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:

• Configuration Requirements
• Known Issues
• Download and Installation Instructions

Related Information

• For information about supported database configurations, Web servers, and browsers, plus support for interoperability tools and WebLogic Platform product support information, see WebLogic Platform 7.0 Supported Configurations.
• For general information about Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server for S/390, see Enterprise Server 8 for IBM Mainframes Web site at:

http://www.novell.com/products/linuxenterpriseserver8/

 

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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	Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8.0 SP2
Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed	IBM zSeries S/390 G5 or later models
SDK	IBM SDK 1.3.1 Service Refresh 7	For download instructions, see Downloading and Installing the IBM SDK.
Design and Development Tools	Supports WebLogic Server development tools.
RAM	512 MB required; 1 GB recommended
Disk Space	See Disk Space Requirements.
Performance Pack	Available	lib/linux/s390/libmuxer.so
Node Manager	Included	Native
BEA jDrivers for Oracle	None

 

 

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Known Issues

Issue	Workaround
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.	None.

 

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

 

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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
• Downloading and Installing WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5
• Installing the WebLogic Server 7.0 SP5 Patch

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.

Select:
• 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

Download the following:
• 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

Run the installer:

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/*