7.0 Supported Configurations: Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 on IBM zSeries/S390
Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 on IBM zSeries/S390 with WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5
This section provides the following information:
Related Information
Configuration Requirements
Table 1-1 Requirements for WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5 on Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 on IBM zSeries/S390
Operating System Version and Patches
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Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8.0 SP2
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Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed
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IBM zSeries S/390 G5 or later models
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SDK
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IBM SDK 1.3.1 Service Refresh 7
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For download instructions, see Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK.
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Design and Development Tools
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Supports WebLogic Server development tools.
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RAM
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512 MB required; 1 GB recommended
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Disk Space
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See Disk Space Requirements.
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Performance Pack
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Available
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lib/linux/s390/libmuxer.so
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Node Manager
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Included
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Native
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BEA jDrivers for Oracle
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None
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Known Issues
Issue
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Workaround
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getXAConnection() is not supported by the DB2 8.1 Fixpack 3 JDBC 2.0 driver on Linux for S/390. Therefore XA connection pools cannot be created with this driver.
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None.
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For information about other known issues with this release, see the Release Notes for WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 7.0:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs70/notes/index.html
Download and Installation Instructions
This section provides special installation instructions for the IBM SDK, WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5, and a patch required for WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5 on Novell SUSE LINUX for IBM zSeries/S390.
See the following procedures:
Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK
WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5 supports Novell SUSE LINUX 8.0 SP2 for IBM zSeries (S/390) with the IBM SDK 1.3.1 Service Refresh 7 (SR7). The developer kit in which the IBM SDK for this operating system is delivered is not bundled with WebLogic Server. Therefore, you must download and install it separately before installing WebLogic Server. To do so, complete the following procedure:
- Go to the IBM download site:
https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/lxdk/lxdk-p
A list of developer's kits is displayed.
- Offering: IBM SDK for 31-bit zSeries (S/390)
- Version: 1.3.1 SR7
- When prompted, register and accept the license agreement.
- Download and install the Developer Kit. As part of the Kit, the IBM SDK 1.3.1 SR7 is installed.
Downloading and Installing WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5
Complete the following procedure:
- Go to the following BEA download site:
http://commerce.bea.com/index.jsp
- BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5 installer for Novell SUSE LINUX (SLES) 8 on IBM S/390 zSeries
- Required patch for 7.0 SP5:
weblogic705_supplemental_zSeries.zip
Note: The JAR file delivered in this package does not include 128-bit libraries. To obtain 128-bit libraries, contact BEA Customer Support.
- Set up your environment as follows:
- Set the
JAVA_HOME
environment variable to the directory in which the IBM SDK 1.3.1 SR7 is installed, and export JAVA_HOME
. For example:
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/IBMJava2-s390-131
- Add the
bin
directory of the newly installed SDK to the beginning of your PATH
variable:
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
java -classpath
installer_directory
/pj_server705_generic.jar com.bea.installer.BEAInstallController
In this command line, replace installer_directory
with the path of the directory in which you just downloaded the WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5 installer.
- When prompted, follow the instructions to complete the installation of WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5.
Note: For detailed instructions, see BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Installation Guide.
Installing the WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5 Patch
- Set the
WL_HOME
environment variable to the pathname for the weblogic700
directory in your 7.0 SP5 installation directory. For example:
export WL_HOME=/work/user/bea_zlinux/weblogic700
- Copy the
weblogic705_supplemental_zSeries.zip
file to $WL_HOME/server/lib
.
- Go to the
$WL_HOME/server/lib
directory:
$ cd $WL_HOME/server/lib
- Remove old plug-in objects from the
$WL_HOME/server/lib/linux/s390
library:
$ rm linux/s390/*
- Extract the new shared
zlinux70sp5
objects from the weblogic705_supplemental_zSeries.zip
file to $WL_HOME/server/lib
:
$ jar -xvf weblogic705_supplemental_zSeries.zip
- Make sure execute permission is provided to the new shared objects by executing the following command:
$ chmod 555 linux/s390/*