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AIX 5.2 on PowerPC, POWER4 with 7.0 SP5

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:

Related Information

 

Configuration Requirements

Table 3-1 Requirements for 7.0 SP5 on AIX 5.2 on PowerPC, POWER4

Operating System Version and Patches

AIX v5.2 ML2

Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed

PowerPC, POWER4 (1 GHz)

SDK

IBM SDK 1.3.1 SR7 32-bit (APAR IY52512) JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1) Classic VM (build 1.3.1, J2RE 1.3.1 IBM AIX build ca131-20040517 (JIT enabled: jitc))

This SDK is not provided with WebLogic Platform; if you plan to use it, you must download it from the IBM Web site and install it, manually, on your system. For instructions, see:

Note: BEA recommends upgrading to the SR7 version of the SDK.

IBM SDK 1.3.1 SR6a 32-bit (APAR IY50443) JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1) Classic VM (build 1.3.1, J2RE 1.3.1 IBM AIX build ca131-20031105 (JIT enabled: jitc))

This SDK is not provided with WebLogic Platform; if you plan to use it, you must download it from the IBM Web site and install it, manually, on your system. For instructions, see:

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 SP5 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

Native

BEA jDrivers for Oracle

For this Oracle client version:

The following shared libraries are provided:

Oracle 8.1.7

  • lib/aix/oci817_8/libweblogicoci38.so

  • lib/aix/oci817_8/libweblogicoxa38.so

Oracle 9.2.0

  • lib/aix/oci920_8/libweblogicoci38.so

  • lib/aix/oci920_8/libweblogicoxa38.so


 

 

Known Issues

Issue

Workaround

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 I/O exception.

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

    2. Reboot WebLogic Server.

WebLogic Workshop on AIX does not support DB2.

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

An exception occurs in WebLogic Portal when the server is started for the e2eSample. The problem is caused by two IBM JAR files that contain JAAS libraries: jaas.jar and jaas_lm.jar.

Remove jaas.jar and jaas_lm.jar from the $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext directory.

Note: Do not rename the files; the problem cannot be resolved by doing so.You must delete the files or move them to a different location.

The E2E sample hangs when the following script is executed:

$WEBLOGIC_HOME/samples/platform/e2eDomain/startE2E.sh

Complete the following procedure:

    1. In a text editor, open the following file:
    $WEBLOGIC_HOME/portal/db/databaseload.properties

    2. Find the following line:
    ------PointBase--------------------------------

    3. Change the line to a comment by adding a pound sign (#) at the beginning:
    #------PointBase--------------------------------

    4. Launch the e2e sample.

The server will start successfully.

When the WebLogic Integration EDI Sample is run on an AIX configuration with Power.Enterprise! 3.4, attempts to validate outbound documents fail with the following error message:

Unable to validate the target document

    1. Open the following JAR file: $WEBLOGIC_HOME/samples/integration/samples/edi/POAckXMLtoEDI855.jar

    2. Extract the following file: X12-855-004010.xml

    3. In a text editor, open X12-855-004010.xml.

    4. Change the value of the MaxLen attribute to 15.

An exception is thrown under the following circumstances:

    1. You upgrade from 7.0 SP4 to 7.0 SP5, using the Upgrade installer or Smart Update.

    2. Later you perform a rollback from 7.0 SP5 to SP4.

    3. You start the e2e server.

The server starts up properly but an exception is thrown.

This issue is being tracked with CR189177.

To avoid causing an exception when you start the e2e server after performing a rollback from 7.0 SP5 to 7.0 SP4, after the rollback procedure remove the following files from the e2eDomain folder:


_ServletContextidnameDbmsEventRoutercontextpathDbmsEventRouter_EventRouter.xml

_ServletContextidnameDbmsEventRoutercontextpathDbmsEventRouter_tmp

running-managed-servers.xml

If you remove these files before starting the e2e server, no exception is thrown.


 

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

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

Before you can run WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP5 on an IBM AIX 5.2 system, you must have an SDK configuration (SDK base plus fixes) at one of the the following levels:

This section provides instructions for:

Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK Base

  1. Go to the "Downloads: IBM developer kits" 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."

Once the IBM SDK base is installed, you can download and install the SDK fixes required for your system, depending on which SDK version you are planning to use. See the appropriate instructions:

Downloading IBM SDK Fixes: 1.3.1 APAR IY50443

You need to download this special version of the IBM SDK externally from IBM. This build is required for WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5 if you are planning to use IBM SDK 1.3.1 SR6a. To download IBM SDK 1.3.1 APAR IY50443, complete the following steps:

  1. Go to the IBM pSeries Support page at:

    2. http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fcgui.jsp

  2. Set the search criteria to the following:
  3. Download and install the fix package.
  4. Verify that the package is applied by running the following command:

    5. $ instfix -ivqk IY50443

Downloading IBM SDK Fixes: 1.3.1 APAR IY52512

You need to download this special version of the IBM SDK externally from IBM. This build is required for WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5 if you are planning to use IBM SDK 1.3.1 SR7. To download IBM SDK 1.3.1 APAR IY52512, complete the following steps:

  1. Go to the IBM pSeries Support page at:

    2. http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fcgui.jsp

  2. Set the search criteria to the following:
  3. Download and install the fix package.
  4. Verify that the package is applied by running the following command:

    5. $ instfix -ivqk IY52512

Downloading and Installing WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP5

To install WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP5, complete the following procedure:

  1. Go to the BEA download site and download the IBM AIX installer for 7.0 SP5: 
    2. http://commerce.bea.com/index.jsp

    The following installers are available.

    Installer

    Filename

    WebLogic Platform package installer

    pj_platform705_generic.jar

    WebLogic Platform net installer

    net_pj_platform705_generic.jar

    WebLogic Server package installer

    pj_server705_generic.jar


     
  2. Install WebLogic Platform or WebLogic Server by following the instructions provided at the BEA documentation Web site.

 

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