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Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Release Notes

Hardware and Software Requirements

This section lists the requirements that must be met before installing Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server.

Supported Platforms

All supported operating systems are 32-bit unless indicated otherwise. The 64-bit JDK is supported only on 64-bit supported operating systems.

The following table lists the operating systems with which the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 is compatible.

Note –

The table lists the minimum required version of each supported operating system.

Table 2–1 Supported Operating Systems

Operating System 

Minimum Memory 

Recommended Memory 

Minimum Disk Space 

Recommended Disk Space 

JVM 

Sun Solaris 9, 10 (SPARC) 

Solaris 9, 10 (x86) 

512 MB 

512 MB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 

Java SE 6 

64–bit Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC, x86) 

512 MB 

512 MB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 

Java SE 6 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Update 1, 4.0, and 5.x  

512 MB 

1 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 

Java SE 6 

64–bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x 

512 MB  

1 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 

Java SE 6 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 

512 MB 

1 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 

Java SE 6 

64–bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 

512 MB 

1 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 

Java SE 6 

Ubuntu Linux, Hardy Release 

Supported only as a developer platform. 

512 MB 

1 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 

Java SE 6 

AIX 5.2, 5.3 

512 MB 

1 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 

Windows 2000 SP4+ 

Advanced Server SP4+ 

Windows Server 2003, 2008 

Windows XP Pro SP1+ 

Windows Vista 

Windows 2008 

1 GB 

2 GB 

500 MB free 

1 GB free 

J2SE 5.0 

Java SE 6 

Macintosh OS 10.4, 10.5 (Intel, Power) 

Supported only as a developer platform. 

512 MB 

512 MB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

Java SE 5 

OpenSolaris 

Evaluation support only 

512 MB 

512 MB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

Java SE 5 

Java SE 6 

Note –

Its recommended that you use the NTFS file system rather than FAT or FAT32 when running the Enterprise Server on any Microsoft Windows platform.

On UNIXTM, you can check your operating system version using the uname command. Disk space can be checked using the df command.

Note –

Although Mac OS is not supported for production deployments, it is supported for development purposes. You can get information on downloading the Macintosh operating system from the GlassFish downloads page , or through the SDK page where Mac is listed. For example, on the Java EE 5 SDK Update 5 download page https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=java_ee_sdk-5_05-nojdk-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer.

System Virtualization Support

System virtualization is a technology that enables multiple operating system (OS) instances to execute independently on shared hardware. Functionally, software deployed to an OS hosted in a virtualized environment is generally unaware that the underlying platform has been virtualized. Sun performs testing of its Sun Java System products on select system virtualization and OS combinations to help validate that the Sun Java System products continue to function on properly sized and configured virtualized environments as they do on non-virtualized systems. For information about Sun support for Sun Java System products in virtualized environments, see System Virtualization Support in Sun Java System Products.

Important Patch Information

Solaris Patch Requirements

It is recommended that Solaris 10 (x86, SPARC) users have the “Sun recommended patch cluster” installed. This patch cluster is available under “Recommended and Security Patches” on the SunSolve Web site.

JDK Version

The minimum (and certified) version of JDK required for Enterprise Server is 1.5.0_14.

ProcedureTo Switch to the Supported Java SE Version

You can switch to a supported Java SE version by editing the asenv file as described here.

  1. If you have not already done so, install the new Java SE version on your system.

    The Java SE SDK can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/javase

  2. Stop the Enterprise Server.

    • From the command line:

      install_dir/bin/asadmin stop-domain

    • From the Administration Console:

      1. Click the Application Server node.

      2. Click Stop Instance.

  3. Edit the install_dir/config/asenv.conf file (asenv.bat on Windows), changing the value for AS_JAVA to point to the new Java home directory:

  4. Edit the as-install/samples/common.properties file, changing the line beginning com.sun.aas.javaRoot... to reference the new Java home directory.

  5. Restart the Application Server.

    • From the command line:

      as-install/bin/asadmin start-domain

    • From the Administration Console:

      1. Click the Application Server node.

      2. Click Start Instance.

Apache Ant Version

Version 1.6.5 of Apache Ant is bundled with Enterprise Server on all operating systems except Ubuntu Linux. Version 1.7.0 of Apache Ant is bundled with Ubuntu Linux and used with Enterprise Server .

JDBC Drivers and Databases

Table 2–2 lists databases and drivers that meet the Java EE compatibility requirements. All supported configurations of the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server must contain at least one database/driver combination from this table, such as the bundled Java DB database and driver. In addition, the Enterprise Server is designed to support JDBC connectivity to any additional DBMS with a corresponding JDBC driver.

Table 2–2 Java EE-Compatible JDBC Drivers

JDBC Driver Vendor 

JDBC Driver Type 

Supported Database Server 

Derby Network Client 

Type 4 

Derby 10.2 

DataDirect 3.6.x, 3.7.x

Type 4 

Oracle 10g 

Oracle 9i 

Sybase ASE 12.5, 15 

MS SQL 2000, 2005 

DB2 9.1 

DB2 8.1, 8.2 

MySQL Connector/J Driver 5.1.6 

Type 4 

MySQL 5.0 

Oracle 10G 

Type 4 

Oracle 10g 

-RAC 

PostGres 

Type 4 

8.2.x

Table 2–3 lists all the additional databases and drivers scheduled to be supported in the Enterprise Server FCS release.

Table 2–3 Supported JDBC Drivers and Databases (Enterprise Server FCS)

JDBC Driver Vendor 

JDBC Driver Type 

Supported Database Server 

Oracle OCI 

Type 2 

Oracle 9i 

IBM DB2 

Type 2 

DB2 9.1 

In general, the Enterprise Server 2.1 supports all JDBC drivers that meet the Java EE specification.

Using the Bundled Java DB Database

This section provides instructions for using the Java DB database implementation bundled with Enterprise Server 2.1. Java DB is based on the Apache Derby database.

Starting and Stopping the Java DB Database

Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server has the following asadmin commands for starting and stopping the Java DB Network Server.

Java DB Utility Scripts

The Java DB configuration that is supplied with Enterprise Server 2.1 includes scripts that can help you use Java DB. The following scripts are available for use in the as-install/javadb/bin directory:

ProcedureTo Configure Your Environment to Run the Java DB Utility Scripts

  1. Ensure that the JAVA_HOME environment variable specifies the directory where the JDK is installed.

  2. Set the DERBY_HOME environment variable to point to the as-install/javadb directory.

See Also

For more information about these utilities, see the following Derby documentation:

Message Queue Versions

For file-based installations, Message Queue 4.3 is co-packaged with Enterprise Server. For UNIX package-based installations, Message Queue 4.1.1, which is functionally equivalent to 4.3, is provided. Despite the version numbering, Message Queue 4.1.1 is actually backward-compatible with Message Queue 4.2.

The embedded Sun GlassFish Message Queue code that is supplied as part of Enterprise Server is only tested and certified (typically) against the equivalent version of the Message Queue broker. This means that using the supplied embedded Message Queue code to connect to a remote (not managed by Enterprise Server) Message Queue broker running a different version of the Message Queue code is not supported.

Web Servers

This section lists the web servers that are supported for the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server .

Table 2–4 Supported Web Servers

Web Server 

Version 

Operating System 

Sun Java System Web Server (32–bit) 

6.1, 7.0 

Solaris SPARC 8, 9, 10  

Solaris x86 9, 10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Update 2, 3.0 Update 1 

Apache Web Server (32–bit) 

2.0.x, 2.2.x 

Solaris SPARC 9, 10 

Solaris x86 10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Update 2, 3.0 Update 1 

Microsoft IIS (32–bit) 

5.0+ 

Windows Server 2003 

Windows 2000 Advanced Server Service Pack 4+ 

Only 32–bit platforms are supported.

Browsers

This section lists the browsers that are supported with the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1.

Table 2–5 Supported Web Browsers

Browser 

Version 

Mozilla 

1.7.12 

Internet Explorer 

6.0 Service Pack 2, 7.0 

Firefox 

1.5.x, 2.x

Safari 

2 

Netscape 

8.0.4, 8.1, 9.0, 9.0.x

HADB Requirements and Supported Platforms

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

Note –

HADB is only bundled with the Enterprise Server 2.1 Enterprise profile. Also note that the Java components of the system have been built with JDK 5 and has been tested on JDK 1.5.

Supported Platforms

HADB Server Host Requirements

Note –

Make sure write caching is disabled on devices storing HADB data and log files. Write caching is enabled by default on some Solaris platforms; for example, Solaris x86.

HADB Management Host Requirements

HADB Client Host Requirements

Upgrading the Enterprise Server

Refer to the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Upgrade guide for complete instructions for upgrading from a previous version of the Enterprise Server to the current version.

Other Requirements

The following additional requirements should be met before installing the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server software.