1024, you cannot switch from root to a non-privileged user ID with the setuid
function.
- The IIOP thin client is not supported due to dependencies on the JVM. Only thin-client applications are affected by this issue. To work around this limitation, use two configurations:
- Run WebLogic Server on SLES 8 for IBM zSeries/S390.
- Run your thin client on a different operating system configuration.
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 8.1, see:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs70/interm/relnotes.html
Download and Installation Instructions
This section provides instructions for the following tasks:
Downloading and Installing the IBM Developer Kit for 31-bit zSeries (S/390)
Before you can install and run WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 on your SuSE Linux ES 8 configuration, you must obtain an IBM Developer Kit for 31-bit zSeries (S/390) from IBM. To download this kit, complete the following procedure:
- Go to the following IBM download registration site:
https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/lxdk/lxdk-p
- Select "IBM SDK for 31-bit zSeries (S/390)...1.4.1 SR1."
- Register and accept the license agreement.
The IBM Developer Kit for Linux, Java 2 Technology Edition for 31-bit zSeries (S/390) download page is displayed.
- Follow the instructions displayed to download and install the SDK.
- Set the
JAVA_HOME
environment variable to the directory in which IBM SDK 1.4.1 SR1 is installed, and export JAVA_HOME
. For example:
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/IBMJava2-s390-141
- Make sure that your
PATH
variable includes $JAVA_HOME/bin
. For example:
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin;$PATH:.
Downloading the WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 Installer
- Go to the BEA download site:
http://commerce.bea.com/index.jsp
- Find your WebLogic Server release and Service Pack on the download page.
- Select SuSE Linux for IBM zSeries/S390.
- Download the WebLogic Server installer:
pj_server811_generic.jar
.
- Download the supplemental JAR file called
zLinux811_supplemental.zip
.
Installing WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1
$ java -jar pj_server811_generic.jar -mode=console
- Copy the
zLinux811_supplemental.zip
file to $WL_HOME/server/lib
.
- Change to the directory
$WL_HOME/server/lib
$ cd $WL_HOME/server/lib
- Extract the
zLinux811_supplemental.jar
file and zLinux811_libraries.jar
from the zLinux811_supplemental.zip
to $WL_HOME/server/lib
.
$ jar -xvf zLinux811_supplemental.zip
- Remove old plug-in objects from the
$WL_HOME/server/lib/linux/s390
library:
$ rm linux/s390/*
- Extract the
zLinux811_libraries.jar
file to $WL_HOME/server/lib
:
$ jar -xvf zLinux811_libraries.jar
- Open the
$WL_HOME/common/bin/commEnv.sh
script in a text editor, and prepend the zLinux811_supplemental.jar
to the classpath by doing the following:
- Find the following text:
WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH="${JAVA_HOME}/lib/tools.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/weblogic_sp.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/weblogic.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/ojdbc14.jar"
- Replace it with:
WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH="${JAVA_HOME}/lib/tools.jar \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/zLinux811_supplemental.jar
${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/weblogic_sp.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/weblogic.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/ojdbc14.jar"