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BEA WebLogic Server 9.0 and Related Products on Solaris 10

This section provides the following information:

Related Information

 


Configuration Requirements

Both WebLogic Server 9.0 and AquaLogic Service Bus 2.0 are supported on Sun Solaris 10 on SPARC hardware. WebLogic Server 9.0 on Solaris 10 is also supported on x86 and AMD64. For detailed requirements for these configurations, see the appropriate table:

 


Known Issues

A Serial Version UID Mismatch Issue may be encountered if you deploy an application on a latest JVM, but compiled with an earlier JDK release.

Workaround: To be compatible with the serialization of previously compiled applications, modify the <BEA_HOME>/Weblogic90/common/bin/commEnv.sh file to include the following command:

JAVA_OPTIONS="$JAVA_OPTIONS -Dcom.sun.xml.namespace.QName.useCompatibleSerialVersionUID=1.0"

Alternatively, you can use the command line option:

export JAVA_OPTIONS="$JAVA_OPTIONS -Dcom.sun.xml.namespace.QName.useCompatibleSerialVersionUID=1.0"

Note: If you intend to deploy new applications with previously compiled applications, they must be recompiled as necessary to have the same Serial Version UID.

Known Issues for Other BEA Products

For information about known issues with BEA products supported on this configuration, including available workarounds, see the appropriate Release Notes document.


 

Issues related to...

Are described in...

AquaLogic Service Bus

BEA AquaLogic Service Bus Release Notes:

http://e-docs.bea.com/alsb/docs20/relnotes/relnotes.html

WebLogic Server

BEA WebLogic Server Known and Resolved Issues:

http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs90/issues/known_resolved.html

Installation and configuration

BEA Products Installation and Configuration Release Notes:

http://e-docs.bea.com/common/docs90/relnotes/relnotes.html


 

 


Download and Installation Instructions

This section provides instructions for:

Installing WebLogic Server 9.0 or AquaLogic Service Bus 2.0 on Solaris 10/SPARC

To install WebLogic Server or AquaLogic Service Bus on a configuration consisting of Solaris 10 on SPARC, follow the instructions provided in BEA Products Installation Guide:

http://e-docs.bea.com/common/docs90/install/index.html

Note: If you want to use the Solaris Zones feature, you must implement a few configuration requirements during the installation of WebLogic Server. Therefore, if you plan to use this feature, read the instructions in Configuring WebLogic Server for Multi-Zone Operation, before launching the installer.

Installing WebLogic Server 9.0 on Solaris 10/x86

To install WebLogic Server 9.0 on your Sun Solaris 10 configuration, complete the following steps:

Step 1: Download and Install the Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 4

  1. Go to the Sun download site:
  2. http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_04/index.html

  3. Download the Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 4 for the Solaris on x86 platform.
  4. Install the JDK, following the 32-bit installation instructions on the download page:
  5. http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_04/install.html

Step 2: Download WebLogic Server 9.0

To download the installer for WebLogic Server 9.0, complete the following procedure:

  1. Go to the BEA download site: http://commerce.bea.com.
  2. For WebLogic Server 9.0, select Sun Solaris (9, 10, x86) as your operating system, and download the WebLogic Server package installer.

Now you have the components required for your installation: the Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 4 and the WebLogic Server package installer.

Step 3: Install WebLogic Server 9.0

Note: If you want to use the Solaris Zones feature, you must implement a few configuration requirements during the installation of WebLogic Server. Therefore, if you plan to use this feature, read the instructions in Configuring WebLogic Server for Multi-Zone Operation, before launching the installer.

  1. Install WebLogic Server, following the instructions in "Starting the Installation Program on UNIX Platforms" in BEA Products Installation Guide:
  2. http://e-docs.bea.com/common/docs90/install/start.html

  3. In the following shell scripts, modify the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH so it points to the x86 directory under server/native/solaris. In other words, replace all occurrences of ${WL_HOME}/server/native/solaris/sparc with ${WL_HOME}/server/native/solaris/x86 in the following script:
  4. ${WL_HOME}/common/bin/commEnv.sh 
  5. Set the correct execution modes on the directories shown in the following command lines:
  6. $ chmod -R +x $WL_HOME/server/native/solaris/x86/*
    $ chmod -R +x $WL_HOME/server/plugin/solaris/x86/*
  7. (optional) You have now finished installing WebLogic Server. If you want to use the Solaris Multi-Zones feature, skip to Configuring WebLogic Server for Multi-Zone Operation and complete the procedure.

Installing WebLogic Server 9.0 on Solaris 10/AMD64

To install WebLogic Server 9.0 on your Sun Solaris 10 configuration, complete the following steps:

Step 1: Download and Install the Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 4

  1. Go to the Sun download site:
  2. http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_04/index.html

  3. From the section for "Solaris on x86 Platforms" and download the Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 4.
  4. Install the JDK, following the 32-bit installation instructions on the download page:
  5. http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_04/install.html

Step 2: Download WebLogic Server 9.0

To download the installer for WebLogic Server 9.0, complete the following procedure:

  1. Go to the BEA downloads site: http://commerce.bea.com.
  2. For WebLogic Server 9.0, select Sun Solaris (10, AMD64) as your operating system, and download the WebLogic Server package installer.

Now you have the components required for your installation: the Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 4 and the WebLogic Server package installer.

Step 3: Install WebLogic Server 9.0

Note: If you want to use the Solaris Zones feature, you must implement a few configuration requirements during the installation of WebLogic Server. Therefore, if you plan to use this feature, read the instructions in Configuring WebLogic Server for Multi-Zone Operation, before launching the installer.

  1. Install WebLogic Server, following the instructions in "Starting the Installation Program on UNIX Platforms" in BEA Products Installation Guide:
  2. http://e-docs.bea.com/common/docs90/install/start.html

  3. In the following shell scripts, change the value of the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH so it points to the x86 directory under server/native/solaris. In other words, replace all occurrences of ${WL_HOME}/server/native/solaris/sparc with ${WL_HOME}/server/native/solaris/x86 in the following script:
  4. ${WL_HOME}/common/bin/commEnv.sh 
  5. Set the correct execution modes on the directories shown in the following command lines:
  6. $ chmod -R +x $WL_HOME/server/native/solaris/x86/*
    $ chmod -R +x $WL_HOME/server/plugin/solaris/x86/*
  7. (optional) You have now finished installing WebLogic Server. If you want to use the Solaris Multi-Zones feature, skip to Configuring WebLogic Server for Multi-Zone Operation and complete the procedure.

 


Configuring WebLogic Server for Multi-Zone Operation

WebLogic Server can be run in multiple zones of a Solaris 10 system, with some limitations (see Migration Support for Solaris Zones), as long as the product is installed and configured to accommodate the Solaris Zones feature.

To prepare your WebLogic Server installation to accommodate Solaris Zones, complete the following procedure:

  1. During the installation of WebLogic Server, specify a directory to which all zones will have access.
  2. Note: BEA strongly recommends this step so you can avoid installing WebLogic Server in the default root file system. If WebLogic Server is installed in the default root, all zones will require write access to root and such widespread write access is not recommended.

  3. Define a separate WebLogic Server domain for each zone so that the log files for each zone can go to a different location. If you choose, you can also configure a cluster to work across multiple zones as long as you provide read, write, and execute permissions to the domain directory to all the local zones participating in the cluster. See Understanding WebLogic Server Domains in Understanding Domain Configuration.

Migration Support for Solaris Zones

The following WebLogic Server features are not supported on Solaris Zones:

These features rely on the use of a fully supported ifconfig command to migrate an IP address from one machine to another. The fully supported ifconfig command capability does not exist within a local Solaris zone.

 

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