Supported Configurations: Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

BEA WebLogic Server 9.1 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

BEA Products Supported on this Configuration

Product	Version
BEA WebLogic Server®	9.1

 

This section provides the following information:

• Configuration Requirements
• Known Issues
• Download and Installation Instructions

Related Information

• For information about supported database configurations, Web servers, browsers, and interoperability tools, plus BEA product support for WebLogic Server 9.1, see:
• WebLogic Server 9.1 Supported Configurations
• For information about Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server^®, visit the following Novell Web site: http://www.novell.com.

 

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Configuration Requirements

WebLogic Server 9.1 is supported on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on x86 hardware. WebLogic Server 9.1 on SUSE Linux 9 is also supported on AMD64, 64-bit Xeon and Itanium. For detailed requirements for these configurations, see the appropriate table:

• Requirements for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on x86 (for WebLogic Server 9.1 only)
• Requirements for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on 64-bit Xeon and AMD64 with 64-bit JDK (for WebLogic Server 9.1 only)
• Requirements for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on 64-bit Xeon and AMD64 with 32-bit JDK (for WebLogic Server 9.1 only)
• Requirements for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on Itanium (for WebLogic Server 9.1 only)

Table 5-1 Requirements for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on x86 (for WebLogic Server 9.1 only)

Operating System Version and Patches	Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP3 with Kernel 2.6.5-7.244-smp (3) and later SUSE service packs and errata
Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed	x86 (1.2GHz)
JDK	BEA JRockit® 5.0 (R26.0.0) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit
RAM	1 GB minimum
Performance Pack	server/native/linux/i686/libmuxer.so
Design and Development Tools	WebLogic Server development tools are supported.


 

Table 5-2 Requirements for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on 64-bit Xeon and AMD64 with 64-bit JDK (for WebLogic Server 9.1 only)

Operating System Version and Patches	Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 with Kernel 2.6.5-7.244-smp (3) on x86_64 and later SUSE service packs and errata (64-bit kernel)
Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed	AMD64 (1.3 GHz) 64-bit Xeon (1.3 GHz)
JDK	BEA JRockit 5.0 (R26.0.0-188) JDK (64-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit
RAM	1 GB minimum
Performance Pack	server/native/linux/x86_64/libmuxer.so
Design and Development Tools	WebLogic Server development tools are supported.


 

Table 5-3 Requirements for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on 64-bit Xeon and AMD64 with 32-bit JDK (for WebLogic Server 9.1 only)

Operating System Version and Patches	Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 with Kernel 2.6.5-7.244-smp (3) on x86_64 and later SUSE service packs and errata (64-bit kernel)
Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed	AMD64 (1.3 GHz) 64-bit Xeon (1.3 GHz)
JDK	BEA JRockit 5.0 (R26.0.0-189) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit
RAM	1 GB minimum
Performance Pack	server/native/linux/i686/libmuxer.so
Design and Development Tools	WebLogic Server development tools are supported.


 

Table 5-4 Requirements for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on Itanium (for WebLogic Server 9.1 only)

Operating System Version and Patches	Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP3 with Kernel 2.6.5-7.244 with glibc-2.3.3-98.61 and later SUSE service packs and errata
Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed	Itanium (1.3 GHz)
JDK	BEA JRockit 5.0 (R26.0.0-188) JDK (64-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit
RAM	1 GB minimum
Performance Pack	server/native/linux/ia64/libmuxer.so
Design and Development Tools	WebLogic Server development tools are supported.


 

 

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Known Issues

• Issues Related to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 on AMD64 and 64-bit Xeon
• Serial Version UID Mismatch
• Issues Related to Other BEA Products

Issues Related to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 on AMD64 and 64-bit Xeon

This section describes known issues that occur when you run WebLogic Server 9.1 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 systems based on the AMD64 and 64-bit Xeon chip architecture.

JVM Stack Overflow

You might encounter a JVM stack overflow error or exception while running WebLogic Server on the Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 on 64-bit Xeon configuration.

Workaround: Increase the stack size from the default 128k to 256k.

Exception Encountered on Systems with Mounted NFS File Systems

You might encounter the following exception while installing WebLogic Server on a system that has NFS file systems mounted:

"Caused by:  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not list file system roots on this computer"

Workaround: Ensure that you have at least 600MB of free disk space before installing WebLogic Server and use the -Dspace.detection=false flag while installing. The installation command will look like:

java -Dspace.detection=false -jar server910_generic.jar -mode=console

Serial Version UID Mismatch

A Serial Version UID Mismatch Issue may be encountered if you deploy an application on a latest JVM, but compiled with an earlier JDK release.

Workaround: To be compatible with the serialization of previously compiled applications, modify the <BEA_HOME>/Weblogic91/common/bin/commEnv.sh file to include the following command:

JAVA_OPTIONS="$JAVA_OPTIONS -Dcom.sun.xml.namespace.QName.useCompatibleSerialVersionUID=1.0"

Note: If you intend to deploy new applications with previously compiled applications, they must be recompiled as necessary to have the same Serial Version UID.

Issues Related to Other BEA Products

For information about known issues with BEA products supported on this configuration, including available workarounds, see the appropriate Release Notes document.

Issues related to...	Are described in...
WebLogic Server	BEA WebLogic Server Known and Resolved Issues: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs91/issues/known_resolved.html
Installation and Configuration	BEA Products Installation and Configuration Release Notes: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13179_01/common/docs91/relnotes/relnotes.html

 

 

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Download and Installation Instructions

This section provides procedures for downloading and installing the software required to run WebLogic Server 9.1 on the Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Itanium, AMD64, 64-bit Xeon and x86 configurations.

Download and Installation Instructions for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on Itanium

To install WebLogic Server 9.1 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on Itanium, you need BEA JRockit 5.0 and the installer for WebLogic Server 9.1. The steps for downloading and installing WebLogic Servere 9.1 are described in the following section.

Note: You do not need to download JRockit separately as the WebLogic Server on Itanium installer includes JRockit.

Downloading and Installing the WebLogic Server 9.1

To install WebLogic Server 9.1

Go to the BEA downloads site:

http://commerce.bea.com

Click on the link for WebLogic Server 9.1.
From the list of OS Platforms, select Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (9, Itanium).
Download the server910_linuxia64.bin.
Install WebLogic Server using the instructions provided in the "Using Installers with Filenames Ending in .bin" section of the WebLogic Server 9.1 Installation Guide.

For more information on installing WebLogic Server, refer to the WebLogic Server 9.1 Online Documentation.

Download and Installation Instructions for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on AMD64 and 64-bit Xeon

To install WebLogic Server 9.1 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on AMD64 or 64-bit Xeon, you need BEA JRockit 5.0 and the installer for WebLogic Server 9.1. The steps are described in the following sections:

• Downloading and Installing BEA JRockit 5.0 R26 JDK
• Downloading and Installing the WebLogic Server 9.1 Package Installer

Downloading and Installing BEA JRockit 5.0 R26 JDK

Go to the BEA downloads site:

http://commerce.bea.com

Download and install the version of the BEA JRockit 5.0 R26 JDK that you want to use:
• Linux (Intel EM64T & AMD64 - 64 bit)
• Linux (x86 - 32 bit)
Update the JAVA_HOME environment variable to reflect the JDK installation directory. For example:

export JAVA_HOME=<JRockit_installation _directory>

Add your Java executables to the PATH environment variable:

export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Downloading and Installing the WebLogic Server 9.1 Package Installer

To install WebLogic Server 9.1

Go to the BEA downloads site:

http://commerce.bea.com

Click on the link for WebLogic Server 9.1.
From the list of OS Platforms, select Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (9, 64-bit Xeon/AMD64).
Download the server910_generic.jar package installer.
Install WebLogic Server using the instructions provided in the "Using Installers with Filenames Ending in .jar" section of the WebLogic Server 9.1 Installation Guide.

For more information on installing WebLogic Server, refer to the WebLogic Server 9.1 Online Documentation.

Downloading and Installing WebLogic Server 9.1 on the Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on x86 Configuration

Go to the BEA downloads site:

http://commerce.bea.com

Click on the link for WebLogic Server 9.1.
From the list of OS Platforms, select Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (9, x86).
Install WebLogic Server 9.1 by completing the installation procedure provided at: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13179_01/common/docs91/install/start.html.

For more information on installing WebLogic Server, refer to the WebLogic Server 9.1 Online Documentation.