Sun Java System Administration Server Release Notes for Microsoft Windows

Sun Java™ System Administration Server Release Notes for Microsoft Windows

Version 5.2 2005Q1

Part Number 819-1575-10

These Release Notes contain important information available at the time of release of Sun Java™ System Administration Server 5.2 2005Q1 for Windows. Known issues and limitations, and other information are addressed here. Read this document before you begin using Administration Server 5.2.

The most up-to-date version of these release notes can be found at the Sun Java System documentation web site: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/AdministrationServer_05q1. Check the web site prior to installing and setting up your software and then periodically thereafter to view the most up-to-date release notes and product documentation.

These release notes contain the following sections:

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Release Notes Revision History

Table 1  Revision History 

Date

Description of Changes

February, 2005

Initial release of Sun Java™ System Administration Server Release Notes for Microsoft Windows.

July 2005

Release of RR version of Sun Java™ System Administration Server Release Notes for Microsoft Windows.

About Administration Server 5.2 2005Q1

Administration Server and Server Console are provided by the Sun Java Enterprise System installer as a single installable component for managing your Sun Java System server software. Server Console is a stand-alone Java application that works in conjunction with an instance of Directory Server and an instance of Administration Server. It acts as the front-end management application for Sun Java System software, finding all servers and applications registered in your configuration directory, displaying them in a graphical interface, and allowing you to manage and configure them, as well as add or edit user information.

This section includes:

What’s New in Administration Server 5.2 2005Q1

Administration Server 5.2 2005Q1 is a maintenance release of Administration Server 5.2 2004Q2. No new features have been introduced in this release of the product.

For information about the bugs fixed in Administration Server 5.2 2005Q1, see Important Information.

The Administration Server commands are now documented as man pages. For more information, see Documentation Notes.

Hardware and Software Requirements

The following software is required for Administration Server 5.2 2005Q1.

Caution

As Administration Server is installed to manage other servers, the RAM and disk space provisions for those other servers need to be added to the following provision to obtain realistic, overall requirements.

Table 2  Windows Hardware and Software Requirements

Component

Platform Requirement

Operating System

Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Service Pack 4

RAM

512 Mbytes

Disk Space

50 Mbytes

Note

Administration Server 5.2 has been validated with Windows 2000

Bugs Fixed in This Release

None.

Important Information

This section covers the following Topics:

Installation Notes

For information about installation information, see the following sections:

General Installation Information

If you run Administration Server as Administrator, all commands initiated by the administration user will also be run as Administrator. The same rules of confidentiality and security to the administration password must applicable to the Administrator of your server.

Documentation Notes  

Product Version Number

In some parts of the Administration Server documentation and console, the version number of the product is referred to as 5.2. Administration Server 5 2005Q1 is a maintenance release of Administration Server 5.2.

Localized Documentation

Localized documentation is posted to http://docs.sun.com/ as it becomes available.

Known Issues and Limitations

This section describes the known issues and limitations of Admin Server 5.2 2005Q1 for Windows. For a list of the known issues and limitations in the component, refer to the following Release Notes: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-7610.

Error message not displayed (6215658)

After Admin Server is SSL enabled, it prompts to restart in the command mode. When you ignore the promt and try to restart from the Admin Server tasks “Restart Button,” the server fails to restart but pretends to restart. A proper error message is not displayed.

Work Around

None.

Redistributable Files

Sun Java System Administration Server 5.2 2005Q1 does not contain any files which you can redistribute.

How to Report Problems and Provide Feedback

If you have problems with Sun Java System Administration Server, contact Sun customer support using one of the following mechanisms:

So that we can best assist you in resolving problems, please have the following information available when you contact support:

You might also find it useful to subscribe to the following interest groups, where Sun Java System Administration Server topics are discussed:

http://swforum.sun.com

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. Use the web-based form to provide feedback to Sun:

http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback

Please provide the full document title and part number in the appropriate fields. The part number can be found on the title page of the book or at the top of the document, and is usually a seven or nine digit number. For example, the part number of this Administration Server 5.2 Release Notes is 819-1575-10.

Additional Sun Resources

Useful Sun Java System information can be found at the following locations:

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