2 Compatibility Issues

This chapter describes the features that have been deprecated or removed from Directory Server Enterprise Edition component products. This chapter also covers features that may be removed, and functionalities that may be deprecated in future releases of Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Platform Support
Software Support
Additional Compatibility Notes

Classifications of interface stability are provided per manual page entry in Man Page Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

2.1 Platform Support

For details of all the supported operating systems, see ODSEE Certification Matrix (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-certification-100350.html).

2.1.1 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. Some testing has been performed on selected system virtualization and OS combinations to help validate that the products continue to function on properly sized and configured virtualized environments as they do on non-virtualized systems.

For this release, support is provided for any OS running on the Oracle VM technology, provided that the OS is already supported natively for the Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0) software. Certification is not provided for every combination of OS and hardware, and support relies on the underlying Oracle VM technology implementation. Production deployment of the Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0) software on the Oracle VM technology has not been extensively tested. Performance may be impacted when deploying Directory Server Enterprise Edition in a virtualized environment. ODSEE also supports Solaris Zones and Logical Domains (LDoms), which are part of Oracle VM technology.

For details about supported hardware platforms, operating systems and OS versions for this release of Directory Server Enterprise Edition, see the ODSEE Certification Matrix (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-certification-100350.html).

Note:

Installation of Identity Synchronization for Windows in a virtualized environment is not supported.

2.2 Software Support

Note the following changes in software support.

2.2.1 Removed Software Components

The following components are not provided in Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0).

Java Enterprise System Monitoring Framework (JESMF) has been replaced by a new SNMP agent. For more information about SNMP monitoring, see the Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
The Cacao-based common container and Cacao agent have been replaced by a new DSCC agent. For more information about the DSCC agent, see the Deployment Planning Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition
Directory Editor was removed.
Agent for Sun Cluster support was removed.
Sun Java Web Console was removed.

2.2.2 Changes in the Directory Service Control Center

For detailed information about supported web browser and application servers, see the ODSEE Certification Matrix (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-certification-100350.html)

2.3 Additional Compatibility Notes

This section lists the features or commands that might be removed in a future release, and also mentions the features or commands that will be removed in the next release:

SHA2 family password hashing can be used only for user data in a replicated topology when only ODSEE 11g R1 (11.1.1.7.0) servers are involved. Older servers are incapable of managing the password because the hashing algorithm is not recognized by older servers. SHA2 hashing can be used for local, non-replicated users such as cn=directory manager type accounts.

If SHA384 and SSHA384 are not used, the topology can include 11.1.1.5.0 servers.
The Directory Proxy Server Proactive Monitoring feature now uses the simplified filter (objectClass=*).
In the password policy, the DS5-compatible-mode interoperability mode is deprecated. In this version, you must use the DS6–mode interoperability mode.

A few commands from Directory Server version 5.2 have been removed as described in Command Line Changes in Upgrade and Migration Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

The following legacy scripts have been replaced with the new commands:

Legacy Script	New Command
`start-slapd`	`dsadm start`
`ldif2db`	`dsadm import`
`db2ldif`	`dsadm export`
`bak2db`	`dsadm restore`
`db2bak`	`dsadm archive`
`restart-slapd`	`dsadm restart`
`stop-slapd`	`dsadm stop`

For more information, see Command Line Changes in Upgrade and Migration Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

Before migrating a replicated server topology, review Chapter 7, Migrating a Replicated Topology, in Upgrade and Migration Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
When you create a Directory Server instance in a replicated topology, password policy is configured initially backwards-compatible to assist with migrating the topology. After upgrading, you change the compatibility mode to enable richer password policy configuration. Directory Server manages the conversion. For more information, see Migrating a Deployment to ODSEE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0) in Administrator's Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition. In a future release, the backwards-compatible password policy configuration might be removed.
When you create a Directory Server instance, support for the modify DN operation is disabled. After upgrading all the server instances in your replication topology, the modify DN operation can be replicated properly. At that point, you can enable support for the modify DN operation on each server instances. Use the dsconf set-server-prop moddn-enabled:on command for this purpose.

This feature is provided for version 5.2 compatibility.
The db-path suffix property:

(dsconf set-suffix-prop suffix-name db-path:/new/directory and dsconf create-suffix --db-path)

is deprecated and might be removed in a future release.

Use the db-path server property to store all the suffixes in a different directory than the instance directory.
Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0) includes a new bundle of Identity Synchronization for Windows. Identity Synchronization for Windows 6.0 SP1 is bundled with Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

Before upgrading Identity Synchronization for Windows, read the Release Notes for Identity Synchronization for Windows 6.0 Service Pack 1
Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0) does not provide any changes to Directory Server Resource Kit.
The LDAP utility manual pages on Sun Solaris systems do not document the version of the LDAP utilities ldapsearch, ldapmodify, ldapdelete, and ldapadd that are delivered with Directory Server Enterprise Edition. The utilities might no longer be delivered separately on Solaris systems, but instead might be integrated with the commands that are provided by the operating system in a future version. See Man Page Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition for the manual pages for the LDAP utilities.
The idsktune component might be removed in a future release.