Before You Begin

Before upgrading to Portal Server 7 2005Q4 software:

1. For:

   • Web Server 6.1, in the server.xml file, replace <JVMOPTIONS>-Xmx256m</JVMOPTIONS> with:

     <JVMOPTIONS>-Xms512m -Xmx512m -Xss128k</JVMOPTIONS>
     <JVMOPTIONS>-XX:NewSize=256M</JVMOPTIONS>
     <JVMOPTIONS>-XX:MaxNewSize=256M</JVMOPTIONS>
     <JVMOPTIONS>-XX:PermSize=64M</JVMOPTIONS>
     <JVMOPTIONS>-XX:MaxPermSize=256M</JVMOPTIONS>

   • Application Server 8.1, in the domain.xml file, replace <jvm-options>-Xmx512m</jvm-options> with:

     <jvm-options>-Xms1024m</jvm-options>
     <jvm-options>-Xmx1024m</jvm-options>
     <jvm-options>-Xss128k</jvm-options>
     <jvm-options>-XX:NewSize=256M</jvm-options>
     <jvm-options>-XX:MaxNewSize=256M</jvm-options>
     <jvm-options>-XX:PermSize=64M</jvm-options>
     <jvm-options>-XX:MaxPermSize=256M</jvm-options>

2. Restart the web container.

3. Check the version of the following Solaris packages on your system:

   SUNWjaxp

   SUNWxrgrt

   SUNWxrpcrt

   SUNWxsrt

   SUNWaclg

   If the version is 7.x. remove them manually. For example, type pkgrm SUNWpkg.

4. Install the SUNWsoar-sdk package on the machine with a previous version of the Portal Server software.

5. Install the patches 118671-03 and 119793-01 for Solaris on SPARC and x86.

6. Stop Gateway if Gateway was installed and running on this machine.