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Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Update 1 Release Notes

Known Issues and Limitations

The following are the known issues and limitation of the Portal Server.


Blog portlet has issues in Portal Server. (#6557448, 6554166)

Description:

Blog portlet has the following issues:

  • Some of the FCK Editor's functionality such as Browser Server, Upload File, and Create New Folder do not work with Blog portlet.

  • Editing and posting in Blog portlet through a gateway is not possible.


On the Japanese locale, the portlets in the Admin and Sample Portlets tabs display help in English. (#6421034)

Description:

The help needs to be localized.


You can not create a new channel or a container with a localized name under AJAXTableContainerProvider. (#6542381)

Description:

JAXTableContainerProvider is not localized.


On the Windows platform, the Category Search option does not return results. (#6555579)

Description:

This occurs during the initialization of Virtual Machine. The search server can not reserve enough space for object heap and can not create the Java Virtual Machine.

Solution:

In the PortalServer-product-directory/bin/rdmgr.bat file, change the following line from C:/Java/JDK15~1.0_0/jre/bin/java" -Xms32m -Xmx1000m -cp "%SEARCH_CLASSPATH%" -Djava.library.path="%PATH%" com.sun.portal.search.rdmgr.RDMgr % to C:/Java/JDK15~1.0_0/jre/bin/java" -Xms32m -Xmx800m -cp "%SEARCH_CLASSPATH%" -Djava.library.path="%PATH%" com.sun.portal.search.rdmgr.RDMgr %. Or, remove -Xmx1000m from the line.


The psupdate script throws exception while upgrading from Portal Server 7.0 to Portal Server 7.1 Update 1. (#6536216)

Description:

When you upgrade from Portal Server 7.0 to Portal Server 7.1 Update 1, the following exceptions are displayed:


can't open /var/opt/SUNWportal/portals/portal1/
	portletapps/wiki/tokens_ora.properties
egrep: can't open /var/opt/SUNWportal/portals/portal1/
	portletapps/wiki/tokens_ora.properties
egrep: can't open /var/opt/SUNWportal/portals/portal1/
	portletapps/wiki/tokens_ora.properties
egrep: can't open /var/opt/SUNWportal/portals/portal1/
	portletapps/wiki/tokens_ora.properties
mv: cannot access /var/opt/SUNWportal/portals/portal1/
	portletapps/wiki/tokens_ora.properties

However, the upgrade will be successful. If you want to use Oracle as a database, you need to do the following.

  1. Copy the PortalServer–70–product-dir/portletapps/filesharing/*ora.properties file to the PortalServer70–data-dir/portals/portal-id/portletapps/filesharing/ directory.

  2. Create a new directory, src_ora, under the PortalServer71–data-dir/portals/portal-id/portletapps/filesharing/ directory.

  3. Copy all the files from the PortalServer–70–product-dir/portletapps/filesharing/src_ora/ directory to the PortalServer–70–product-dir/portals/portal-id/portletapps/filesharing/src_ora/ directory.


You can not add a local user to NFS share in Netfile. (#6545795)

Description:

User id should be in NIS to add a user to NFS share in Netfile. Also, only the shares listed in the /etc/dfs/dfstab file can be added to NFS share in Netfile.


Localized help is not displayed for the channels in the Admin and Portlets Samples tabs. (#6421034)

Description:

Help in the Admin and Portlets Samples tabs needs to be localized.


Under Community Service, the bog portlet name is incorrectly displayed. (#6549937)

Description:

Under Community Service, the bog portlet name is displayed as Menu Container Provider.


The Calender channel displays date in incorrect format. (#6411476)

Description:

The Calender channel displays date in incorrect format in Developer Sample.


You can not drag the Search channel. (#6545839)

Description:

Using the AJAX desktop, you can not drag the Search channel.


Mobile Access supports only the default UWCMail channel that is provided with the Portal Server. (#6491303)

Description:

You can not add MailProvider or MailJSPProvider to the JSPRenderingContainer.


Clicking Clean Up HTML icon deletes the wiki page. (6545358)

Description:

While editing a Wiki page, if you click the Clean Up HTML icon and click OK, the wiki page is deleted.


Community URL feature does not work if the Community tab is renamed. (#6538358)

Description:

Community URL feature does not work if the Community tab is renamed.


On the Linux platform, you are not able to add FTP shares on remote machines. (#6536164)

Description:

Do the following.

  1. Log in to portal desktop through a gateway or an open portal.

  2. Access Netfile through MyApplications channel in MyFrontpage.

  3. Add a system to network neighborhood .

    You are not able to add an FTP share.


On the Windows platform, the Notes provider is broken. (#6531699)

Description:

Create a tab on the Developer Sample with AjaxTableContainerProvider. Add some channels to it. Access the channel by logging as a user. Serious desktop error is displayed. This is because of the Notes provider. Notes provider has a string property location defined in the Display Profile. This property is used by the Notes provider to read or write notes from a specified file. The value for this property is /var/tmp/notes.txt and this property breaks for the Windows installations.


From a Wiki page, you can not refer to another community url.(#6536333)

Description:

From a Wiki page, you can not refer to another community url that exists in the same host.


Wiki portlet jumps out of the portal context. (#6533753)

Description:

If you access undefined wiki page (as authless), wiki portlet jumps out of the portal context.


Some strings are truncated when you launch a Proxylet. (#6447909)

Description:

Some strings are truncated when you launch a Proxylet.


Taskadmin setup must set administrator role desktop service attributes. (#6519875)

Solution:

Do the following:

  1. Before running the taskadmin setup, ensure that the following Portal Desktop service attribute values for the admin role dns, found in the taskadmin.properties file: content.admin.role.dn and user.admin.role.dn.

  2. Match the organization Portal Desktop service attribute values.

    For example, if the EnterpriseSample organization Portal Desktop service attribute values are: Parent Container: ASCTabContainer, EditContainer: JSPEditContainer, and Default Type: enterprise_sample. The admin role DNs are both set to "cn=Organization Admin Role, o=EnterpriseSample, dc=siroe, dc=com".

  3. Ensure that the Portal Desktop service attributes for the admin role DN "cn=Organization Admin Role, o=EnterpriseSample, dc=siroe, dc=com" matches the organization settings. Otherwise, when a user that belongs to the admin role authenticates to the Portal Desktop, that user may be presented with the incorrect Portal Desktop.


Java DB patch needs to be applied to fix the bugs in connection cleanup. (#6521400)

Description:

Bugs in Java DB distribution causes portal hang while waiting for a connection. The details about the bugs are provided at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1856 and http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2084. However, the likelihood of facing a portal hang is very low.

Solution:

Download and apply the following Java DB patches from sunsolve.

  • For Solaris SPARC – 125245-01

  • For Solaris x86 – 125246-01

  • For Linux – 125270-01


UWC Calendar does not come up through gateway. (#6218353)

Description:

Clicking the Launch Calendar link displays the following error message, "Unable to load the requested page. Cookies are blocked."


SunOne Address Book does not work if Portal Server and Access Manager are installed on two different nodes. (#653732)

Solution:

Restart web container.


Execution of the psadmin delete command takes a longer time on Web Server 7.0. (#6506037)

Description:

On Web Server 7.0, the psadmin delete-instance command runs the wadm deploy-config command on every execution of wadm remove-webapp. Hence it takes a long time.


If Portal Server is installed on an Application Server cluster, you can not delete only one Portal Server instance. (#6506689)

Description:

You need to remove all Portal Server instances. Use the psconfig --unconfig command to unconfigure Portal Server or use the psadmin delete-portal command to delete Portal Server.


IPC can not be used with WSRP. (#6509086)

Description:

Inter Portlet Communication (IPC) cannot be used with WSRP. You can publish the portlets that participate in Inter Portlet Communication through WSRP. But the IPC functionality does not work.


The UserRoleAdmin-AdminTab is not visible for users with the OrganisationAdmin role. (# 6511559)

Solution:

Edit the /etc/opt/SUNWam/config/AMConfig.properties file on Portal Server or Access Manager SDK machine to set com.iplanet.am.session.client.polling.enable property to False. Then, restart Portal Server web container.


In the Deploy Portlet wizard, a message is not localized. (# 6508946)

Description:

In the Deploy Portlet wizard step 3, if no roles file or users file is defined, the message "Roles file not defined" or "Users file not defined" appears. These messages are not properly localized. The page displays garbled messages.


Portal Server is sensitive towards multiple JRE versions. (# 6510536)

Description:

If multiple JREs are present on the client machine, there may be issues in launching Java Web Start on Netscape and Mozilla browsers.

Solution:

Retain only one JRE on the client machine and uninstall others.


Due to the weak security status of SSL2, customers are advised to disable SSL2 and leave it disabled. (#6507762)

Solution:

Do the following to disable SSL2.

  1. Log in to the Portal Server administration console.

  2. Click SRA > Profile > Security.

  3. Under TLS And SSL, clear the SSL Version 2.0 Enable option.

  4. Click Save.


Using the Internet Explorer, when you try to deploy a portlet or create a new producer in WSRP, you are logged out. (#6491413)

Solution:

For Portal Server administration console, use a browser other than Internet Explorer.


Portal Server does not support a different web container for Access Manager. (#6470425)

Description:

Use the same web container for Portal Server and Access Manager.


You can not work with the strutssample.war if Portal Server is installed on Web Server 7.0. (#6505547)

Description:

If Portal Server is installed on Web Server 7.0 and strutssample.war is deployed, the psadmin commands that modify Web Server configuration do not work. For example, the psadmin deploy-portlet command.


Shared events and tasks are not able to create an event and task. (#6486930)

Solution:

During installation and configuration of shared events and shared tasks, in the tokens.properties file, set the IS_HOSTED_DOMAIN_ENV= property to true.

The tokens.properties file is located in the /var/opt/SUNWportal/portals/portal1/portletapps/sharedevents/tokens.properties directory.


The file system structure for all instance in the same portal should be similar. (#6348452)

Description:

The file system structure for all instance in the same portal should be similar.


Enterprise Sample Portal is not localized. (#6337500)

Description:

Enterprise Sample has not been localized.


Internal ports are revealed if proxylet is enabled in a gateway profile. (#6326785)

Description:

If the gateway is running on any non-default port, the browser displays the port value in the URL. This applies even if gateway is made to run on a non-default SSL port other than 443 with proxylet disabled. When proxylet is enabled, an addition socket listener is introduced in the gateway. The socket listener runs on the default port and the gateway is made to listen on a non-default port. So, the non-default port is displayed in the URL.


If automatic proxy configuration is enabled on Mozilla browser, the Portal Server console hangs. (#6493377)

Description:

In the proxylet channel, if the proxylet user selects an application to download in JWS mode, the console appears properly. However, downloading stops at 30% and the console does not respond.


Inter Portlet Communication for multiple WAR does not work, if the portlet channel is minimized or closed. (#6271542)

Description:

Currently, the scope of the event processing is limited to the portlets in the same tab. Hence, portlets in minimized or closed channel do not appear in the list of portlets participating in Inter Portlet Communication. Inter Portlet Communication does not not work in case the portlet channel is minimized or closed since the events will not be sent to closed or minimized channels.


Proxylet does not function properly in Java Runtime Environment. (#6409604)

Description:

Proxylet does not function properly in Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2_03, 1.5.0_04, 1.5.0_08, and 1.5.0_09 versions. Proxylet functionality is not supported in any Java Runtime Environment version that is less than 1.4.2. It is recommended to use Java Runtime Environment 1.5.0_06. If you have any other version of Java Runtime Environment, unistall the same.


Cannot add or change contacts in address book with special characters. (#6490665)

Description:

When using the address book component of Mobile Access, a user cannot add or change contacts that contain special characters, such as < >, &, ', and ". This happens if the address book is configured with Communications Express (UWC).

Solution:

Use Communications Express (UWC) HTML client (not mobile device) to manage contacts with special characters.


Google APIs not fully supported. (#6335501)

Description:

Google APIs currently do not fully support double-byte character search, particularly in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.


Portal Server should be installable with Access Manager in Realm mode (#6381856, 6499572)

Description:

Portal Server should be able to be installed when Access Manager is installed in Realm mode.

Solution:

When you install Access Manager in Realm mode from the Java ES installer, you can ignore the popup message that lists Portal Server as being able to be installed only in Legacy mode. Portal Server installs successfully with Access Manager installed in Realm mode.

Here are some considerations when using Portal Server in Realm mode:

  • Migration from Portal Server 7.0 running in Legacy mode to Portal Server 7.1 running Realm mode is not supported.

  • When Portal Server is configured with Access Manager in Realm mode, after the configuration restart of common agent container is required. Without restart, when SSO Adapter tab in Portal Server administration console is accessed, there will be no meta adapters. If SSO Adaptor does not have the meta adapters, then UWC and communication channels available on the Portal Server desktop do not work. Applications such as Exchange and iNotes do not work .

  • Portal Server supports Realm mode only if Directory Server and the Access Manager SDK plug-in are installed and configured.

  • The realm mode administration console can be accessed from http://host.port/amserver/console. Refer to the Access Manager documentation for information on using the Realm mode administration console, because the Legacy mode administration console is not available.


For Proxylet to appear as a console window, browser settings needs to be changed in Netscape 8.0.4. (#6483268)

Solution:

Do the following to make Proxylet appear as a console window in Netscape 8.0.4:

  1. Click Tools —> Options —> Site Controls —> Site List —> Master Settings.

  2. Clear Open unrequested pop-ups in new tab and Allow unrequested pop-up windows check boxes.

  3. Click Tools > Options > Tab Browsing.

  4. Select Open links from other applications in New window check box. Clear Open a new tab instead of a new window and Open non-requested pop-ups in a new tab check boxes.

  5. Restart the browser.


Using the NetFile option, you cannot open any files. When you try to open a file, the Save As dialog box is displayed. (#6465918)

Description:

Ideally, the file should be opened if it is a known file type. If it is an unknown file type, it should display the Save As dialog box that prompts the user to save the file. Firefox 1.07 does not allow the user to specify actions for any file extensions. So, when the user tries to open a file through NetFile, it displays the Save As dialog box. Firefox 1.5 or higher versions allows the user to open the known files.


Netmail functionality is removed from Java Enterprise System 5. (#6448968)

Description:

Netmail functionality is removed from Java Enterprise System 5.


Portal links are redirected to the wrong install if portal is not deployed on Access Manager in a multi-portal installation. This issue occurs only with Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1. (#6325586)

Solution:

Use Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 2 in Windows XP or use Mozilla Firefox.


psconsole misbehaves after modifying site configuration. (#6446355)

Solution:

Restart common agent container and Access Manager after site configuration is modified.


ESP portal community portlet does not display any content. (#6506357)

Solution:

Refresh the ESP portal community portal.


Java DB should be manually restarted after the installation and configuration of Portal Server. (#6505149)

Solution:

The installer executes 00community.sql to create the Java DB user and to configure security on the database. Restart Java DB for those properties to take effect.


Portal admin log level should be set to FINEST during creation of multi-portal and multi-instance. (#6446151)

Solution:

Before running psadmin commands, such as create-portal, create-instance, create-search, and so on, set the log level to FINEST to get detailed logs during configuration. You can use the following command to set the log level to FINEST:

psadmin set-logger -u uid -f password-filename -m component-type -L FINEST

Switch the log level to SEVERE after you complete running the psadmin command using the following:

psadmin set-logger -u uid -f password-filename -m component-type -L SEVERE


The pac file does not get created in JNLP mode for Netscape 8.0 browser. (#6319863)

Description:

pac file does not get created in JNLP mode for Netscape 8.0 browser.


Some of the Secure Remote Access attributes are not present in the psconsole. (#6301784)

Description:

The following Secure Remote Access attributes can be modified only from the Command—Line Interface.

  • sunPortalGatewayDefaultDomainAndSubdomains

  • sunPortalGatewayLoggingEnabled

  • sunPortalGatewayEProxyPerSessionLogging

  • sunPortalGatewayEProxyDetailedPerSessionLogging

  • sunPortalGatewayNetletLoggingEnabled

  • sunPortalGatewayEnableMIMEGuessing

  • sunPortalGatewayParserToURIMap

  • sunPortalGatewayEnableObfuscation

  • sunPortalGatewayObfuscationSecretKey

  • sunPortalGatewayNotToObscureURIList

  • sunPortalGatewayUseConsistentProtocolForGateway

  • sunPortalGatewayEnableCookieManager

  • sunPortalGatewayMarkCookiesSecure