Supported Configurations: Microsoft Windows Vista

BEA WebLogic Server 9.2 on Windows Vista

This section provides the following information:

Support Restrictions for Windows Vista

BEA support for Windows Vista is limited to the following:

Client Only Support

Support for use of WebLogic Server remote Java clients, including RMI clients, JMS clients, IIOP clients, Web Services clients, to call services hosted on a separate WebLogic Server server instance, typically hosted on a remote machine. Client Only support does not include Web Server plug-in support. All protocols supported by current WLS remote Java clients are included. Use with and without SSL is included. Client Only support does not include the ability to run a WebLogic Server server instance to host applications/services.

Development Support

Support for use of WebLogic Server for development and unit testing of applications on a single development machine, as restricted by the SDK license. The SDK license allows up to 5 IP connections to the server since the server has been started. Support includes installing WLS, configuring/upgrading a single server domain, starting the server, using the WLS Console to administer the domain, developing/compiling/deploying applications, and unit testing of the application from the same machine, or up to 5 different machines with separate IP addresses. Support also includes the ability to perform all of the above on a small (such as a two cluster managed server) cluster that runs on a single development machine. The ability to configure clusters and deploy clustered applications is supported, but in general cluster runtime features are not included in development support. For example, cluster load balancing, state replication, and failover features are not included. Performance stress testing and Web Server plug-ins are not supported.

Related Information

For information about supported database configurations, Web servers, browsers, interoperability tools, and product support, see:

Supported Configurations for WebLogic Platform 9.2

For information about Microsoft Windows Vista, see the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com.

Configuration Requirements

This section describes configuration requirements for Microsoft Windows Vista. For details, refer to the specific table:

Requirements for Microsoft Windows Vista on x86
Requirements for Microsoft Windows Vista on 64-bit Xeon and AMD64 with 32-bit JDK

Table 3-1 Requirements for Microsoft Windows Vista on x86

Operating System Version and Patches	Windows Vista
Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed	x86 (1.3 GHz)
JDK	9.2: BEA JRockit 5.0 (R26.0.0-189_CR269406) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit 9.2 MP1: BEA JRockit 5.0 (R26.4.0 + CR302700) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit 9.2 MP2: BEA JRockit 5.0 (R27.2.0-131) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit 9.2 MP3: BEA JRockit 5.0 (R27.4) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit
JDK	9.2: Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 4 (32-bit) with Java HotSpot^TM Client VM and all later service packs of 5.0 9.2 MP1: Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 6 (32-bit) with Java HotSpot^TM Client VM and all later service packs of 5.0 9.2 MP2: Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 10 (32-bit) with Java HotSpot^TM Client VM and all later service packs of 5.0 9.2 MP3: Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 Update 12 (32-bit) with Java HotSpot^TM Client VM and all later service packs of 5.0
RAM	1 GB minimum, 2 GB recommended
BEA Product Support	WebLogic Server 9.2 and later MPs
Design and Development Tools	BEA Workshop for WebLogic Platform 9.2 and later MPs: Supported

Table 3-2 Requirements for Microsoft Windows Vista on 64-bit Xeon and AMD64 with 32-bit JDK

Operating System Version and Patches	Windows Vista
Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed	AMD64 (1.3 GHz) Intel 64-bit Xeon (1.3 GHz)
JDK	9.2: BEA JRockit 5.0 (R26.0.0-189_CR269406) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases 9.2 MP1: BEA JRockit 5.0 (R26.4.0 + CR302700) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit 9.2 MP2: BEA JRockit 5.0 (R27.2.0-131) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit 9.2 MP3: BEA JRockit 5.0 (R27.4) JDK (32-bit) and all later 5.0 releases of JRockit
RAM	1 GB minimum
Performance Pack	`server\native\win\32\wlntio.dll`
BEA Product Support	WebLogic Server 9.2 and later MPs
Design and Development Tools	BEA Workshop for WebLogic Platform 9.2 and later MPs: Not supported

Known Issues

Serial Version UID Mismatch

A serial version UID mismatch is encountered when using Weblogic Server 9.2 with Sun Java 2 JDK 5.0 (version 1.5.0_03 or later) and JRockit 5.0 (R27.1).

Workaround: Modify the <BEA_HOME>\Weblogic92\common\bin\commEnv.cmd file to include the following command:

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...
WebLogic Server	BEA WebLogic Server Known and Resolved Issues: `http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs92/issues/known_resolved.html`
Installation and configuration	BEA Products Installation and Configuration Release Notes: `http://edocsedocs.bea.com/common/docs92/relnotes/relnotes.html`
BEA Workshop for WebLogic Platform	BEA Workshop Product Family Release Notes: `http://edocs.bea.com/workshop/docs92/relnotes/index.html`

Download and Installation Instructions

Microsoft Windows Vista on x86

There are no special installation instructions for Microsoft Windows Vista on x86. For the standard method of installing BEA products, see BEA Products Installation Guide.

Microsoft Windows Vista on AMD64 and 64-bit Xeon

Complete the following procedures:

Download and Install BEA JRockit 5.0

Go to the BEA download site at http://commerce.bea.com.

Click on the link for BEA JRockit.

Click on the link for JRockit 5.0.

Download and install the supported version of JRockit JDK for Intel 64-bit Xeon and AMD64:

Microsoft Windows (x86 - 32 bit)
Microsoft Windows (Intel 64-bit Xeon & AMD64 - 64 bit)

Update the JAVA_HOME environment variable to reflect the JDK installation directory. For example:

C:\>set JAVA_HOME=<JRockit_installation _directory>

Add your Java executables to the PATH environment variable:

C:\>set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

Download and Install WebLogic Server 9.2 and Later MPs on 64-bit Xeon and AMD64

To install WebLogic Server on Microsoft Windows Vista on AMD64 and 64-bit Xeon, you need BEA JRockit 5.0 and the installer for WebLogic Server.

To install WebLogic Server:

Go to the BEA download site at http://commerce.bea.com/showallversions.jsp?family=WLS.

Under the WebLogic Server Package Installer, select Microsoft Windows (2003 x64, 64-bit Xeon, AMD64) from the list of OS Platforms for your configuration.

Download the .jar package installer.

Install WebLogic Server using the instructions provided in the "Using Installers with Filenames Ending in .jar" section of the WebLogic Server 9.2 Installation Guide.

For more information on installing WebLogic Server, refer to the WebLogic Server 9.2 Installation Guide.