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8.1 Supported Configurations: Sun Solaris 9 on x86

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Sun Solaris 9 on x86 with 8.1 SP3

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 4-1 Requirements for 8.1 SP3 on Sun Solaris 9 on x86

Operating System Version and Patches

Solaris 9

Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed

x86 (800 MHz)

SDK

Sun Java 2 SDK 1.4.2_04 for Solaris x86 Platform (32-bit)

Design and Development Tools

Supports WebLogic Server development tools.

RAM

512 MB required; 1 GB recommended

Performance Pack

Included

lib/solaris/x86/libmuxer.so

Node Manager

Included

Native

BEA jDrivers for Oracle

Not supported


 

 

Known Issues

For 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/docs81/interm/relnotes.html

 

Download and Installation Instructions

To install WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3 on your Sun Solaris 9 configuration, complete the following steps:

Step 1: Download and Install the Sun Java 2 SDK 1.4.2_04

  1. Go to the Sun SDK download site: http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.4.2_04
  2. Download the Sun Java 2 SDK 1.4.2_04 for Solaris x86 Platform.
  3. Following the instructions on the download page, install the SDK.

Step 2: Download WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3 and the Supplemental JAR File

To download the installer and supplemental JAR file for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3, complete the following procedure:

  1. Go to the BEA download site: http://commerce.bea.com.
  2. For WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3, select Sun Solaris (9, x86) as your operating system, and download the WebLogic Platform package installer.
  3. From the same site, download the supplementary JAR file for Solaris 9 on x86 by selecting the link: wls813_solaris_x86_supp.jar.

Now you have all the components required for your installation: Sun Java 2 SDK 1.4.2_04, the WebLogic Platform package installer, and the supplementary JAR file.

Step 3: Install WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3 and the Supplemental JAR File

Note: For more information about installing WebLogic Platform, see Installing BEA WebLogic Platform at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs81/install/index.html.

  1. In a browser, open Installing BEA WebLogic Platform and find the section called "Starting Graphical-Mode Installation for .jar Installation Files" (in the chapter called "Installing WebLogic Platform Using Graphical-Mode Installation") at the following URL:

    2. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs81/install/guimode.html

  2. Following the instructions, install WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3.
  3. Set the WL_HOME variable to the directory in which WebLogic Platform is installed and export WL_HOME:

    4. $ export WL_HOME=/your_installation_directory/weblogic81

  4. Create a directory called $WL_HOME/server/lib/solaris/x86 and go to it:

    5. $ mkdir $WL_HOME/server/lib/solaris/x86
    $ cd $WL_HOME/server/lib/solaris/x86

  5. Extract the contents of the.jar file:
    6. $ jar -xvf wls813_solaris_x86_supp.jar
  6. Modify the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the following shell scripts to point to the x86 directory under lib/solaris. In other words, replace all occurrences of ${WL_HOME}/server/lib/solaris with ${WL_HOME}/server/lib/solaris/x86 in the following two shell scripts:
  7. Set the correct execution modes on the contents of the weblogic81/server/bin and weblogic81/server/lib directories:

 

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