Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2005Q4 Release Note Supplement

Pre-Upgrade Requirements

This section includes the following:

Hardware and Operating System Requirements

The following hardware and software are required to upgrade from Portal Server 6 2005Q1 software on Solaris to this release.

Table 2–1 Hardware and Operating System Requirements for Upgrade


Component	Platform Requirements
Supported Platforms	Sun Ultra^TM 60, or Sun Blade, or better workstation or server
Operating System	Solaris 8, 9 U6, or 10
RAM	1024 Mbytes of RAM for evaluation install 1.2 Gbytes of RAM for regular deployment
Disk space	1.5 Gbyte of disk space for Portal Server software and associated applications

Software Requirements

This section contains the following:

Note –

The stack components have to be upgraded to their JES 4 versions prior to executing the psupgrade script.

Web Containers

Portal Server 7 2005Q4 software supports the following web containers:

Java Enterprise System Application Server 8.1

Java Enterprise System Web Server 6.1

BEA Weblogic Server 8.1 sp2

BEA Weblogic Server 8.1 sp4

IBM Websphere Server 5.1

Sun Java System Access Manager Software

Portal Server software can be upgraded on machines with:

Access Manager software previously installed and configured on the same physical machine using JES3.

Access Manager software previously installed and configured on a separate machine using JES3. The JES 3 Access Manager software SDK must be installed on the Portal Server software host.

JES 3 Access Manager software SDK installed on the machine were Portal Server Gateway is previously installed.