8.1 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 8.1 SP1

 

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 8.1 Supported Configurations.
• For information about running Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 for IBM zSeries/S390, see:
• http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/index.html
• http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/os/linux

 

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Configuration Requirements

Table 1-1 Requirements for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 on Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 on IBM zSeries/S390 

Operating System Version and Patches	Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 for IBM zSeries/S390 31-bit with Kernel 2.4.19 or later, with SLES 8 SP2
Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed	IBM S/390 G5 or later models
SDK	IBM JDK 1.4.1 SR1 JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1) Classic VM (build 1.4.1, J2RE 1.4.1 IBM build cx3901411-20030930 (JIT enabled: jitc))
Design and Development Tools	Supports WebLogic Server development tools.
RAM	512 MB required; 1 GB recommended
Performance Pack	Included	lib/linux/s390/libmuxer.so
Node Manager	Included	Native
BEA jDrivers for Oracle	None

 

 

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Known Issues

• The setuid function does not work with this SDK due to the way the current Linux thread model works. When you use ports lower than 1024, you cannot switch from root to a non-privileged user ID with the setuid function.
• The IIOP thin client is not supported due to dependencies on the JVM. Only thin-client applications are affected by this issue. To work around this limitation, use two configurations:
• Run WebLogic Server on SLES 8 for IBM zSeries/S390.
• Run your thin client on a different operating system configuration.

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 8.1, see:

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

 

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Download and Installation Instructions

This section provides instructions for the following tasks:

• Downloading and Installing the IBM Developer Kit for 31-bit zSeries (S/390)
• Downloading the WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 Installer
• Installing WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1

Downloading and Installing the IBM Developer Kit for 31-bit zSeries (S/390)

Before you can install and run WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 on your SuSE Linux ES 8 configuration, you must obtain an IBM Developer Kit for 31-bit zSeries (S/390) from IBM. To download this kit, complete the following procedure:

Go to the following IBM download registration site:

https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/lxdk/lxdk-p

Select "IBM SDK for 31-bit zSeries (S/390)...1.4.1 SR1."
Register and accept the license agreement.

The IBM Developer Kit for Linux, Java 2 Technology Edition for 31-bit zSeries (S/390) download page is displayed.

Follow the instructions displayed to download and install the SDK.
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory in which IBM SDK 1.4.1 SR1 is installed, and export JAVA_HOME. For example:

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/IBMJava2-s390-141

Make sure that your PATH variable includes $JAVA_HOME/bin. For example:

export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin;$PATH:.

Downloading the WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 Installer

Go to the BEA download site:

http://commerce.bea.com/index.jsp

Find your WebLogic Server release and Service Pack on the download page.
Select SuSE Linux for IBM zSeries/S390.
Download the WebLogic Server installer: pj_server811_generic.jar.
Download the supplemental JAR file called zLinux811_supplemental.zip.

Installing WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1

Install WebLogic Server 8.1 SP1 by completing the console-mode installation procedure for .jar files available in Installing WebLogic Platform at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs81/install/console.html:

$ java -jar pj_server811_generic.jar -mode=console

Copy the zLinux811_supplemental.zip file to $WL_HOME/server/lib.
Change to the directory $WL_HOME/server/lib

$ cd $WL_HOME/server/lib

Extract the zLinux811_supplemental.jar file and zLinux811_libraries.jar from the zLinux811_supplemental.zip to $WL_HOME/server/lib.

$ jar -xvf zLinux811_supplemental.zip

Remove old plug-in objects from the $WL_HOME/server/lib/linux/s390 library:

$ rm linux/s390/*

Extract the zLinux811_libraries.jar file to $WL_HOME/server/lib:

$ jar -xvf zLinux811_libraries.jar

Open the $WL_HOME/common/bin/commEnv.sh script in a text editor, and prepend the zLinux811_supplemental.jar to the classpath by doing the following:
Find the following text:

WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH="${JAVA_HOME}/lib/tools.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/weblogic_sp.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/weblogic.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/ojdbc14.jar"
Replace it with:

WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH="${JAVA_HOME}/lib/tools.jar \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/zLinux811_supplemental.jar ${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/weblogic_sp.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/weblogic.jar${CLASSPATHSEP} \
${WL_HOME}/server/lib/ojdbc14.jar"