Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 Release Notes for Microsoft Windows

Hardware and Software Requirements

This section lists the requirements that must be met before installing the Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 product.

Platform Requirements

The following table lists the operating systems that are supported for Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 product. Additionally, the minimum and recommended memory requirements are identified for installing and running the Application Server.

Table 2–1 Sun Java System Application Server 8.2 Platform Requirements


Operating System	Minimum Memory	Recommended Memory	Minimum Disk Space	Recommended Disk Space	JVM [Only 32–bit (rather than 64–bit) JVMs are supported.]
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Windows XP SP2 Windows 2003 Enterprise Server SP1 (32 bit) Windows 2003 Enterprise Server SP1 (64 bit)	1 GB	2 GB	500 MB free	1 GB free	J2SE 1.4.2_10, J2SE 5_06

Note –

You must use the NTFS file system rather than FAT or FAT32 when running the Application Server on any Microsoft Windows platform.

Important Patch Information

For the current list of required patches for Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2, see http://sunsolve.sun.com and search for “app server 8.1 patch.” Follow the Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2 links. As operating system patch requirements change and patches to Java Enterprise System components become available, updates will be made available on the SunSolve^SM web site, initially in the form of recommended patch clusters.

JDBC Drivers and Databases

The Sun Java System Application Server is designed to support connectivity to any DBMS with a corresponding JDBC driver. For a list of components that Sun has tested and found to be acceptable for constructing J2EE compatible database configurations, refer to the following table.

Table 2–2 J2EECompatible JDBC Drivers


JDBC Vendor	JDBC Driver Type	Supported Database Server
i-net Software	Type 4	Oracle® 8.1.7, 9i, 9.2.0.3+, 10.1.x, 10.2.x Sybase ASE 12.5. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 4.0 Service Pack 1
IBM	Type 2	IBM DB2 8.1 Service Pack 3+
Java DB	Type 4	Apache Derby 10.1.2.1
PointBase	Type 4	PointBase Network Server 5.2
DataDirect	Type 4	Oracle (R) 8.1.7, 9i, 9.2.0.3+, 10.1.x, 10.2.x Sybase ASE 12.5.2 Microsoft SQL Server IBM DB2 8.1 Service Pack 3+
MySQL	Type 4	5.x
Sun Java System JDBC Driver for Oracle	Type 4	Oracle (R) 9.2.0.3, 10G
Sun Java System JDBC Driver for DB2	Type 4	IBM DB2 8.1 Service Pack 3+
Sun Java System JDBC Driver for Sybase	Type 4	Sybase ASE 12.5.2
Sun Java System JDBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server	Type 4	Microsoft SQL Server 2000 4.0 Service Pack 1
Oracle	Type 4, Type 2	Oracle (R) 9.2.0.3, 10G

Using the Bundled Java DB Database

This section provides instructions for using the Java DB database implementation bundled with Application Server 8.2.

Starting and Stopping the Java DB Database

Sun Java System Application Server 8.2 introduces two new asadmin commands for starting and stopping the Java DB Network Server.

The start-database command starts an instance of the Java DB network server:
start-database [--dbhost 0.0.0.0] [--dbport 1527] [--dbhome "path/derby"]
The default value for the host is 0.0.0.0, which allows for Java DB to listen on localhost as well as the IP and hostname interfaces. The value for the dbhome property is the location of the Java DB databases. The default path is appserver_install_dir/derby.
The asadmin stop-database command is used to shut down an instance of the Java DB network server that is running:
stop-database [--dbhost 0.0.0.0] [--dbport 1527]

Java DB Utility Scripts

The Java DB configuration that ships with Application Server 8.2 also includes several useful scripts that can help you use Java DB. The following scripts are available for use in the appserver_install_dir/derby/frameworks/NetworkServer/bin directory:

startNetworkServer.ksh/bat – Script to start the network server
stopNetworkServer.ksh/bat – Script to stop the network server
ij.ksh/bat – interactive JDBC scripting tool
dblook.ksh/bat – Script to view all or part of the DDL for a database
sysinfo.ksh/bat – Script to display versioning information regarding the Java DB environment
NetworkServerControl.ksh/bat – Script that provides a means of running commands on the NetworkServerControl API

To Configure Your Environment to Run the Java DB Utility Scripts

Set the DERBY_INSTALL environment variable to point to the appserver_install_dir/derby directory.

Unset your CLASSPATH environment variable.

(Optional) You can also set the following properties:
- Set DERBY_SERVER_HOST to the host on which the network server will listen.
  
  Can also be set to 0.0.0.0 to enable all listeners.
- Set DERBY_SERVER_PORT to the port number on which the network server will listen.

Web Servers

This section lists the web servers that are supported for the Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2.

Table 2–3 Supported Web Servers


Web Server	Version	Operating System
Sun Java System Web Server	7	Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Windows XP SP2 Windows 2003 Enterprise Server SP1 (32-bit) Windows 2003 Enterprise Server SP1 (64-bit)

Browsers

This section lists the browsers that are supported by the Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2.

Table 2–4 Supported Web Browsers


Browser	Version
Mozilla	1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7.`x`
Netscape^TM Navigator	4.79, 6.2, 7.0, ***
Internet Explorer	5.5 Service Pack 2, 6.0
Firefox	***

HADB Requirements and Supported Platforms

In addition to the requirements listed in Hardware and Software Requirements, verify that your system meets the following requirements for running HADB.