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Sun Java System Portal Server 7.2 Release Notes

Bugs in this Release

This section contains information on the open bugs in Portal Server 7.2.


Portal Server 7.2 cannot be installed remotely to Java ES 4 Access Manager. (# 6715798)

Description:

Access Manager and Directory Server in Java ES 4 are not supported in Portal Server 7.2. To install Portal Server 7.2, install the Access Manager and Directory Server from Java ES 5 Update1.


Deploying portlets on more than one server fails. (#6696161)

Description:

Deploying a portlet to multiple servers using psadmin works on the first server. However, the deployment fails for all subsequent servers.


Primary Domain Controller (PDC) does not work when Access Manager and Portal Server are on separate zones running on Web Server 7. (#6680401)

Description:

PDC breaks when you install Access Manager, Portal Server, and Gateway on separate zones or machines. Due to this PDC cookie cannot be set and hence cannot enable PDC authentication.


In Java Web Start (JWS) mode, Proxylet does not work on Firefox web browser. (#6692624)

Description:

In JWS mode, Proxylet works only on Internet Explorer 6.x and 7, but not on Firefox web browser.


In the Content Management System (CMS), Approver and Publisher's comments are corrupted. (#6690702)

Description:

In the CMS workflow channel, the comments provided for a task by the Approver and Publisher are corrupted.


In Simple API for Workflow (SAW) portlet, task cannot be searched using Start Date. (# 6683192)

Description:

In SAW portlet, you cannot search a task using Start Date. SAW sample portlet date functionality does not work when you start the web container in a locale other than English.

Solution:

Start the web container in C locale.


In the File sharing Portlet, adding multibyte file name shows garbled name. (# 6683144)

Description:

In the Enterprise Sample Portal, click Community and navigate to the File Sharing portlet. Add a new file with a multibyte name. The multibyte name of the file appears as garbled in the text box, where it displays all the files.

Solution:

Ensure that Derby and web container are running on the same locale.


In Mobile Access, client detection does not work. (#6677779)

Description:

Device profile does not get created when you try to access Portal Server with a new device.

Solution:

Follow the steps as a workaround for this issue.

  1. Add a new device and then change to required template such as wml or xhtml.

  2. The new device name that you have added can contain a part of the string of the device. For example, if the device name is OPWsimulator7.0.34, you can create a device with the name OPW and all the openwave devices of different versions will get detected and they will be given the required template (wml/xhtml) content.


psconfig fails in localized environment. (# 6677142)

Description:

Portal Server 7.2 configuration fails on a localized (non English) environment.


In Content Management System (CMS), the uploaded files have file names with reference to local disk location. (# 6699226)

Description:

When you upload a file to the CMS, the uploaded file has the file name with reference to the local disk location instead of the exact file name.

Solution:

Use Firefox browser to upload files instead of Internet Explorer browser.


Desktop Design Tool (DDT) does not change the images/logo, if the image names are not same as image names in skin file. (#6695404)

Description:

If you change the name of the image file other than the one mentioned in the skin file and preview the skin file, the changed names does not appear.

Solution:

Provide the same image name as the name available in the images directory of the skin folder.


In CMS, when you Revert a Template, the Action table does not display the checkout link. (# 6679539)

Description:

After updating a template, when you click the Revert Changes link, the Action table does not show the Checkout link. Instead, it shows the Edit Revert-Changes link.

Solution:

As a workaround, you can either logout from CMS and login again or click the Revert Changes link once again to display the Checkout link.


The usermanager.jar used in Workflow portlet does not log to portal logs. (# 6677130)

Description:

The logs generated by Workflow portlet does not show up in the Portal logs.


In Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) portlets, junk characters appear with localized list names. (# 6676121)

Description:

In WSS portlets, localized list names are displayed as junk characters in the channel title bar.

Solution:

Remove all escape()() functions in the normal.jsp file.


In CMS, when you click Manage Content without selecting the content, corrupted strings are displayed. (# 6675449)

Description:

In the CCD channel, when you click Manage Content without selecting the content, corrupted strings are displayed.

Solution:

As a workaround, click Ok on the pop up window. Select a content and click Manage Contents.


In CMS, maximizing the CCD portlet when creating or modifying a template makes the editor unusable. (# 6673749)

Description:

When you create or modify a template, if you maximize the CCD channel, you cannot see the table and the editor becomes unusable


Portal Logs are not generated in Windows Vista. (# 6673200)

Description:

Portal Server Logs are not generated in Windows Vista.


Few of the portlet deployment fails during deploying of samples after re-install of portal. (# 6670822)

Description:

When you uninstall Portal Server and reinstall it, you will get an error while deploying sample portals.


Installer window is not flexible to translated text. (# 6667228)

Description:

The Portal Server 7.2 GUI installer is not flexible to the translated text in few localized languages.

Solution:

Increase the size of the Portal Server 7.2 GUI installer panel.


WSRP sample configuration fails in realm mode with split root suffix. (# 6664099)

Description:

When you configure WSRP samples, you will get exceptions in realm mode with split root suffix. Due to this, the WSRP samples configuration fails.


Gateway does not startup on Windows Vista. (# 6646367)

Description:

Gateway does not startup due to the non-availability of SRA in Windows Vista .


In Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) Search, duplicate Site Names should not be allowed from GUI/CLIs. (# 6604678)

Description:

If you access WSS Search from CLI or GUI, it allows you to create duplicate site name and modify the existing site name with the duplicate name.


In PDC, Proxylet does not not work in JWS mode. Throws HTTP 400 error, when you click the Continue button. (# 6597459)

Description:

In PDC authentication, Proxylet works only in applet mode but not in JWS mode. When you click the Continue button, it throws HTTP 400 error.


Directory Server 6.2 (part of Java ES 5 Update1) hangs, when you install Portal Server 7.2 b13a in a multi-node environment. (# 6672742)

Solution:

You can follow the procedure below as a workaround for this issue.

  • Export data from Directory Server instance

  • Patch Directory Server 6.2 to Directory Server 6.3

  • Create new instance of Directory Server

  • Import data to the new Directory Server instance

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