Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP12/SP13 Release Notes

Supported Platforms

Web Server 6.1 SP13 can be installed on the Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, and Windows platforms. For more information about installation requirements, see Required Patches in these release notes and Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP12 Installation and Migration Guide. The following table summarizes the supported platforms.

Note –

HP-UX 11i is supported only on PA-RISC platforms.

Table 2 Web Server 6.1 SP13 Supported Platforms


Vendor	Architecture	Operating System	Minimum Required Memory	Recommended Memory	Recommended Disk Space
IBM	PowerPC	AIX * 5.2, 5.3, 6.1	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Hewlett-Packard	PA-RISC 2.0	HP-UX 11.11	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Microsoft	x86 (32–bit)	Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server, SP4 or above Windows XP Professional, SP2 or above Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, SP1 or above Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 or above	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Oracle	SPARC**	Solaris 8, 9, 10	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Oracle	SPARC** (64-bit)	Solaris 10	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Oracle	SPARC**, x86 (32–bit)	Trusted Solaris 8 (Professional Services Engagement)***	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Oracle	x86 (32–bit)	Solaris 9, 10	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Red Hat	x86 (32–bit)	Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 `Linux kernel 2.4.9-e.3smp` `glibc-2.2.4-26` `ncurses-4-5.0-5` You may also create a symbolic link from `libncurses5.so` to `libcurses4.so`, although we recommend that you install `ncurses4-5.0-5.i386.rpm`.	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Red Hat	x86 (32–bit)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 update 1 `uname -r: 2.4.21-9.ELsmp`	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Red Hat	x86 (32–bit)	Red Hat Advanced Server 4.0	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB
Novell	x86 (32–bit)	SUSE Linux Enterprise 9.0	64 MB	192 MB	256 MB

* AIX 5.1 is dropped. It was deprecated since Web Server 6.1 SP5.

** As of iPlanet Web Server 6.0, older SPARC CPUs are not supported. Web Server 6.1 continues to support the UltraSPARC architecture.

*** Sun or Sun Partner Advantage professional services highly recommended.

For better performance and support, migrate your web server to a supported operating system.

Note –

For Solaris 10 installations, Web Server 6.1 SP5 and later support Global Zone with Sparse Root Zone and Whole Root Zone.

Required Patches

Make sure to update your operating system with the latest applicable patches:

Note –

To upgrade from Java ES 4 to Web Server 6.1 SP13, you should add the security patches along with the web server patches.

AIX 5.2 Patches

Base-level OS – AIX 5.2
Maintenance-level patches 5200-07 or above
JDK APAR – IY46668 must be applied

If you have deployed Java web applications on the web server, set the following environment variables to the values specified below (as per the IBM JDK documentation) before starting the server:

export AIXTHREAD_SCOPE=S
export AIXTHREAD_MUTEX_DEBUG=OFF
export AIXTHREAD_RWLOCK_DEBUG=OFF
export AIXTHREAD_COND_DEBUG=OFF

You can directly add the above code line to the web server start script.

AIX 5.3 Patches

Base-level OS – AIX 5.3
Maintenance-level patches 5300-03 or above

AIX 5.3 Technology Level 6 SP5 Patches

When you upgrade from AIX version 5.3 to AIX version 5.3 Technology Level 6 SP5, apply the following patch so that the control returns to the command-line prompt when you start the administration server/instance server.

bos.mp/bos.mp64 at 5.3.0.66

AIX 5.3 Technology Level 7 SP2 Patches

When you upgrade from AIX version 5.3 to AIX version 5.3 Technology Level 7 SP2, apply the following patch so that the control returns to the command-line prompt when you start the administration server/instance server.

bos.mp/bos.mp64 at 5.3.7.2

HP-UX 11i Patches

HPUX11i-OE B.11.11.0312 (HP-UX 11i Operating Environment Component)
HPUXBase64 B.11.11 (HP-UX 64-bit Base OS)
HPUXBaseAux B.11.11.0312 (HP-UX Base OS Auxiliary)
FEATURE11-11 B.11.11.0209.5 (Feature Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i, Sept 2002)
HWEnable11i B.11.11.0412.5 (Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v1) BUNDLE B.11.11 (Patch Bundle)
BUNDLE11i B.11.11.0306.1 (Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i, June 2003)
GOLDAPPS11i B.11.11.0506.4 (Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i v1, June 2005)
GOLDBASE11i B.11.11.0506.4 (Base Patches for HP-UX 11i v1, June 2005)
JAVAOOB 2.03.01 (Java2 Out-of-box for HP-UX )
PHCO_29109 1.0 (Pthread enhancement and fixes)
PHCO_30544 1.0 (Pthread.h fix and new enhancement)
PHCO_29495 1.0 (libc cumulative patch)
PHCO_31923 1.0 (libc cumulative header file patch)
PHKL_25842 Thread Abort (or its superseded patch)

Solaris 8 Patches (SPARC)

Solaris release 8 2/02
Oracle recommended latest Security and Recommended patch cluster

Solaris 9 Patches (SPARC and x86)

Solaris release 9 8/03 or above
Sun recommended latest Security and Recommended patch cluster