CR# 6527516: Full server on WebLogic requires JAX-RPC 1.0 JAR files to communicate with client SDK (Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Release Notes)

Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Release Notes

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CR# 6527516: Full server on WebLogic requires JAX-RPC 1.0 JAR files to communicate with client SDK

In Access Manager 7 2005Q4 patches, the Access Manager configuration script for BEA WebLogic Server (amwl81config) adds the JAX-RPC 1.1 JAR files to the classpath for the WebLogic instance. While this modification is beneficial to products such as Sun Java System Portal Server, a full server installation (DEPLOY_LEVEL=1) deployed on WebLogic Server cannot communicate with a client SDK installation, and exceptions will subsequently occur.

If Access Manager 7 2005Q4 server is installed on BEA WebLogic Server, the CLASSPATH in the startWebLogic.sh script must be set to the location of the JAX-RPC 1.0 JAR files to communicate with Access Manager client SDK.

Workaround: Before applying the Access Manager patch, set the CLASSPATH in the startWebLogic.sh script for the WebLogic Server instance to use the JAX-RPC 1.0 JAR files instead of the JAX-RPC 1.1 JAR files:

On the Access Manager server, login as or become superuser (root).
Edit the startWebLogic.sh script and replace the CLASSPATH to use the JAX-RPC 1.0 JAR files. For example:

Current value:

CLASSPATH=/etc/opt/SUNWam/config:
AccessManager-base/AccessManager-package-dir/lib/jax-qname.jar:
AccessManager-base/AccessManager-package-dir/lib/namespace.jar:
AccessManager-base/AccessManager-package-dir/lib/jaxrpc-api.jar:
AccessManager-base/AccessManager-package-dir/lib/jaxrpc-spi.jar:
AccessManager-base/AccessManager-package-dir/lib/jaxrpc-impl.jar:

New value:

CLASSPATH=/etc/opt/SUNWam/config:
AccessManager-base/AccessManager-package-dir/lib/jax-qname.jar:
AccessManager-base/AccessManager-package-dir/lib/namespace.jar:
AccessManager-base/AccessManager-package-dir/lib/jaxrpc_1.0/jaxrpc-api.jar:
AccessManager-base/AccessManager-package-dir/lib/jaxrpc-ri.jar:

where AccessManager-base is the base installation directory. The default value is /opt on Solaris systems and /opt/sun on Linux and HP-UX systems. AccessManager-package-dir is the Access Manager package directory.

5. Restart the WebLogic Server instance.