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7.0 Supported Configurations: IBM AIX 4.3.3 on PowerPC, POWER3 and POWER4

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AIX 4.3.3 on PowerPC, POWER3 and POWER4 with 7.0 SP4

Provides full support for WebLogic Server and run-time support for WebLogic Workshop, WebLogic Integration, and WebLogic Portal. See below for Design and Development Tools support.


 

This section provides the following information:

End of Life: On December 31, 2003, WebLogic Platform, including WebLogic Server, stopped supporting IBM AIX 4.3.3 on IBM PowerPC, POWER3 and IBM PowerPC, POWER4. WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP4 is expected to be the final service pack issued for AIX 4.3.3. BEA recommends that current AIX 4.3.3 customers start using other certified releases of WebLogic Platform and WebLogic Server on AIX 5.1 or AIX 5.2 platforms. For more information, see WebLogic Platform End-of-Life Announcements.

Related Information

 

Configuration Requirements

Table 1-1 Requirements for 7.0 SP4 on AIX 4.3.3 on PowerPC, POWER3 and POWER4

Operating System Version and Patches

  • AIX 4.3.3 ML9

  • AIX 4.3.3 ML10

Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed

  • PowerPC, POWER3 (450 MHz)

  • PowerPC, POWER4 (1 GHz)

SDK

IBM SDK 1.3.1 32-bit (APAR IY47055) JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1) Classic VM (build 1.3.1, J2RE 1.3.1 IBM AIX build ca131-20030630a (JITenabled: jitc)).

This SDK is not provided with WebLogic Platform; you must download it from the IBM Web site and install it, manually, on your system. For instructions, see Download and Installation Instructions.

Design and Development Tools

Supports WebLogic Server development tools.

For more information about WebLogic Platform design and development tools support, see Supported Configurations for Design and Development Tools in Version 7.0 SP4 in Supported Configurations for WebLogic Platform 7.0.

RAM

512 MB required; 1 GB recommended

Disk Space

For any components of WebLogic Platform or for the full WebLogic Platform product, see Disk Space Requirements.

Performance Pack

Included

lib/aix/libmuxer.so

Node Manager

Included

lib/aix/libNodeManager.so

BEA jDrivers for Oracle

For this Oracle client version:

The following shared libraries are provided:

Oracle 8.1.7

  • lib/aix/oci817_8/libweblogicoca38.so

  • lib/aix/oci817_8/libweblogicoxa38.so

Oracle 9.0.1

  • lib/aix/oci901_8/libweblogicoca38.so

  • lib/aix/oci901_8/libweblogicoxa38.so

Oracle 9.2.0

  • lib/aix/oci920_8/libweblogicoca38.so

  • lib/aix/oci920_8/libweblogicoxa38.so


 

 

Known Issues

Issue

Workaround

UDP_SENDSPACE buffer size defaults to 9216 (9k). WebLogic Server sends fragments up to 32K. Using a buffer size smaller than 32 KB may cause an IO Exception.

    1. Set the buffer size to 32 KB by running the following command:
    no -o udp_sendspace=32768

    2. Reboot WebLogic Server.

WebLogic Workshop on AIX does not support DB2.

Use a database other than DB2 if you want to run WebLogic Workshop on AIX. For information about supported databases, see Supported Database Configurations in Supported Configurations for WebLogic Platform 7.0.


 

For more information about known issues with any components of this release, see the appropriate Release Notes document. For a complete list of Release Notes supporting WebLogic Platform 7.0, see:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs70/interm/relnotes.html

 

Download and Installation Instructions

Before you can run WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP4 on an IBM AIX system, you must have an SDK configuration (base SDK plus fixes) at the following level: IBM SDK 1.3.1 32-bit PTF: ca131-20030630a. This section provides instructions for:

Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK

  1. Go to the "Downloads: IBM developer kit" page on the IBM Web site:

    2. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/index.html

  2. From the list of platforms, select AIX.

    3. The "IBM Developer's Kits for AIX, Java Technology Edition" page is displayed.

  3. In the menu on the right side of the page, click "Download."

    4. A table containing a list of kits is displayed.

  4. In the Java Version column, click "1.3.1."

    5. The "IBM AIX Developer Kit and Runtime, Java Technology Edition" page is displayed, prompting you to log in.

  5. Log in to the site with your user ID and password.

    6. A list of the filesets that make up the IBM SDK 1.3.1 is displayed.

  6. Download and install the filesets listed under "IBM AIX Developer Kit Base code."

Now the SDK is installed on your system. Keep the current window open on your screen so you can continue to the next procedure, Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK Fixes.

Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK Fixes

  1. From the list of links for various tasks at the top of the page (before the list of filesets), click "How and where to get fixes."

    2. The "SDK 1.3.1 32-bit PTFs since GA" section is displayed. This section provides a list of the fixes that raise the SDK version to the level required for running WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP4: IBM SDK 1.3.1 32-bit PTF: ca131-20030630a.

    Note: While this page is displayed, be sure to read the information about the cumulative nature of these fixes in "Important Information about Java/AIX."

  2. Click "Fix Delivery Center for AIX 5 and AIX 4.3."

    3. The "IBM eServer pSeries Support" page is displayed. (http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.fdc)

  3. Set the search criteria to the following:
  4. Click "Find fix."
  5. In the drop-down box, select "IY47055 - (AIX 4.3.3. only) SDK 1.3.1 32-bit cal31-20030630a."
  6. Click "Add to list."
  7. Click "Proceed to packaging."
  8. Complete the Packaging options as directed.
  9. Click "Proceed to download page."
  10. Follow the instructions to download the fix package.
  11. Install the fix package.
  12. Verify that the package is applied by running the following command:

    13. $ instfix -ivqk IY47055

    If you have installed any other APARs, as per the instructions on the IBM Web site, verify that they, too, are applied, by running the instfix command with the -ivqk options.

  13. Verify that the required SDK version (IBM SDK 1.3.1 32-bit PTF: ca131-20030630a) is now installed on your system by running the following command:

    14. /usr/java131/bin/java -version

Downloading and Installing 7.0 SP4

Complete the following procedure:

  1. Download the 7.0 SP4 installer for IBM AIX platforms from the following site:

    2. http://commerce.bea.com

  2. Go to the directory that contains the installation file.
  3. Run the command appropriate for your installation mode:

    4. In this command line:

For more information about installation, see the appropriate document:

 

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