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8.1 Supported Configurations: Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on IBM PowerPC

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Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on IBM PowerPC with WebLogic Server 8.1 SP2


 

Provides full support for WebLogic Server. WebLogic Workshop, WebLogic Integration, and WebLogic Portal are not supported. See below for Design and Development Tools support.


 

This section provides the following information:

Related Information

 

Configuration Requirements

Table 1-1 Requirements for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP2 on Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on IBM PowerPC

Operating System Version and Patches

Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9.0 (32-bit)

Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed

  • IBM pSeries PowerPC, POWER4 (1.0 GHz or higher)

  • IBM pSeries PowerPC, POWER5 (1.65 GHz or higher)

SDK

IBM SDK 1.4.2 GA 32-bit java version "1.4.2" JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2) Classic VM (build 1.4.2, J2RE 1.4.2 IBM build cxppc321420-20040626 (JIT enabled: jitc))

Download the IBM SDK from the IBM Web site and install it, manually, before installing WebLogic Server. For instructions, see Download and Installation Instructions.

IBM SDK 1.4.2 GA2 32-bit java version "1.4.2" JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2) Classic VM (build 1.4.2, J2RE 1.4.2 IBM build cxppc321420ifx-20040722a (JIT enabled: jitc))

Download the IBM SDK from the IBM Web site and install it, manually, before installing WebLogic Server. For instructions, see Download and Installation Instructions.

Design and Development Tools

Supports WebLogic Server development tools.

RAM

512 MB required; 1 GB recommended

Performance Pack

Included

lib/linux/ppc64/libmuxer.so

Node Manager

Included

Native

BEA jDrivers for Oracle

Not supported


 

 

Known Issues

This section provides workarounds for the following issues:

For more information about known issues with this release, see "WebLogic Server 8.1 Known Issues" in the Release Notes for BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs81/notes/issues.html

 

Download and Installation Instructions

This section provides procedures for the following tasks:

Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK

WebLogic Server 8.1 SP2 supports two versions of the IBM SDK 1.4.2. You can use either version on your SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 configuration. Both SDK versions are available for download from IBM. To download the desired SDK, complete the procedure provided in the appropriate section:

Downloading and Installing IBM SDK 1.4.2 GA

To download IBM SDK 1.4.2 GA (cxppc321420-20040626 build), complete the following procedure:

  1. Go to the download site for IBM Developer Kits: 
    2. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux140
  2. Click the Download link on the right-hand side of the page.
  3. Select SDK 142 GA for p-series for 32-bit, and click Continue.
  4. When prompted, sign in.
  5. Download one of the following JRE files:
  6. Download one of the following SDK files:
  7. Install the IBM SDK 1.4.2 GA on your system.

Downloading IBM SDK 1.4.2 GA2

To download IBM SDK 1.4.2 GA2 (cxppc321420ifx-20040722a build), complete the following procedure:

  1. Go to the download site for IBM Developer Kits: 
    2. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux140
  2. Click the Download link on the right-hand side of the page.
  3. Select SDK 142 GA2 for p-series for 32-bit, and click Continue.
  4. When prompted, sign in.
  5. Download one of the following JRE files:
  6. Download one of the following SDK files:
  7. Install the IBM SDK 1.4.2 GA2 on your system.

Downloading and Installing WebLogic Server 8.1 SP2 and Supplemental JAR File

To download the installer for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP2 and the supplemental JAR file for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP2, complete the following procedure:

  1. Go to the BEA download site: http://commerce.bea.com
  2. Download the following items:
  3. Install WebLogic Server 8.1 SP2 by running the following command in console-mode:

    4. $ java -jar pj_server812_generic.jar -mode=console

    For a detailed console-mode procedure for installing .jar files, see Installing BEA WebLogic Platform: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs81/install/console.html

  4. In your installation directory, create a directory called weblogic81.
  5. Unjar the wls81sp2_plinux_supp.jar file to the new directory. For example, if you have saved wls81sp2_plinux_supp.jar in a directory called /tmp, enter the following commands to unjar the supplemental file:
    6. $ export WL_HOME=/your_installation_directory/weblogic81;
    $ cd $WL_HOME;
    $ jar xvf /tmp/wls81sp2_plinux_supp.jar;

 

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