1. GlassFish Server Upgrade Compatibility Issues
New Default Installation Directory
Changes to Group Management Service Settings
Application Client Interoperability
HADB and hadbm Command Support
Command Line Interface: The asadmin Command
Deprecated asadmin Subcommands
Deprecated, Unsupported, and Obsolete Options
Applications That Use Persistence
HTTP Service to Network Service Changes
Remapping of HTTP Service Attributes and Properties
New Network Service Elements and Attributes
NSS Cryptographic Token Support
2. Upgrading an Installation of Application Server or GlassFish Server
Oracle GlassFish Server 3.1 is binary-compatible with the following earlier releases of the software:
Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Update 2 (Enterprise and Developer Profiles)
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1 (Enterprise and Developer Profiles)
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1.1 (Enterprise and Developer Profiles)
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3
Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1
Java applications that run on these releases also work on Oracle GlassFish Server 3.1 except for the compatibility issues that are listed in the remainder of this chapter.
Note - The compatibility issues that are listed in the remainder of this chapter do not affect Java applications that run on Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 and GlassFish Server 3.0.1. The differences between GlassFish Server 3.1 and the Enterprise Server v3 releases do not affect applications and data.