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This release notes document contains information on Oracle9i Application Server Release 2 (9.0.2.0.1) that did not make it into the documentation set. Although this document is accurate at the time of publication, you can access the latest information and additions to these release notes on the Oracle Technology Network at

http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias

Topics in this chapter include:

1.1 Purpose of this Document

This document describes differences between Oracle9i Application Server Release 2 (9.0.2.0.1) for AIX-Based Systems, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, HP 9000 Series HP-UX, and Linux Intel and its documented functionality.

This document contains the following:

operating system patches required for running Oracle9i Application Server
installation and migration issues and workarounds
general management and security issues and workarounds
updates to books in the documentation library

This is the main release notes document for the product, and Oracle Corporation recommends you review its contents before reading the component release notes listed in the next section.

1.2 Component Release Notes

For latest information about specific Oracle9iAS components, refer to the component-specific release notes from the links below.

Table 1-1 Component Release Notes

Solution Area	Component Release Notes
J2EE and Internet Applications Install Type	Oracle HTTP Server Release Notes Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE Release Notes Oracle9iAS Web Services Release Notes Oracle9iAS Web Cache Release Notes Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site Release Notes
Portal and Wireless Install Type	Oracle9iAS Portal Release Notes Oracle Ultra Search Release Notes Oracle9iAS Wireless Release Notes
Business Intelligence and Forms Install Type	Oracle9iAS Discoverer Release Notes Oracle9iAS Forms Developer and Forms Services Release Notes Oracle9iAS Personalization Release Notes Oracle9iAS Reports Services Release Notes
Infrastructure Install Type	Oracle Enterprise Manager Release Notes Oracle Internet Directory Release Notes Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On Release Notes
Integration and Client Components	Oracle9iAS InterConnect Release Notes Oracle Workflow Release Notes Oracle9i Application Server Client Release Notes

1.3 Operating System Requirements

The following tables contains the software requirements for Oracle9iAS.

Table 1-2 and Table 1-3 list the software requirements for AIX-Based Systems.
Table 1-4 lists the software requirements for HP 9000 Series HP-UX.
Table 1-5 lists the software requirements for Linux Intel.
Table 1-6 lists the software requirements for Compaq Tru64.

Note:

Download the operating system patches for AIX-Based Systems, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, HP 9000 Series HP-UX, and Linux Intel from the vendor web sites.

Note:

The current JDK 1.3.1 production version is required. For Linux, this JDK is included on the Oracle9iAS CD-ROM

Table 1-2 Software Requirements for AIX 4.3.3 Systems

Item	Requirement
Operating System	AIX 4.3.3 (64-bit only)
Software	JDK 1.3.1
Operating System patches for AIX 4.3.3	ML9 IY05995 IY07276 IY01050 IY17528 IY25282 Clusterware Patches PSSP 3.2 IY04109 IY04149 IY04767 HACMP/ES 4.4 IY03478 IY04109 IY06749 IY20220 IY17439 IY15677 IY14572 IY13935
Window Manager	Use any supported IBM AIX window manager that supports Motif, such as `dtwm`, `twm`, and `olwm`.

Table 1-3 Software Requirements for AIX 5L Systems

Item	Requirement
Operating System	AIX 5L (5.1 or higher) 32-bit or 64-bit kernel mode
Software	IBM JAVA 131 SR-3(32 bit) or higher VAC 5.0 runtime or higher
Operating System patches for AIX 5L	ML02 or higher Filesets: `bos.adt.libm`, `bos.perf.libperfstat` Patches: IY30150, IY39508
Window Manager	Use any supported IBM AIX window manager that supports Motif, such as `dtwm`, `twm`, and `olwm`.
Required Executables	The following executables must be present: `make`, `ar`, `ld`, and `nm`.

Table 1-4 Software Requirements for HP 9000 Series HP-UX

Item	Requirement
Operating System	HP-UX 11.0 (64-bit)
Software	JDK 1.3.1
Operating System Patches	HP-UX 11.00 PA-RISC Patches: You must install any prerequisite patches for JDK. These patches are available from the HP website. NOTE: Several of the patches listed below have dependency patches that must be installed as well. When you navigate to the download web page for an individual patch, click the dependency link and make sure you install the dependency patches if required. Dec 2000 Patch Bundle PHSS_23377 PHCO_23770 PHKL_23226 PHCO_23092 PHCO_23792 PHCO_23963 PHCO_24148 PHKL_18543 PHKL_23226 PHKL_23409 PHKL_24826 PHKL_24943 PHKL_24971 PHNE_21731 PHNE_23456 PHNE_23833 PHSS_23440 PHSS_17535 PHSS_23546 PHSS_23800 PHKL_25188 PHSS_23823 Clusterware: MC/ServiceGuard 11.09 OPS Edition PHCO_23919
Required Executables	The following executables must be present in the `/usr/ccs/bin` directory: `make`, `ar`, `ld`, `nm`, and `cc`.

Table 1-5 Software Requirements for Linux Intel

Item	Requirement
Operating System	SuSE SLES7 or Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 Distribution
Software	JDK 1.3.1 XFree86 Development 3.3.3.1 or later Open Motif 2.1.30 For SuSE SLES7 the following is also required: kernel 2.4.7 glibc 2.2.2-55 For Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 the following is also required: kernel 2.4.9 glibc 2.2.4-25

Item

Requirement

Operating System

SuSE SLES7 or Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 Distribution

Software

JDK 1.3.1

XFree86 Development 3.3.3.1 or later

Open Motif 2.1.30

For SuSE SLES7 the following is also required:

kernel 2.4.7
glibc 2.2.2-55

For Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 the following is also required:

kernel 2.4.9
glibc 2.2.4-25

Table 1-6 Software Requirements for Compaq Tru64 UNIX

Item	Requirement
Operating System	Compaq Tru64 UNIX 5.1 or 5.1a
Software	JDK 1.3.1
Operating System Patches	5.1 patchkit 2 or higher 5.1a patchkit 1 or higher Bugfix HPAQ217F Clusterware: TruClusters 5.1a (CFS aware)
Operating System Packages	The OSFLIBA, OSFPGMR, and OSFCMPLRS subsets. These subsets are part of the Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system distribution.
Window Manager	X Windows must be installed on the system from where the Installer is run. Use any Compaq-supported X Windows server with support for Motif, such as `dtwm`, `twm`, and `mwm`. Character mode installations are not supported for Oracle9iAS Release 2 (9.0.2.0.1) The X environments, Basic X-environments (OSF11), and X Servers (OSFSER) are required to run graphical products.
Required Executables	The following executables must be present in the `/usr/ccs/bin` directory: `make`, `ar`, `ld`, and `nm`.

1.4 Certification Information

Latest certification information for Oracle9iAS, Release 2 (9.0.2.0.1), is available at:

http://metalink.oracle.com

1.5 Licensing Information

Licensing information for Oracle9iAS, Release 2 (9.0.2.0.1), is available at:

http://esource.oraclecorp.com/webdbprd-dad/webdb/esrc/esr_main.home

1.6 Deprecated Features

The following features have been officially deprecated in Oracle9i Application Server Release 2 (9.0.2.0.1):

Oracle9iAS Database Cache
Enterprise Java Engine
IIS Plugin
mod_ssl based on openssl. This has been replaced by mod_ossl.
Jserv environment. This has been replace by Oracle9iAS Containers for J2EE (OC4J).

A complete list of deprecated features and migration details is also available on OTN and OracleMetalink under the title "Oracle9iAS Release 2 (9.0.2.0.1) Deprecated Features":

http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias
http://metalink.oracle.com

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