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1.  Release Notes

Release Notes Revision History

About Message Queue 4.5

Message Queue 4.5 Supported Platforms and Components

Platform Support

System Virtualization Support

Optional Support Components

New Features in Message Queue 4.5

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.5

Features to be Deprecated in a Future Release

Compatibility Issues

Interface Stability

Issues Related to the Next Major Release of Message Queue

Known Issues and Limitations

Installation Issues

Installing on All Platforms

Installing on Windows

Installing on Solaris

Installing on OpenSolaris

Installing on Linux

Version Anomalies in the Installer

Solaris Platform

Linux Platform

Localization Issues

Deprecated Password Option

Administration/Configuration Issues

Broker Issues

Broker Clusters

JMX Issues

SOAP Support

Redistributable Files

Documentation Updates in Message Queue 4.5

Documentation Accessibility

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Access to Oracle Support Services

Additional Resources

New Features in Previous Message Queue 4 Releases

New Features in Message Queue 4.4.2

New Features in Message Queue 4.4 Update 1

New Installation Program

Transaction Log Support for Clusters

In-Process Broker

New Features in Message Queue 4.4

JMS Bridge Service

STOMP Bridge Service

Additional Enhancements

New Universal Message Service (UMS) Functions

IPS Package Support

Audit Logging Feature Reinstated

New Features in Message Queue 4.3

Universal Message Service (UMS)

Architecture

Additional Features

Using the UMS

Supported Web Containers

AIX Platform Support

New Zip-Based Installer

Extended Platform Support

Additional Enhancements

New Directory Structure on Windows Platform

New Broker Properties

JMX Administration API Enhancements

Listing Durable Subscriptions for Wildcard Subscribers

New Features in Message Queue 4.2

Multiple Destinations for a Publisher or Subscriber

Schema Validation of XML Payload Messages

C-API Support for Distributed Transactions

Installer Support for Sun Connection Registration

Support for MySQL Database

Additional Enhancements

New Features in Message Queue 4.1

High-Availability Broker Clusters

JAAS Support

Persistent Data Store Format Change

Broker Environment Configuration

Java ES Monitoring Framework Support

Enhanced Transaction Management

Fixed Ports for C Client Connections

New Features in Message Queue 4.0

Support for JMX Administration API

Client Runtime Logging

Connection Event Notification API

Broker Administration Enhancements

Displaying Information About a JDBC-Based Data Store

JDBC Provider Support

Persistent Data Store Format Changes

Additional Message Properties

SSL Support

Bugs Fixed in Previous Message Queue 4 Releases

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4.2

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4 Update 1

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.3

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.2

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.1

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.0

Bugs Fixed in Previous Message Queue 4 Releases

The following sections list bugs that were fixed in their respective releases:

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4.2

The following table lists the bugs fixed in Message Queue 4.4.2. Some of these issues are marked with “(OpenMQ)”, which indicates the issue was reported in the issue tracker of the Open Message Queue open source project upon which Oracle GlassFish Server Message Queue is based.

Table 1-7 Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4.2

Bug
Description
6726682
'imqcmd list dst' show incorrect consumer cnt after failover cause unacked msgs in cluster/w master
6831953
MQ JDBC connection pool fails to recover from DB outage if driver is type ConnectionPoolDataSource
6914395
Broker stops responding if the message in the Topic of durable subscriber is modified by admin event
6918792
Incorrect synchronization in IMQDirectService
6931209
Confusing INFO messages logged during JMS application initialisation
6932420
On store message, JDBC conn.rollback() is not called to rollback the db txn when exception
6937110
MQAddress utility class url parsing does not work if IPv6 address
6943892
imqbrokerd uses private SUN JDK flag unsupported by BEA JRockit VM
6947108
Spurious message when RA EndpointConsumer created
42 (OpenMQ)
Incorrect synchronization in IMQDirectService

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4 Update 1

The following table describes the bugs fixed in Message Queue 4.4 Update 1. Some of these issues are marked with “(OpenMQ)”, which indicates the issue was fixed in the Open Message Queue open source project upon which Oracle GlassFish Server Message Queue is based.

Table 1-8 Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4 Update 1

Bug
Description
6590909
DIRECT mode MDB does not connect to remote broker when addresslist is overridden
6616704
Broker memory growth when many consumers created within a Session
6745761
XAResource.isSameRM() should return true when two connections used in same XA TX (with JMSJCA)
6745763
XAResource.isSameRM() should return true when two connections used in same XA TX (JMSRA DIRECT mode)
6745768
XAResource.isSameRM() should return true when two connection used in same XA TX (JMSRA LOCAL/REMOTE)
6760450
Message store getting corrupted if the machine is rebooted without stopping the MQ (GF) instance
6766241
UMS: SendMsg.html AJAX example uses /ums as default context root. It should use /imqums
6766852
DirectXAResource translates broker CONFLICT status to "TxID is already in use"
6799428
Non-persistent messages/Non-durable deposited messages in DMQ cannot be consumed but browsable.
6799428
Non-persistent messages/Non-durable deposited messages in DMQ cannot be consumed but browsable.
6809353
openmq 4.3 HA with posgtresql (8.1) doesn't work (imqbrokerd can't start )
6809750
Connection pooling (from JMSRA) for clientId connection does not work.
6812198
Classcast exception thrown when monitoring using MQ topic metrics
6832000
MQ reapExcessConnection JDBC connection runs into HIGH CPU spin
6833109
MQClusterMonitor JMX Sample application throws Exception on AIX with JDK6
6835420
Default value of NoGCDefault calculated incorrectly. May cause excessive GC when memory is low.
6852018
Error message "Cannot add durable consumer {0}. No ClientID was set on connection." is misleading
6856991
NullPointerException after broker restarts then rollback a durable consumer PREPARED transaction
6874125
WARNING: MQJMSRA_DC2001: connectionId=555670328604044289:_destroy():called on a connection...
6878945
RFE: JMSBridge: allow specify username/password to create connection from connection-factory
6881493
Admin temporary destinations should not be stored for HA broker
6881753
RFE JMSBridge: allow tag each message with the jmsbridge name before transfer to target
6884673
MQ 4.4 Broker could not establish cluster connection with MQ 3.7/3.6 Broker
6886390
Persist/Txn published msgs went to DMQ can cause mq.sys.dmq not found err when consume them from DMQ
6886515
AccessControlException when using JMX to delete a destination in an embedded broker
6890628
setting the broker property "imq.autocreate.destination.isLocalOnly=true" has no effect
6891615
Selector does not always work when running broker 4.3 in glassfish
6891624
Msgs 'Remote' can become higher than 'Count' in 'imqcmd list dst'
6891629
need user-friendly message when arithmetic exeception occurs in selector
6891717
ifimq.transaction.autorollback=true,autorollback PREPARED ack not clear cause TransactionAckExistEx
6891802
"[B4061]:Can not use Transaction ID..currently in use"on broker restart after takeover remote tx ack
6892512
Memory Leak: Temporary Destinations are not removed from connection when tempDest.delete() is called
6895040
if masterbroker has temp dest,slave broker fail get uidprefix on start after uidprefix lock timeouts
6896230
new consumer created on masterb while masterb restart after sync/w slaves maynot propagate to all
6896764
equals method on TransactionAcknowledgement is incorrect.
6898355
takeover lock reseted in cluster managr init on broker restart without waiting for takeover complete
6901405
RFE: log JDBC vendor information and vendor properties if specified
16 (OpenMQ)
Selector does not always work when running broker 4.3 in glassfish
17 (OpenMQ)
openmq 4.3 HA with posgtresql (8.1) doesn't work (imqbrokerd can't start )
22 (OpenMQ)
installer references non existing binary and fails
25 (OpenMQ)
Memory leak when creating TemporaryTopic.
29 (OpenMQ)
Broker Isolation
30 (OpenMQ)
Msgs 'Remote' can become higher than 'Count' in 'imqcmd list dst'
31 (OpenMQ)
need user-friendly message when arithmetic exc. occurs in selector
32 (OpenMQ)
fix for int-> long overflows
33 (OpenMQ)
OpenMQ installer: "Invalid SwiXML Descriptor" error when ran under ja locale

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4

The following table describes the bugs fixed in Message Queue 4.4.

Table 1-9 Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.4

Bug
Description
6242247
MQ cluster with masterbroker startup and hangs if both broker is on same machine have same name
6760937
Broker does not reconnect to the DB if it is restarted
6763252
broker should log a meaningful message than NPE when ack a message that has been expired/removed
6765410
masterbroker sends local interests 2 times cause slave exception Durable subscription already active
6796506
remote PREPARED msg not redelivered after rollback in case timeout in receiving remote PREPARE reply
6807708
TemporaryDestination.delete fail if master broker is not running
6812037
RFE: pass MQ_CALLBACK_RUNTIME_ERROR to afterMessageDelivery if MQMessageListenerFunc returns error
6812755
FINE level log message should be WARNING if before/afterMessageDelivery callbacks return error
6816023
Message.setStringProperty() exception does not show property name on Illegal character exception
6819095
RFE: cluster should support setting input/output stream buffer size and TcpNoDelay
6820585
'imqcmd list txn' does not show COMMITTED cluster transactions waiting for remote broker completion
6820588
a cluster transaction that consume both local and remote messages stay as COMMITTED in waiting state
6821639
NPE on rollback/commitTransaction during AS recovery for MQRA-DIRECT mode
6823364
RFE: upgrade C-API compiler to Sun Studio 12 on Solaris
6829113
ConcurrentModificationException when Tuxedo TM rollback timed out transaction under heavy load
6832197
non-transacted remote ack should not wait for remote reply if client does not ask for ackack
6834735
confusing log msg "Unexpected Broker Interal Error" when Tuxedo TM timeout a txn in START state
6836364
wildcard subscriber does not receive remote msg if its topic is created before subscriber
6836691
HA(JCAPS):msg already been removed exception on receive after XA receiver rollback then commit a msg
6836749
HA(JCAPS):ack exists in store exception on receive after 1 of durables rollback then commit a msg
6837671
HA(JCAPS):endless redeliver a committed message when XAResourceImpl.rollback after a success commit
6839193
RFE: upgrade C++ compiler to Visual Studio 2008 SP1
6845625
broker entering low memory state when remote consumers repeatly created/closed
6852207
NPE on sending msg to remote broker causes remote broker "unable to process message" on read msg pkt
6853822
confusing exception message "Cannot perform operation END_TRANSACTION" when end a FAILED txn
6854142
"Waiting for cluster connection" "Closed cluster connection" to remote broker every 3 minutes
6858121
confusing WARNING 'Unknow transaction' in broker log on 'imqcmd list txn' if remote txn exists
6858488
COMMITTED txn not removed from txn home broker if remote participant broker removed its COMMITTED tx
6858905
ConcurrentModificationException in Consumer.destroyConsumer
6861362
RFE: JMSBridge: support auto-map target destination to source Message.getJMSDestination
6861528
RFE: JMSBridge: allow MessageTransformer.transform() branch msg to a different destination in target
6861653
excessive cluster txn info sent to COMMIT incomplete down remote broker under high txn load
6862413
confusing log message "mq://xxx.xxx.xx.xx:pppp/ ..." is reachable within 60 seconds"
6863867
MissingResourceException on HA broker restarts if has pending COMMITTED from a down remote broker
6867596
recovered PREPARED txn after broker restart return backto PREPARED state if broker restart again
6868525
NullPointerException on forwarding temporary destination to remote broker on link establishment
6868578
some broadcast/unicast no check if a link established interferes/w link handshake cause link down
6871612
HA:log msgs"Cant notify transaction.completion.."when consume remote msgs if the pending broker down
6886391
NullPointerException on acknowledge message if message has been removed already

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.3

The following table describes the bugs fixed in Message Queue 4.3.

Table 1-10 Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4. 3

Bug
Description
6634033
Cluster protocol does not propagate value of imqConsumerFlowLimit to remote brokers when a client is created.
6713012
Destruction of a consumer on a broker in a cluster at the same time that a remote broker is being restarted can result in some messages not being delivered.
6727555
Broker log message "Max bytes per msg exceeded" has the actual message size and the max bytes per message values switched.
6737404
JMX metrics need to provide counts of messages dispatched from destinations (topics and queues) but yet to be delivered to consumers.
6740568
Broker throws an exception when consuming too many messages in a single transaction.
6758524
The command to list durable subscriptions (imqcmd list dur -d "foo.*") does not accept wildcard characters in the destination name.
6758952
Setting imq.portmapper.hostname=localhost causes brokers to be unable to connect into a cluster.
6758817
Setting imq.cluster.hostname=localhost (not recommended) causes brokers on different machines to be unable to connect into a cluster.

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.2

The following table describes the bugs fixed in Message Queue 4.2.

Table 1-11 Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.2

Bug
Description
6581592
When the installer or uninstaller is run in text mode (installer –t), the Summary screen shows the directory containing the log/summary files but does not list the names of these files.
6585911
The installer's JDK Selection screen incorrectly includes the JRE bundled with the installer and used to run the installer.
6587112
The installer summary screen shows garbage in multi-byte locales.
6587127
When running the installer by referencing an answer file (installer -a filename -s), if the answer file does not exist, the error messages are inconsistent and unclear.
6590969
Allows DN username format in client connection authentication.
6594381
Installation of Message Queue 4.1 localization RPM's (which happens when you select the “Install Message Queue multilingual packages” checkbox on the Multilingual Packages screen) will fail if older versions of Message Queue localization RPM's exist on your system.
6599144
When uninstalling Message Queue 4.2, splash screen and uninstaller hangs and screens appear empty and gray on Java SE 6, but work on Java SE 5.
6615741
Message delivered in a transacted consumer session that is rolled back is not redelivered if the original consumer closed before rollback.
6629922
Distributed transaction handler does not redeliver message to inactive consumer in correct order.
6635130
Broker fails to notify producer of non persistent messages to resume production after having been paused because destination had reached memory or message limits.
6641117
Message delivered in a transacted consumer session that is rolled back is not redelivered if the original consumer closed after rollback.
6683897
Message Queue installer's summary screen reports configuration error even though configuration appears to complete successfully: installer cannot write to /dev/sterr on some computers.
6684069
In broker cluster in which large number of messages are delivered to remote client in consumer transaction, commit transaction fails.
6688935
Default value of Portmapper read timeout is too small.
6695238
C-client applications cannot connect to a broker installed in a location that has spaces in the path.
6710168
Consumer no longer consumes messages if destination is paused twice without being resumed between the pauses.
6710169
JMX operation ConsumerManagerMonitor.getConsumerInfo always returns SESSION_TRANSACTED for the acknowledgement mode.

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.1

The following table describes the bugs fixed in Message Queue 4.1.

Table 1-12 Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.1

Bug
Description
6381703
Transacted remote messages can be committed twice if the broker originating the message restarts.
6388049
Cannot clean up an uncompleted distributed transaction.
6401169
The commit and rollback options for imqcmd do not prompt for confirmation.
6473052
Default for autocreated queues should be round robin. (MaxNumberConsumers = -1).
6474990
Broker log shows ConcurrentModificationException for imqcmd list dst command.
6487413
Memory leak when limit behavior is REMOVE_OLDEST or REMOVE_LOWER_PRIORITY.
6488340
Broker spins, and client waits for reply to acknowledge.
6502744
Broker does not honor the dead message queue's default limit of 1000 messages.
6517341
Client runtime needs to improve reconnect logic when the client is connected to an enhanced broker cluster by allowing the client to reconnect no matter what the value of the imqReconnectEnabled property is.
6528736
Windows automatic startup service (imqbrokersvc) crashes during startup.
6561494
Messages are delivered to the wrong consumer when both share a session.
6567439
Produced messages in a PREPARED transaction are delivered out of order if they are committed after broker restarts.

Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.0

The following table describes the bugs fixed in Message Queue 4.0.

Table 1-13 Bugs Fixed in Message Queue 4.0

Bug Number
Description
4986481
In Message Queue 3.5, calling Session.recover could hang in auto-reconnect mode.
4987325
Redelivered flag was set to false for redelivered messages after calling Session.recover.
6157073
Change new connection message to include the number of connections on the service in addition to the total number of connections.
6193884
Message Queue outputs garbage message to syslog in locales that use non-ASCII characters for messages.
6196233
Message selection using JMSMessageID doesn't work.
6251450
ConcurrentModificationException on connectList during cluster shutdown.
6252763
java.nio.BufferOverflowException in java.nio.HeapByteBuffer.putLong/Int.
6260076
First message published after startup is slow with Oracle storage.
6260814
Selector processing on JMSXUserID always evaluates to false.
6264003
The queue browser shows messages that are part of transactions that have not been committed.
6271876
Connection Flow Control does not work properly when closing a consumer with unconsumed messages.
6279833
Message Queue should not allow two brokers to use the same jdbc tables.
6293053
Master broker does not start up correctly if the system's IP address is changed, unless the store is cleared (using —reset store.)
6294767
Message Queue broker needs to set SO_REUSEADDR on the network sockets it opens.
6304949
Unable to set ClientID property for TopicConnectionFactory.
6307056
The txn log is a performance bottleneck.
6320138
Message Queue C API lacks ability to determine the name of a queue from a reply-to header.
6320325
The broker sometimes picks up JDK 1.4 before JDK 1.5 on Solaris even if both versions are installed.
6321117
Multibroker cluster initialization throws java.lang.NullPointerException.
6330053
The jms client throws java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError when committing a transaction from the subscriber.
6340250
Support MESSAGE type in C-API.
6351293
Add Support for Apache Derby database.