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AIX 5.2 on PowerPC, POWER3 and POWER4 with WebLogic Server 7.0 SP2

Indicates support for WebLogic Server run-time and WLS Design and Dev Tools. No support for other WebLogic Platform components.


 

This section provides the following information:

Related Information

 

Configuration Requirements

Table 5-1 Requirements for WebLogic Server 7.0 SP2 on AIX 5.2 on PowerPC, POWER3 and POWER4

Operating System Version and Patches

AIX 5L v5.2

Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed

  • PowerPC, POWER3 (450 MHz)

  • PowerPC, POWER4 (1 GHz)

SDK

JDK 1.3.1 32-bit PTF 2 (IY33957) JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1) Classic VM (build 1.3.1, J2RE 1.3.1 IBM AIX build ca131-20021102 (JIT enabled: jitc))

For download instructions, see Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK.

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 SP2 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 9.2.0

  • lib/aix/oci920_8/libweblogicoca38.so

  • lib/aix/oci920_8/libweblogicoxa38.so


 

 

Known Issues

Issue

Workaround

Customers wishing to use the Apache 2.0 plug-in should use the Web server on which the plug-in was certified: IBM HTTP Server version 2.0.42.

Download the IBM HTTP Server from:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/webservers/httpservers/index.html

Servers may fail on startup with a broken pipe or a connection reset by a peer.

Try removing the loopback entries from the default routing table. For more information, see http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21040968

The default buffer size for UDP_SENDSPACE is 9216 (9k), but fragments sent by WebLogic Server may be up to 32K, so using a buffer size smaller than 32k may cause an IO Exception.

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

    2. Reboot WebLogic Server.

The Apache 2.0 plug-in is certified with the IBM HTTP Server Version 2.0.42.

Use the IBM HTTP Server v2.0.4.2. You can download it from:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/webservers/httpservers/index.html


 

For more information about known issues with this release, see the Release Notes for WebLogic Server 7.0:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs70/notes/index.html

IBM JVM Updates For DST

IBM has released a Timezone Update Utility to update DST data without the need to upgrade Java. See IBM Time Zone Update Utility for JavaTM.

 

Download and Installation Instructions

If you plan to run WebLogic Server 7.0 SP2 on IBM AIX, you must use IBM SDK 1.3.1 32-bit PTF 2 (APAR IY33957). Because this package is not delivered with WebLogic Server, you must download and install it manually before installing WebLogic Server on your system. You cannot use an older version of the IBM SDK, even if one is already installed on your system.

This section provides instructions for:

Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK

To download and install the SDK, complete the following procedure:

  1. Go to the following IBM Web site:

    2. https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.fdc

  2. When prompted, set the search criteria for the SDK as follows.

    3. For this parameter ...

    Select or enter ...

    OS level

    AIX 5.2

    Search by

    APAR number or abstract

    Search String

    IY33957


     
  3. Download and install the SDK.
  4. Verify that the PTF 2 APAR IY33957 is applied, by running the following command:

    5. $ instfix -ivqk IY33957

Installing WebLogic Server 7.0 SP2

The WebLogic Server installation commands for AIX are different from those used to install WebLogic Server on other operating systems. To install WebLogic Server on your AIX configuration, use one of the following commands:

For more information, see WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Installation Guide.

 

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