7.0 Supported Configurations: HP-UX 11i on Itanium

HP-UX 11i V1.6 on Itanium with WebLogic Server 7.0 SP1

 

This section provides the following information:

• Configuration Requirements
• Known Issues
• Download and Installation Instructions

Related Information

• For information about supported database configurations, Web servers, and browsers, plus support for interoperability tools and WebLogic Platform product support information, see WebLogic Platform 7.0 Supported Configurations.
• For details about HP-UX, visit the following HP Web site:

http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/index.html

 

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Configuration Requirements

 

 

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Known Issues

This section provides recommendations and workarounds for the following issues:

• Maximum Threads Setting
• Maximum Kernel Setting
• QuickStart Does Not Invoke Netscape 4.7x
• Apache Server Hangs If ld and libdld.sl Are Obsolete

For more information about known issues with any components of this release, see the appropriate Release Notes document. For a complete list of Release Notes supporting WebLogic Platform 7.0, see:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs70/interm/relnotes.html

Maximum Threads Setting

The HP-UX 11.0 default value for maximum threads per process is 64. This value may be too low for both WebLogic Server and Java server applications in general. If the value is too low, your WebLogic Server may have problems starting up.

Maximum Kernel Setting

BEA recommends that you use the maximum kernel setting for the max_thread_proc and maxusers parameters. Setting maxusers to a higher value increases other machine-wide limits, such as nkthread (the maximum number of kernel threads). The following table shows recommendations for kernel configuration parameters.

 

QuickStart Does Not Invoke Netscape 4.7x

If the LANG environment variable is set to C on your system (LANG=C) and you select Netscape 4.7.x as your browser, then QuickStart may fail to start. To fix this problem, terminate QuickStart, unset the LANG environment variable (manually or by using a wrapper function), and restart the QuickStart application.

This problem is reported in CR082062.

Apache Server Hangs If ld and libdld.sl Are Obsolete

If the Apache server hangs when you are trying to use the BEA Apache plugin mod_wl_20.so on an HP-UX platform, then you are probably using an obsolete version of ld and/or libdld.sl. Apache binaries require the B.11.32 (or higher) version of ld and libdld.sl.

To determine which version of ld is installed on your system, complete the following procedure:

Enter: ld -V
Enter: what /usr/lib/libdld.sl

The version numbers of ld and libdld.sl are displayed.

• If both ld and libdld.sl have the same version number and that number is 11.32 or higher, then you are using the appropriate versions and you can quit this procedure; you are ready to run the mod_wl_20.so plugin.
• If the version numbers for ld and libdld.sl do not match, or if the numbers match and that number is lower than 11.32, then you need to install an HP patch. For instructions, proceed to step 3.
Determine which patch you need for your system:
• For an HP-UX 11.00 platform you need PHSS_26559.
• For an HP-UX 11i (11.11) or higher platform, you need PHSS_26560.
Go to the appropriate IT Resource Center:
• For the Americas and Asia Pacific: http://us-support.external.hp.com
• For Europe: http://europe-support.external.hp.com
Under Maintenance/Support, click Individual Patches.
Scroll down to the following entry:

Retrieve a specific patch by entering the patch name

Enter the patch number in the input field.

Download and install the patch on your system.

 

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Download and Installation Instructions

To install WebLogic Server 7.0 SP1 on a configuration of HP-UX 11.23 on Itanium, complete the following procedure:

Download the HP-UX SDK 1.3.1.06 from www.hp.com.
Install the SDK in your environment and configure your environment to support it:

• Update the JAVA_HOME environment variable to reflect the SDK installation directory.
  For example: JAVA_HOME=/opt/java1.3; export JAVA_HOME
• Update the PATH environment variable to include JAVA_HOME/bin.
  For example: PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH

To download WebLogic Server 7.0 and the supplementary JAR file for it provided by BEA:
Go to the BEA download site at http://commerce.bea.com.
Download WebLogic Server 7.0 SP1 for HP-UX.
Download BEA's supplementary JAR file (weblogic700sp1_hpipf_supp.jar) for the HP-UX (11i, v1.6).
Install WebLogic Server 7.0 SP1. For standard installation instructions, see BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Installation Guide.
Export the WL_HOME variable to point to the WebLogic installation.

$ export WL_HOME=/your_installation_directory/weblogic700

Add weblogic700/server/bin to your execution path:

$ export PATH=$WL_HOME/server/bin:$PATH

Go to $WL_HOME/server:

$ cd $WL_HOME/server

Extract the contents of the weblogic700sp1_hpipf_supp.jar file. This step overwrites some shell scripts and creates new directories for native libraries.

$ jar -xvf weblogic700sp1_hpipf_supp.jar

Update the environment variables WL_HOME and JAVA_HOME in the following shell scripts:
• setWLSEnv
• startWLS
Update the environment variables
In the startNodeManager shell script, update the following environment variables:
• BEA_HOME
• WL_HOME
• JAVA_HOME
Set the correct execution modes on the contents of the weblogic700/server/bin and weblogic700/server/lib directories:
• $ chmod +x $WL_HOME/server/bin/*
• $ chmod -R +x $WL_HOME/server/lib/hpux11/*

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