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Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Release Notes for Microsoft Windows

Chapter 1 Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Release Notes

Thes Release Notes contains important information available at the time of release of Sun JavaTM SystemPortal Server 7.1(“Portal Server”). New features and enhancements, known issues and limitations, and other information are addressed here. Read this document before you begin using Portal Server 7.1.

The most up-to-date version of these release notes can be found at the Sun documentation web site at http://docs.sun.com. 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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Note –

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Hardware and Operating System Requirements

The following table lists the hardware and operating system requirements for Portal Server.

Table 1–1 Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Component 

Platform Requirement 

Supported Platforms 

Sun Blade comparable or better workstation or server 

Operating System 

Windows XP Professional SP2 

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 

Windows 2003 Enterprise Server SP1 (32 bit) 

Windows 2003 Enterprise Server SP1 (64 bit) 

RAM 

1.5 Gbytes of RAM for regular deployment on Sun Java System Web Server 

2.0 Gbytes of RAM for regular deployment on Sun Java System Application Server 

Disk Space 

1 Gbyte of disk space for Portal Server and associated applications 

Software Requirements

The Portal Server software requires the following stack components:

Note –

Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 software does not support Sun Java System Access Manager 7 installed in realm mode. Access Manager must be installed in legacy mode before installing Portal Server 7.1 software. By default, Java ES 5 installer configures Access Manager in legacy mode in Configure Automatically During Installation mode.

For detailed instructions for installing the stack components, see the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Reference for UNIX.

About Portal Server 7.1

The Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 product gives end users a portal desktop that provides access to resources and applications. The Portal Server software also provides a search engine infrastructure that enables Internet content to be organized and accessed from the portal desktop.

Portal Server also offers Secure Remote Access (SRA) support, which enables remote users to securely access their organization’s network and its services over the Internet. Additionally, Portal Server gives your organization a secure Internet portal, providing access to content, applications, and data to any targeted audience such as employees, business partners, or the general public.

What's New in This Release

The following new features are available in Portal Server 7.1:

Deprecated Features

The following is a list of features deprecated in Portal Server 7.1:

Note –

In future, Microsoft Exchange and OWA ruleset for Rewriter will not be packaged along with the product.

Removed Features

The following is a list of features removed in Portal Server 7.1:

Known Issues

The following are known bugs in the Portal Server 7.1 release:

Note –

Many bugs for Portal Server are cross-platform, which can affect Windows as well. For more information on these bugs, see Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Release Notes.

Help Does Not Exist for The get-sra-status Command

The help option does not exist for the get-sra-status command. The get-sra-status command retrieves the SRA status on a portal server machine.

Workaround: None.

Admin Tab Not Visible For Users Having OrgAdmin Role (6464910)

The Admin tab is not visible for users with OrgAdmin role.

Note –

Admin tab is visible if the user is assigned OrgAdmin role through the Access Manager admin console.

Workaround: None.

Accessing psconsole Through Gateway Redirects Proxylet Page to Portal Home Page (6471845)

When a user accesses psconsole through gateway the proxylet page redirects the user to the portal home page.

Workaround: None.

deploy-portlet-cli Not Working With Modified Web Server 7 Instances (6472297)

If a user has manually modified the Web Server configuration, the deployment configuration fails for these modified instances.

Workaround: follow these steps:

  1. Invoke web server admin console.

  2. Click on the instance configuration to reset and redeploy all web applications.

Portal Server SRA, FTP, and Netlet Does Not Work if yhe Reverse Lookup is Not Configured in DHCP (6472391)

While using the IP address in the netlet, if the reverse lookup entry for a particular host is not configured in the DHCP server then the operation associated with that host does not work.

For example, if nslookup.exe ipaddress fails to return host name then the netlet operations do not work for these IP addresses.

autoclassify Not Working (6525612)

Workaround: Follow these steps:

  1. Start a command prompt: Start -> Run ->, type "cmd" then click Ok button.

  2. Run cacaoadm.bat stop.

  3. Exit from the cmd prompt.

  4. Adding portal_install_directory\lib into the path from Control Panel->System->Advanced Tab->Environment Variablesbutton.

  5. Start a new command prompt: cacaoadm.bat start.

Now you can run autoclassify on both psadmin cli and psconsole.

Access Manager SDK Configuration Must Be Done Before Using create-portal or create-instance Command(6524453)

On Windows platform, you must configure Access Manager SDK with container before using create-portal or create-instance . Similarly on a Portal Server or Access Manager separated installation before configuring portal server, Access Manager SDK must be configured.

Redistributive Files

Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 does not contain any files which you can redistribute.

How to Report Problems and Provide Feedback

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

To assist you in resolving problems, please have the following information available when you contact support:

If you have problems with Sun Java System Portal Server, Mobile Access, please have the following information available when you contact support:

If your problems seem to be associated with a client, please have the following information available:

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Additional Sun Resources

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