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2005 Revision History

This document presents a history of the revisions made in 2005 to the Supported Configurations documentation for WebLogic Server, WebLogic Platform, AquaLogic Service Bus, and related component products.

Date

Release

Operating System

Description

December 2005

12/21/05

9.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, Windows

Added WebLogic Server 9.0 support for Itanium and/or AMD64/EM64T chip architectures with BEA JRockit 5.0 R26 JDK for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, and Windows.

8.1 SP5

Solaris

Added WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 support for Solaris 9 and 10 on x86, and Solaris 10 on AMD64.

12/16/05

9.1

HP-UX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Windows

WebLogic Server 9.1 GA

2.1

AquaLogic Service Bus 2.1 GA

12/02/05

9.0

HP-UX

Deleted references to obsolete kernel parameters from Supported Configurations: HP-UX on PA-RISC.

Deleted references to obsolete kernel parameters from Supported Configurations: HP-UX on Itanium.

n/a

Added policy statement about support for compatible hardware architecture to WebLogic Server 9.0 Supported Configurations.

2.0

n/a

Added policy statement about support for compatible hardware architecture to AquaLogic Service Bus 2.0 Supported Configurations.

8.1 SP5

n/a

Added WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 support for Oracle 10g R2 and Oracle 10g R2 RAC.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Clarified text in the "Known Issues" section of the documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS, ES, and WS on x86.

Solaris

Clarified text in the "Known Issues" section of the documentation for Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 on Sparc.

8.1 SP4

HP Tru64 UNIX

Added support for P2 patch for the 1.4.2-4 JVM for HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1A, V5.1B, and V5.1B-1 on Alpha.

Solaris

Revised statement of support for Sun Solaris 10 on x86 with Sun Java System Web Server to extend support for the latter from "6.1 SP4" to "6.1 SP4 and later service packs."

November 2005

11/17/05

9.0

Solaris

Added support for WebLogic Server 9.0 on Sun Solaris 9 and 10 on x86.

Added support for WebLogic Server 9.0 on Sun Solaris 10 on AMD64.

SUSE Linux

Added support for WebLogic Server 9.0 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on x86.



n/a

Editorial changes: globally changed "SUSE LINUX" to "SUSE Linux"; globally changed "AIX on PowerPC" to "AIX on pSeries."

8.1 SP5

AIX

Added support for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 on IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on pSeries.

HP-UX

Added support for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 on HP-UX 11i V2 on Itanium.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Added support for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS, ES and 4.0 AS, ES on Itanium.

Added support for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0-1 AS, ES, WS on AMD64 and EM64T.

SUSE Linux

Added support for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on x86.

Added support for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on AMD64 and EM64T.

Windows

Added support for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition on AMD64 and EM64T.

n/a

Editorial changes: globally changed "SUSE LINUX" to "SUSE Linux"; globally changed "AIX on PowerPC" to "AIX on pSeries."

October 2005

10/31/05

9.0

Solaris

Added description of WebLogic Server 9.0 support for the Solaris Zones feature to Supported Configurations document for Sun Solaris 10 on SPARC.

8.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris

Added WebLogic Server 8.1 SP5 support for Azul Virtual Machine on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS, ES, WS on x86 and Solaris 8, 9, 10 on Sparc configurations.

10/14/05

9.0

Windows

Added support for WebLogic Server 9.0 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition on Itanium.

HP-UX

Made corrections to description and workaround of known issue in 8.1 SP5 chapter of Supported Configurations: HP-UX on Itanium.

n/a

Added listing of WebLogic Server 9.0 support for Oracle RAC 9i and 10g to WebLogic Server 9.0 Supported Configurations.

2.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Added support for AquaLogic Service Bus 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS, ES, and WS on AMD64 and EM64T.

8.1 SP5

HP-UX, Solaris

Deleted "(32-bit)" from definition of operating system in 8.1 Supported Configurations documents for HP-UX on PA-RISC and Solaris 8, 9, and 10 on SPARC.

8.1 SP4

AIX

Updated instructions in "Downloading and Installing IBM SDK 1.4.2 SR2" in 8.1 Supported Configurations documents for IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on pSeries.

SUSE Linux

In the "Web Servers, Browsers, and Firewalls" chapter of 8.1 Supported Configurations, added listing to show that Apache 2.0.52 is supported for use with WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4 on Novell SUSE Linux 9.0 on x86.

8.1, 7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

In the "BEA Support for Third-Party Products Reaching End-of-Life" section of Supported Configurations, extended BEA support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 to April 30, 2006.

10/05/05

8.1 SP5

HP-UX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Windows

WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP5 GA

8.5 SP5

WebLogic Integration 8.5 SP5 GA

8.1 SP3

n/a

In 8.1 Supported Configurations, added statement of support for patch sets of Oracle 9i RAC later than 9.2.0.4.

8.1

n/a

In 8.1 Supported Configurations, added note referring readers of the database summary table to the table that provides low-level details.

8.1, 7.0

n/a

Added note to 8.1 and 7.0 Supported Configurations documents, explaining lack of IBM support for the IBM HTTP Server when used with BEA WebLogic products.

7.0

Solaris

Added end of support notice for Sun Solaris 7.

September 2005

09/30/05

9.0, 2.0

HP-UX

Added support for WebLogic Server 9.0 and AquaLogic Service Bus 2.0 on HP-UX 11i V2 on Itanium.

09/26/05

9.0

HP-UX, Solaris, Windows

Added WebLogic Server 9.0 support for Spring Framework.

09/01/05

9.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Added WebLogic Server 9.0 support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS, ES, WS Update 1 on AMD64 and EM64T with BEA JRockit 5.0 JDK SP2.

9.0, 8.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Clarified fact that only 32-bit version of Apache Web server is supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux on AMD64 and EM64T.

8.1 SP4

n/a

Fixed error in description of the 8.1 SP4 patch for Oracle 9i with MultiPools (81sp4_MP_OracleRAC_patch.html).

9.0, 8.1, 7.0

n/a

Added JVM support policy statement to the overview documents for WebLogic Platform 8.1 and 7.0, and WebLogic Server 9.0, 8.1, and 7.0

All

n/a

Added End of Life statement for Sun Java 2 SDK 1.3.1.



August 2005

08/05/05

9.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Added WebLogic Server 9.0 support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0-1 AS, ES, WS on x86 with BEA JRockit 5.0 JDK SP2.

8.5

HP-UX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Windows

WebLogic Integration 8.5 GA

8.1 SP3

HP Integrity NonStop Server

Added WebLogic Server 8.1 SP3 support for HP Integrity NonStop Server on Itanium.

July 2005

07/22/05

9.0

HP-UX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Windows

WebLogic Server 9.0 GA

2.0

HP-UX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Windows

AquaLogic Service Bus 2.0 GA

07/08/05

8.1 SP4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Added WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4 support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0-1 AS, ES, WS on AMD64 and Intel EM64T.

Added WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4 support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS, ES on IBM pSeries.

June 2005

06/10/05

8.1 SP4

Windows

Added WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4 support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition on AMD64 and EM64T.

Solaris

Added instructions for setting up a WebLogic Server environment to support running WebLogic Server in multiple zones of a Solaris 10 system.

06/07/05

8.1 SP4

Solaris

Added WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4 support, through a BEA patch, for Sun Solaris 10 on SPARC.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

In installation instructions for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS on IBM zSeries, added information about prerequisite s390 RPMs.

n/a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Extended BEA support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 to December 2005.

06/03/05

8.1 SP4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

In the "Configuration Requirements" table for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS on IBM zSeries:

  • Corrected the version number of the operating system kernel

  • Removed "and all later patch-level releases" from the description of the supported SDK

SUSE Linux

In the "Configuration Requirements" table for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on IBM zSeries, removed "and all later patch-level releases" from the description of the supported SDK.

May 2005

05/27/05

8.1 SP4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Added WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4 support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS on IBM zSeries.

SUSE Linux

Added WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4 support for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on IBM zSeries.

n/a

Added VMWare to list of compatible architectures supported by WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4.

Added Oracle Thin/XA Driver 10g to list of drivers supported for Oracle 10g RAC by WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4.

8.1 SP3

OpenVMS

Added newly certified SDK to list of SDKs supported for HP OpenVMS 7.3 on Alpha by WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3.

05/18/05

All 7.0 and 8.1 releases

n/a

Clarified references to 32-bit chip architecture.

05/11/05

8.1 SP4

AIX

Added WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4 support for IBM SDK 1.4.2 SR1aifx-20050413 on IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on pSeries.

05/05/05

8.1 SP4

Windows

Added WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4 support for Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Datacenter on Itanium.

HP-UX

Corrected errors regarding support for Sun Java System Web Server 6.0 and 6.1: HP-UX 11.0, 11i on PA-RISC is supported on both versions; HP-UX 11i V2 on Itanium is not supported on either.

7.0 SP6

AIX

Added WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP6 support for AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on pSeries.

April 2005

04/27/05

8.1 SP4

n/a

Added WebLogic Server support for Oracle9i RAC with MultiPools and XA transactions.

04/22/05

8.1 SP4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS, ES, WS on x86 with JRockit, running WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4, added instruction to apply glibc i686, not i386.

n/a

Added note that JDBC drivers for DB2 are delivered in the WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4 patch for IBM DB2, wlplat81sp4_db2_patch.jsp.

AIX

For IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2, clarified support statements in documentation for pSeries chip architectures.

8.1

Windows

For Windows Server 2003 on x86 or Itanium, added support for all later service packs by WebLogic Platform 8.1.

n/a

For IBM DB2 8.1, added statement of support for FixPak 5 and later service packs.

04/15/05

8.1 SP4

Red Flag Advanced Server, DC Server

Added support for Red Flag Advanced Server, DC Server 4.1 on x86 for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4

8.1 SP4, SP3

n/a

For Oracle RAC, added link to configuration requirements.

8.1 SP3

n/a

Removed restriction regarding use of Oracle9i RAC: servers are no longer required to be configured with Veritas or MC/Serviceguard

All 8.1 releases

HP-UX

Changed minimum processor speed from 650 MHz to 240 MHz for HP-UX 11.0, 11i on PA-RISC and HP-UX 11i V2 on PA-RISC

n/a

Added note explaining that WebLogic Server Process Edition supports the same configurations supported by WebLogic Integration

04/06/05

8.1 SP4

Tru64 UNIX

Added support for HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1A, V5.1B, and V5.1B-1 on Alpha for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4. Changed supported version of HP Secure Web Server from 6.1 to 6.3.

04/01/05

8.1 SP4

n/a

Clarified WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4 support for Oracle9i RAC database: after "9.2.0.4," added "and later patch sets of 9.2.x.x." Added restrictions on use of JDBCs with Oracle RAC.

March 2005

03/30/05

8.1 SP4

n/a

Added support for Oracle 10g RAC for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4

03/25/05

8.1 SP4

Solaris

Added support for Sun Solaris 9, 10 on x86 for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4

03/24/05

8.1 SP4

HP-UX

HP-UX 11i V2 on Itanium: Fixed error in installation procedure

03/23/05

7.0 SP6

HP-UX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Windows

WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP6 GA

03/16/05

8.1 SP4

Tru64 UNIX

Added support for HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B-2 on Alpha for WebLogic Portal 8.1 SP4

All 7.0 and 8.1 releases

Windows

Added End-of-Support announcement for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server on x86

03/08/05

8.1 SP4

Tru64 UNIX

Added support for HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B-2 on Alpha for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4

03/07/05

8.1 SP4

AIX

Added support for pSeries chip architecture with IBM AIX 5.3 for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4

8.1 SP3

AIX

Added item to "Known Issues" in IBM AIX 5.2 documentation for 8.1 SP3

03/03/05

8.1 SP2

SUSE Linux

Clarified level of operating system supported by BEA (32-bit) for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on IBM pSeries

All 8.1 releases

AIX

Updated documentation of clustering limitation for IBM AIX on pSeries for WebLogic Platform 8.1 and all 8.1 service packs (SP2, SP3, and SP4). In workaround in AIX 5.1 document, changed IBM_JAVA_OPTIONS to JAVA_OPTIONS and expanded code for setting the parameter. In AIX 5.2 and 5.3 documents, removed description of clustering limitation because IBM fixed the underlying problem for 5.2 and 5.3.

03/01/05

8.1 SP3

OpenVMS

Corrected documentation error in configuration instructions for the WebLogic Server Node Manager in the WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3 document for HP OpenVMS 7.3 on Alpha

February 2005

02/17/05

8.1 SP4

n/a

Added full WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4 support for Oracle 10g database. Removed statements indicating that Oracle 10g is supported only by WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4.

02/15/05

8.1 SP4

HP-UX

Added support for HP-UX 11i V2 on Itanium for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4

Added support for HP-UX 11i V2 on PA-RISC for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4

AIX

Added support for IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on pSeries for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4

SUSE Linux

Added support for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 on x86 for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4

8.1 SP3

Asianux

Added support for Asianux 1.0 on x86, Itanium for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3

OpenVMS

Added instructions for (a) upgrading from a pre-8.1 SP3 release of WebLogic Platform to SP3 on HP OpenVMS 7.3 on Alpha, and (b) performing some post-installation setup tasks

8.1 SP2

Windows, Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux

In WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP2 documentation, changed "JRockit 1.4.2_04" to "JRockit 1.4.2_04 and later releases of 1.4.2"

8.1 GA

Tru64 UNIX

Corrected documentation error. WebLogic Platform 8.1 (GA version) on HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1 on Alpha supports WebLogic Workshop runtime; it does not support WebLogic Portal design and development tools.

7.0 SP5

HP-UX

Added "and later releases of SDK 1.3.1.x" after "HP-UX SDK 1.3.1.12" on WebLogic Platform 7.0 SP5 page for HP-UX 11.0, 11i on PA-RISC

All 7.0 and 8.1 releases

SUSE Linux (all supported versions)

Updated product name in all Supported Configurations documentation. Globally changed "SuSE Linux" to "Novell SUSE Linux" in documentation for releases 7.0 and 8.1.

AIX (all supported versions)

Editorial change in document titles. Abbreviated name used as collective term for three IBM chip architectures (POWER3, POWER4, and POWER5) to "PowerPC."

02/03/05

8.1 SP3

HP-UX

For HP-UX 11i V2 on Itanium, supplemented installation instructions for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3. Added instruction to increase heap size if Asian-language installer is used.

AIX

For IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, or 5.3 on pSeries, supplemented installation instructions for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3. Added instruction to increase heap size if Asian-language installer is used.

Revised descriptions of two "Known Issues" for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4 on IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on pSeries: "JVM Debug Mode Impact" and "JAXP Incompatibility Causes Portability Issues with WebLogic Server 8.1 SP4."

OpenVMS

Fixed error in installation instructions for WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP3 on HP OpenVMS 7.3 on Alpha. Removed duplicate prompt from code excerpt.

8.1

n/a

Corrected documentation error. WebLogic Server (not WebLogic Platform) 8.1 SP3 is the last 8.1 release to support DB2 7.2.

January 2005

01/31/05

8.1 SP4

n/a

Corrected documentation error. Added missing .jsp extension to URL for WebLogic Platform patch for Oracle9i RAC.

01/28/05

8.1 SP4

n/a

Added support for Oracle9i RAC with WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4

Added configuration instructions for Oracle9i RAC with WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4. Instructions are provided in new document, Managing WebLogic Platform Database Resources. Procedure includes sample script that can be used to set XARetryDurationSeconds parameter.

8.1 SP3

OpenVMS

Added support for HP OpenVMS 7.3 on Alpha for WebLogic Server and WebLogic Integration 8.1 SP3

01/05/05

8.1 SP4

n/a

Added support, including WebLogic Platform patch, for DB2 8.1 on WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4

8.1 SP3

Red Flag Advanced Server, DC Server

Added support for Red Flag Advanced Server, DC Server 4.1 on Itanium for WebLogic Server 8.1 SP3


 

 

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