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Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Release Notes
Book Information
Chapter 1 Overview
About These Notes
Release Notes Revision History
Accessibility Features
Related Documentation
How to Report Problems and Provide Feedback
Sun Welcomes Your Comments
Additional Sun Resources
Chapter 2 About Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server
What's New in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Features
Hardware and Software Requirements
Supported Platforms
System Virtualization Support
Important Patch Information
Solaris Patch Requirements
JDK Version
To Switch to the Supported Java SE Version
Apache Ant Version
JDBC Drivers and Databases
Using the Bundled Java DB Database
Starting and Stopping the Java DB Database
Java DB Utility Scripts
To Configure Your Environment to Run the Java DB Utility Scripts
Message Queue Versions
Web Servers
Browsers
HADB Requirements and Supported Platforms
Supported Platforms
HADB Server Host Requirements
HADB Management Host Requirements
HADB Client Host Requirements
Upgrading the Enterprise Server
Other Requirements
Java EE 5 Platform APIs
Java EE 5 SDK
Switching to Another Supported Java Version
To Switch to Another Supported Java Version
Known Java ES 5 Compatibility Issues
Features Not Supported on All Operating Systems
Features Not Supported on the AIX Operating System
Features Not Supported on the Linux Operating System
Features Not Supported on the Ubuntu Operating System
Using the Update Center
To Use the Update Center
Upgrading the Enterprise Server on the Ubuntu Operating System
Enabling Multilevel Relationship Prefetching
More About WSIT Integration
Chapter 3 Known Issues and Limitations
Administration
Stand-alone instances sometimes obtain files from other instances (6698604)
Description
Solution
Startup Message from the start-cluster command are too verbose (6728317)
Description
Solution
Failed to Deploy Generic RA Resource Adapter against IBM MQ (Issue 6605)
Description
Solution
The package-appclient script does not work if domain1 is not present (6171458)
Description
Solution
Starting the Server with additional JMX Agent is not supported (6200011)
Description
Solution
Load balancer configuration file does not get created with the endpoint URL of any web service (6236544, 6275436)
Description
Solution
.asadmintruststore file not described in the Enterprise Server documentation (6315957)
Description
Solution
Clustered instances fail to start due to a timeout in reaching the JMS broker (6523663)
Description
Solution
Using the command-line
Using the Admin GUI
Cannot display jmaki chart in Netscape 8.1.3, Mozilla 1.7 and Safari 2.0.4 browsers (6543014)
Description
Solution
Default ports changing in each AS major release (6566481)
Description
Solution
The create-domain command fails with custom master password in AIX (6628170)
Description
Solution: (AIX) To Create a Domain With a Custom Master Password
AIX: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long (6625591)
Description
Solution
(AIX) To Increase the Maximum Length of the Command Line
In Bourne shell, all DAS, node agent, and instance processes exit when console window is closed. (6879701)
Description
Solution
Apache and Load Balancer Plugin
Deployment of Java EE application with EJB as a Web Service is not captured by load balancing plug-in (Issue 685)
Description
Solution
The High-Availability Administration Guide does not contain instructions for using a certificate for Apache 2.0 (6307976)
Must start Apache Web Server as root (6308021)
Application Client
Library JAR packaged in Application Client Archive overwrites MANIFEST file (6193556)
Description
Solution
ACC always tries to connect to localhost:3700 (6527987)
Description
Solution
Unable to start domain , missing sunpkcs11.jar (6571044)
Description
Solution
ASQuickStartup breaks SocketChannel.keyFor(), returning null instead of the SelectionKey (Issue Tracker 3027)
Description
Solution
Bundled Sun JDBC Drivers
PreparedStatement errors (6170432)
Description 1
Solution 1
Description 2
Solution 2
Description 3
Solution 3
Java DB is not started after machine reboot or server start (6515124)
Description
Solution
Deployment
Autodeployment fails on a cluster sometimes (6610527)
Description
Solution
Bundled ANT throws java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError (6265624)
Description
Solution
Application specific classloader not used by JSP compilation (6693246)
Description
Solution
Documentation
Javadoc Inconsistencies (various IDs)
Online help does not describe how to create a JMS physical destination for a specific server instance or cluster. (6808339)
Solution
Operand is missing from man page example for ping-connection-pool. (6881540)
EJB
Resource Injection does not work in HandlerChain (6750245)
Description
Solution
High Availability
Load balancer plugin healthcheck generates a large number of connection/disconnection at the background (load) (6453946)
Description
Solution
HADB Configuration with Double Networks (no ID)
HADB Database Creation Fails (no ID)
Description
Solution
hadbm set does not check resource availability (disk and memory space) (5091280)
Description
Solution
Heterogeneous paths for packagepath not supported (5091349)
Description
Solution
hadbm createdomain may fail (6173886, 6253132)
Description
Solution
Starting, stopping, and reconfiguring HADB may fail or hang (6230792, 6230415)
Description
Solution
The management agent terminates with the exception "IPV6_MULTICAST_IF failed" (6232140)
Description
Solution
clu_trans_srv cannot be interrupted (6249685)
Description
Solution
hadbm does not support passwords containing capital letters (6262824)
Description
Solution
Downgrading from HADB Version 4.4.2.5 to HADB Version 4.4.1.7 causes ma to fail with different error codes (6265419)
Description
Solution
Install/removal and symlink preservation (6271063)
Description
Solution
Management agents in global and local zones may interfere (6273681)
Description
Solution
hadbm/ma should give a better error message when a session object has timed out and deleted at MA (6275103)
Description
Solution
Non-root users cannot manage HADB (6275319)
Description
Solution
The Management Agent should not use special-use interfaces (6293912)
Description
Solution
Reassembly failures on Windows (6291562)
Description
Solution
Session state not maintained if the browser has another cookie with / path (6553415)
Description
Solution
LB does not work with IIS 6; SASL32.DLL and ZLIB.DLL missing under as-install/lib (6572184)
Description
Solution
DAS creation/startup and HA package propagation issues in Global Zone (6573511)
Description
Solution
Highly available webapps deployed at “/” unable to resume in-memory replicated HTTP sessions (Issue Tracker 2972)
Description
Solution
AS LB installer did not put /usr/lib/mps path in apachectl LD_LIBRARY_PATH, can not start Apache SSL (6591878)
Description
Solution
Enable/disable LB for an instance/cluster should show correct status (6595113)
Description
Solution
AS9.1 EE IFR b58f/JES5 UR1. Cannot install Registry Server, because “incomplete” HA was detected. (6602508)
Description
Solution
Internet Explorer 6.0/7.0 browser specific: Exporting load balancer configuration file throws error (6516068)
Description
Solution
Installation
The start-domain Command Times Out on OpenSolaris 2008.11 (6820169 and 6741572)
Description
Solution
Installation with 64–bit JDK Fails (6796171)
Description
Solution
Enterprise Server installer crashes on Linux (6739013)
Description
Solution
Installation shutdown hanging on some Linux systems after clicking the "Finish" button (5009728)
Description
Solution
On Windows, the imq directory needs to be created during installation (6199697)
Description
Solution
Uninstall does not update productregistry file properly; unable to use silent mode to install (6571598)
Description
Solution
IFR. Was not able to install AS in the sparse local zone, MQ packages issue. (6555578)
Description
Solution
IFR Installation -console prompt has to be removed: “Do you want to upgrade from previous Application?” (6592454)
Description
Solution
After upgrade, the following exceptions are seen in the log when a domain is started. (6774663)
Description
Solution
Java EE Tutorial
Java Persistence
TopLink expects my Collection field/property to be cloneable (Issue Tracker 556)
Description
Solution
GenerationType.IDENTITY and DataDirect Driver with SyBase (Issue Tracker 2431)
Description
Solution
Lifecycle Management
Setting ejb-timer-service property causes set command to fail (6193449)
Description
Solution
Error thrown when list JMS physical destinations within non-DAS config (6532532)
Description
Solution
Win2003 only: Non-paged pool leak memory, breaking tcp stack and richaccess test (6575349)
Description
Workaround
Logging
Setting debug statement for access,failure causes hang in server startup (6180095)
Description
Solution
Message Queue
Enterprise Server Does Not Start If MQ Broker is Not Started (6740797)
Description
Solution
JMS reconnection does not successfully complete in certain cases that are timing dependent (6173308, 6189645, 6198481, 6199510, 6208728)
Description
Solution
MQ broker fails to start with cluster profile on Linux (6524871)
Description
Solution
Mismatch of old and new classes is created when imqjmsra.jar is loaded before upgrade (6740794)
Description
Solution
Monitoring
Some of the HTTP Service monitoring statistics do not present useful information and should be ignored (6174518)
Description
Solution
Open JNDI Browsing from Admin UI dumps a huge amount of exceptions in the server.log (6591734)
Description
Solution
Packaging
AIX: monitor command doesn't work on AIX (6655731)
Description
Solution: To Install the Missing libcliutil.so Library File
Samples
After upgrade Enterprise Server samples and JES5 portal samples compete on derby port 1527 (6574563)
Description
Solution
Security
OutofMemory Error in SSL Scenarios During Heavy Stress (JDK 6 Issue 23)
Description
Solution
AIX: WSS dynamic encrypt key test failed due to server side certification validation error (6627379)
Description
Solution
AIX: @RunAs at EJB module authorization test failed AccessLocalException: Client not authorized (6627385)
Description
Solution
SSL termination is not working (6269102)
Description
Solution
Socket connection leak with SSL (6492477)
Description
Solution
Upgrade
On some Linux systems, the installer running "Upgrade in place" fails to start upgrade tool after clicking on the "Start Upgrade Wizard" button (6207337)
Description
Solution
Self-signed certificate is not trusted during and after upgrade from 8.0 Platform Edition (PE) to 8.1 Enterprise Edition (EE) UR2 (6296105)
Solution
(sbs-manual, sbs-installer) throws Server Instance server does not have a system connector named null (6545145)
Description
Solution
Different domains are lost during upgrade when different build combinations are used (6546130)
Description
Solution
Solaris: pre-filled Master password in upgrade Tool is from Enterprise Server 2.1 and not from AS8.2 (6565825)
Description
Solution
Localized Online Help for asupgrade GUI Does Not Exist (6610170)
Description
Solution
Upgrade Tool deleted nodeagents directory when upgrade (reverse order) with multiple domains (6636871)
Description
Solution: To Preserve All Node Agents in a Side-by-Side Upgrade of Multiple Domains
In-place upgrade does not update the index.html file of existing domain (6831429)
Description
Web Container
On Windows, deploying an application using --precompilejsp=true can lock JAR files in the application, causing later undeployment or redeployment to fail (5004315)
Description
Diagnostics
Solution
Unable to deploy WAR with Servlet 2.4-based web.xml that contains an empty <load-on-startup> element (6172006)
Description
Solution
Unable to compile JSP page on resource constrained servers (6184122)
Description
Solution
Enterprise Server does not support auth-passthrough Web Server 6.1 Add-On (6188932)
Description
Solution
Web Server
AS 9.1 b50e.Linux. Can not start WS after AS LB installation: libjvm.so:cannot open shared (6572654)
Description
Solution
Web Services
Ant task wsimport fails with Java EE SDK b33d (using JDK 1.6) with NoClassDefFoundError (6527842)
Description
Solution
publish-to-registry commands fail in IFR EE builds (6602046)
Description
Solution
wscompile fails with "package javax.xml.rpc does not exist" on JDK6 u4 b3 (6638567)
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Solution
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