Known Issues and Limitations

The following are the known issues and limitation of the Portal Server software.

• Portal Server Secure Remote Access component cannot be configured after Portal Server is configured. It has to be configured along with Portal Server.

• Deployment of Portal Server on two different instances of Application Server^TM 8.1 within the same domain is not supported.

• Existing Application Server 8.1 domains which requires master password interactively during stop-domain and start-domain is not supported. The configuration will fail if an existing domain requires master password during start-domain operation. For Application Server 8.1, deal with master password by creating a new domain using the following command:

  asadmin create-domain --adminuser userid -passwordfile PasswordFile --adminport AdminPortNumber --instanceport InstancePortNumber --savemasterpassword=true domain_name.

• For Proxylet, JWS mode is not supported on Mozilla 1.6. However, it works fine in Mozilla 1.7 browser with JVM 1.5.

• When the JavaScript feature of the client browser is disabled (in IE or in Mozilla/Firefox), the HTML Editor embedded both in the Wiki portlet and the Discussion portlet does not replace the standard <Textarea> HTML Form element, as it would if Javascript was enabled. To get the WYSIWYG feature of the HTML editor, the browser Javascript functionality must be enabled.

• Template loaded by shared events and tasks is not accessible through psconsole.

• Calendar and Address Book channels do no support Microsoft Exchange 5.5 because it is unsupported by Microsoft.

• When creating a search database, double byte characters are not allowed in the database name.

• For Registry functionality to work on Portal Server node apply patch 119189-04 for Sparc and x86, and 119190-04 for Linux.

• Newly deployed portlets are not listed under WSRP unpublished portlets. (See bug #6350283).

• Portal Server management console does not work on WebLogic and WebSphere containers. (See bug #6295109)

• Repeated Directory Server searches slow down Portal Server. Apply the appropriate patch 20051207patch1.1.qa.

• Changes in Access Manager causes a slowdown in Portal Server throughput and an increase in Directory Server utilization. So, add the appropriate patch (120954-01 for SPARC, 120955-01 for x86, or 120956-01 for Linux) to Access Manager and modify the Logging Service buffer size from the Access Manager administration console. To modify the Logging Service buffer:

  1. Log in to the Access Manager administration console and select Service Configuration > Logging > Buffer Size.

  2. Enter a value of 50.

  3. Click Save.

• Secure Remote Access crashes due to too many requisitions. Do not deploy Secure Remote Access software without the patch.

• The psadmin create-instance does not deploy portal.war on the managed server. (#6375532)

• Searching for a discussion throws desktop error on WebSphere. (#6375526)

• Documentation needed for redeploying patched portlet application. (#6379302)